HUMAN ELEMENTS

For seasons one and two, I worked alongside lead producer Sarah Hoffman for this series about science aned it’s leading faces. The world of science is full of facts and figures, but behind the study are the people. In the end, it becomes a question not of how they do their work — but why?

I directed three episodes below and served as second camera on other episodes which can be seen here.

S1, EP2

tHE TRANSLATOR

Dr. Bonnie Baird is a translator of sorts. But the languages she decodes aren’t any we know. Instead, she works with clients who roar, squeak and chirp. She’s an animal welfare scientist at the Woodland Park Zoo, where she helps zookeepers by using numbers and graphs to learn what animals are trying say.

ROLE: DIRECTOR

S2, EP2

bALANCING OUR cATCH

There’s nothing Kwasi Addae loves more than Puget Sound. Born and raised in Seattle, he has never had a desire to leave, so he never did. He has worked on tugboats, ferries and whale-watching vessels. Today he is responsible for maintaining the delicate balance of local salmon fisheries. But to him it’s more than numbers and economics. He spends his days on the water with commercial and tribal fishermen, hearing their stories and trying to understand how he can leverage data to make sure everyone gets food on the dinner table — including southern resident killer whales.

ROLE: DIRECTOR

S2, EP5

Games for a cure

University of Washington computer scientist Zoran Popovic wants to revolutionize the way people learn. He teamed up with biochemist David Baker to create a video game that enables tens of thousands of people to contribute to scientific research by folding three-dimensional protein configurations on their home computers. Users help advance how scientists understand and predict the structure of proteins that cause and advance diseases like cancer, HIV/AIDS and Alzheimer’s.

ROLE: DIRECTOR