"Masters of Science Fiction" (2007) TV series 2007-????

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A series adapting science-fiction stories by well-known authors into 60 minute episodes, introduced by renowned physicist Stephen Hawking...

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Voice Over Narration

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Stephen Hawking

...

Himself - Host (6 episodes, 2007)

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Series Directed by
Harold Becker		(1 episode, 2007)
Jonathan Frakes		(1 episode, 2007)
Darnell Martin		(1 episode, 2007)
Michael Petroni		(1 episode, 2007)
Mark Rydell		(1 episode, 2007)
Michael Tolkin		(1 episode, 2007)

Series Writing credits
Sam Egan		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Produced by
Keith Addis	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Ben Browning	....	co-producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Deane	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Brendan Ferguson	....	co-producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Adam Goldworm	....	co-producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Brad Mendelsohn	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Sam Egan	....	co-executive producer (5 episodes, 2007)
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer (5 episodes, 2007)
Lisa Richardson	....	co-executive producer (5 episodes, 2007)
Grant Rosenberg	....	supervising producer (5 episodes, 2007)
Lee Wilson	....	consulting producer (5 episodes, 2007)
Mick Garris	....	co-executive producer (4 episodes, 2007)

Series Original Music by
John Frizzell		(3 episodes, 2007)
Laura Karpman		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Cinematography by
David Pelletier		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Film Editing by
Stephen Mark		(3 episodes, 2007)
Conrad M. Gonzalez		(2 episodes, 2007)
Richard Nord		(2 episodes, 2007)

Series Casting by
Lynne Carrow		(6 episodes, 2007)
Mary Jo Slater		(5 episodes, 2007)

Series Production Design by
Andrew Neskoromny		(4 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Direction by
Catherine Schroer		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Set Decoration by
Josh Plaw		(5 episodes, 2007)

Series Costume Design by
Deborah Everton		(4 episodes, 2007)

Series Makeup Department
Forest Sala	....	key hair stylist (6 episodes, 2007)
Amanda McGowan	....	first assistant makeup artist (5 episodes, 2007)
Julie Beaton	....	assistant makeup artist (4 episodes, 2007)
Elisabeth Jolliffe	....	additional makeup artist / daily makeup artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Sarah Pickersgill	....	special makeup effects artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Geoff Redknap	....	special makeup effects artist (2 episodes, 2007)
Nicholas Podbrey	....	special effects makeup coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tarnya Cook	....	third assistant director (6 episodes, 2007)
Alexia S. Droz	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 2007)
David Markowitz	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2007)
Peter D. Marshall	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Department
John Beatty	....	construction coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Alexandra Jastrzembska	....	set dresser (6 episodes, 2007)
Kevin Tomecek	....	construction foreman (6 episodes, 2007)
Gavin De West	....	props (5 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Rodgers	....	lead construction (5 episodes, 2007)
Terry Weaver	....	property master (5 episodes, 2007)
Milena Zdravkovic	....	concept artist (5 episodes, 2007)
David Hadaway	....	assistant art director (3 episodes, 2007)
Eric Partridge	....	assistant property master (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Sound Department
Jay Cheetham	....	background sound editor (6 episodes, 2007)
James Fonnyadt	....	sound designer (6 episodes, 2007)
Andre Iwanchuk	....	dialogue editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Glen Noseworthy	....	adr mixer (6 episodes, 2007)
Anke Bakker	....	sound supervisor (5 episodes, 2007)
Kevin Belen	....	sound re-recording mixer / foley mixer (4 episodes, 2007)
Todd R. Mason	....	sound effects recordist (4 episodes, 2007)
David Scott	....	sound effects editor (4 episodes, 2007)
Graeme Hughes	....	sound re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 2007)
Ken Lee	....	boom operator (3 episodes, 2007)
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 2007)
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 2007)
Bill Mellow	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Special Effects by
Dan Rebert	....	creature effects supervisor / prosthetic supervisor (5 episodes, 2007)
Chris Hatchwell	....	special effects lead fabricator (4 episodes, 2007)
Lars Lenander	....	special effects coordinator (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Visual Effects by
Matt Belbin	....	digital effects editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Domachowski	....	concept artist (6 episodes, 2007)
Michael Goddard	....	digital artist (6 episodes, 2007)
Todd Liddiard	....	digital compositor (6 episodes, 2007)
Mladen Miholjcic	....	senior CGI artist: Anthem Visual Effects (6 episodes, 2007)
Bryce Rieger	....	digital compositor (6 episodes, 2007)
Jonah West	....	compositor (6 episodes, 2007)
Julie Bergman	....	animator / visual effects (5 episodes, 2007)
Jayson Castro	....	visual effects production assistant (5 episodes, 2007)
Bob Dewald	....	digital effects editor (5 episodes, 2007)
Annabelle Kent	....	digital compositor (5 episodes, 2007)
Lionel Lim	....	digital compositor (5 episodes, 2007)
Adam Marisett	....	visual effects artist (5 episodes, 2007)
Lisa K. Sepp	....	visual effects producer: Anthem Visual Effects (5 episodes, 2007)
Philippe Thibault	....	digital compositor (5 episodes, 2007)
Lee Wilson	....	visual effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects (5 episodes, 2007)
Adrian Chan	....	modeler / modeler and texture artist (4 episodes, 2007)
Stephen Paschke	....	digital effects artist (4 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Ahrens	....	visual effects artist (3 episodes, 2007)
Sébastien Bergeron	....	digital effects supervisor: Anthem Visual Effects (3 episodes, 2007)
Andrea Caretta	....	digital artist: title design (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Scott Nicholson	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Prem Marimuthu	....	rigging gaffer (6 episodes, 2007)
Harold Bernard	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (5 episodes, 2007)
Fraser Boyle	....	key grip (5 episodes, 2007)
Larry Portmann	....	focus puller: "a" camera (5 episodes, 2007)
Jim Van Dijk	....	Steadicam operator / camera operator: "a" camera (5 episodes, 2007)
Gary Viola	....	camera operator: "b" camera (5 episodes, 2007)
Christopher K. Stenberg	....	video assistant (2 episodes, 2007)
Pascal Jean Provost	....	cinematographer: second unit (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Lynette Therrien	....	casting assistant (5 episodes, 2007)
Manny Fernandez	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daevina Danyluck	....	truck costumer (5 episodes, 2007)
Allisa Swanson	....	costume design assistant / assistant costume designer (5 episodes, 2007)
Audrey Wong	....	costume set supervisor (5 episodes, 2007)

Series Editorial Department
Rosmary Conte	....	post-production coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Nicholas Sousa	....	assistant editor / first assistant editor (4 episodes, 2007)
Tim Craig	....	first assistant editor (3 episodes, 2007)
Amy Flint	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Music Department
Mike Beckett	....	music editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Jennifer Ross	....	music supervisor (6 episodes, 2007)
Ed Shearmur	....	composer: theme / composer: main title music (4 episodes, 2007)
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum	....	assistant to composer (3 episodes, 2007)
Frederik Wiedmann	....	orchestrator / score mixer (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Transportation Department
Ron Bartrom	....	unit driver (6 episodes, 2007)
Henry Chu	....	driver: cast (6 episodes, 2007)
Ben Liljedahl	....	transportation captain (6 episodes, 2007)
Rick MacKay	....	unit driver (6 episodes, 2007)
Lorraine Stomperud	....	driver: cast (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Other crew
Heather Douglas	....	assistant to producers (6 episodes, 2007)
Stephanie Herbert	....	assistant production coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Heather Turner	....	production secretary (6 episodes, 2007)
Erin Dixon	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 2007)
Deborah Loven	....	assistant accountant (5 episodes, 2007)
E. Jeff Olson	....	assistant: Mr Mendelsohn (5 episodes, 2007)
Adrian Salpeter	....	assistant: Lisa Richardson (5 episodes, 2007)
Nicole Oguchi	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 2007)
Gary Stamford	....	set wireman (3 episodes, 2007)
Karen Lo	....	assistant location manager (unknown episodes)
Janet D. Munro	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Nicholas Podbrey	....	puppeteer (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• IDT Entertainment
• Industry Entertainment
• MOSF Productions

Distributors

• IDT Entertainment (2006) (worldwide) (TV)
• AXN (2007) (Bulgaria) (TV)
• AXN (2007) (Czech Republic) (TV)
• AXN (2007) (Hungary) (TV)
• AXN (2007) (Poland) (TV)
• AXN (2007) (Romania) (TV)
• AXN (2007) (Slovakia) (TV)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2006) (USA) (TV)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Anthem Visual Effects

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies

Runtime:

42 min (excluding commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Finally! Some real sci-fi.

It's so refreshing to get back to a show with some real, pure science fiction. This isn't your "aliens, robots, and spaceships" sci-fi of Star Wars (more properly called space opera), it's not filled with meaningless techno-babble that grabs randomly at today's scientific buzzwords like Star Trek, or your partly supernatural plots of The Outer Limits, but short stories from proved science fiction writers of the past several decades put to film, and so far it's well done.

It doesn't concentrate on special effects, but more the human questions, both spiritual and political, that advances in science or future fortunes force us to answer. That is the type of thinking man's (and woman's) science fiction that made the genre a success in America in the 1950's and when most of the greatest writers, and even the movie plots of today, got their start. It says, "What would YOU do in this situation?" "People can create androids that think. Do you treat them like humans?" Or "Aliens demand we decide whether we trust other nations or risk certain nuclear annihilation. What would you do?" So far the acting has been really good, using first rate movie actors, with the first episode starring Judy Davis, the second Terry O'Quinn, and the third Anne Heche and Malcolm MacDowell.

Unfortunately for the show I've seen a lot of negative comments about it from the self-appointed judges of all that is quality TV since it doesn't fit in the cookie cutter mold made for it by all the previous "science fiction" shows that showcase a lot of large breasted female cyborgs, space dogfights, laser gunfights, and alien forehead prosthetics. Seeking only escapist entertainment, they claim it has politics and real issues, so it must be worthless. I say, if it doesn't have those, what worth is it? But it is the only true science fiction show in recent years, and one that I intend to continue watching closely for as long as it is on.