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And distributed internationally by National geographic International. About the Film: Episode Descriptions"] - ''Carrier'' - at PBS</ref> Seventeen filmmakers, including Producers in the field, Matthew Akers, Michelle Smawley and Pamela Yates shot 1,600 hours of HD footage to create the series.<ref name=PBS-Making>[http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/the_film_making_of_carrier.htm "About the Film: Making of ''Carrier''] - ''Carrier'' - at PBS</ref> |
And distributed internationally by National geographic International. About the Film: Episode Descriptions"] - ''Carrier'' - at PBS</ref> Seventeen filmmakers, including Producers in the field, Matthew Akers, Michelle Smawley and Pamela Yates shot 1,600 hours of HD footage to create the series.<ref name=PBS-Making>[http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/the_film_making_of_carrier.htm "About the Film: Making of ''Carrier''] - ''Carrier'' - at PBS</ref> |
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The series and companion feature were the first documentaries that were ever produced on a U.S. Naval warship on active duty over an entire mission. Mitchell Block conceived the idea and spent three years working to obtain the Navy permission.<ref name=CURRENTS-ORG>[http://www.current.org/doc/doc0709carrier.shtml "Glimpsed for ’08:Carrier miniseries"]</ref>David Kennedy (Captain, U.S. Navy, Retired) was the Consulting Producer for the series and was integral in negotiating access for series with the US Navy. |
The series and companion feature were the first documentaries that were ever produced on a U.S. Naval warship on active duty over an entire mission. Mitchell Block conceived the idea and spent three years working to obtain the Navy permission.<ref name=CURRENTS-ORG>[http://www.current.org/doc/doc0709carrier.shtml "Glimpsed for ’08:Carrier miniseries"]</ref> David Kennedy (Captain, U.S. Navy, Retired) was the Consulting Producer for the series and was integral in negotiating access for series with the US Navy. |
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In 2008, the Series won an Emmy for "Outstanding Cinematography Reality Program" honoring the work of cameramen, Axel Baumann, Ulli Bonnekamp, Mark Brice, Robert Hanna, Wolfgang Held. <ref name=emmys.tv/awards/2008pte/60thpte>[http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/2008pte/60thpte_nomswin.php] |
In 2008, the Series won an Emmy for "Outstanding Cinematography Reality Program" honoring the work of cameramen, Axel Baumann, Ulli Bonnekamp, Mark Brice, Robert Hanna, Wolfgang Held. <ref name=emmys.tv/awards/2008pte/60thpte>[http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/2008pte/60thpte_nomswin.php] |
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| Carrier | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Developed by | Mitchell Block |
| Directed by | Maro Chermayeff |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mel Gibson Bruce Davey Nancy Cotton Mitchell Block Maro Chermayeff |
| Producers | Deborah Dickson Jeff Dupre |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 10 hours, 1 hour each episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | April 27 – May 1, 2008 |
Carrier is an Emmy Award-winning 10-hour documentary television series about a six-month deployment of a United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in 2005 from the United States to the Middle East and back.[1][2] Carrier is supplemented by a 90-minute companion documentary film called Another Day in Paradise.
Synopsis
Carrier follows the deployment, from May 7, 2005 to November 8, 2005, of the supercarrier USS Nimitz, along with Carrier Air Wing Eleven, from her home port at North Island, in Coronado, California to the Persian Gulf during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and includes extensive footage shot aboard, as well as interviews with many of the crew about their various experiences, as well as their own personal concerns and fears.[1][3] Along the way to the Persian Gulf and back she makes stops in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Guam, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain, and Perth.[4][5]
Production
The miniseries is a production of Icon Productions and Carrier Project, Inc. and was co-created by Mitchell Block and Maro Chermayeff, directed by Maro Chermayeff, and produced by Deborah Dickson and Jeff Dupre (Dickson also directed the 90 minute, companion feature documentary Another Day in Paradise) The executive producers were Block and Chermayeff for Carrier Project, Inc. and Mel Gibson,[6] Bruce Davey and Nancy Cotton, for Icon Productions.[6] The film premiered two hours each night from April 27 through May 1, 2008, on the television network, PBS.[4] Seventeen filmmakers, including Producers in the field, Matthew Akers, Michelle Smawley and Pamela Yates shot 1,600 hours of HD footage to create the series.[7]
The series and companion feature were the first documentaries that were ever produced on a U.S. Naval warship on active duty over an entire mission. Mitchell Block conceived the idea and spent three years working to obtain the Navy permission.[6] David Kennedy (Captain, U.S. Navy, Retired) was the Consulting Producer for the series and was integral in negotiating access for series with the US Navy.
In 2008, the Series won an Emmy for "Outstanding Cinematography Reality Program" honoring the work of cameramen, Axel Baumann, Ulli Bonnekamp, Mark Brice, Robert Hanna, Wolfgang Held. <ref name=emmys.tv/awards/2008pte/60thpte>[1]
References
- ^ a b "The Journey" - Carrier - at PBS
- ^ "2007-2008 Creative Arts Primetime Emmys." Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 13 September 2008. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Nimitz Highlighted in PBS TV Series and Premiere" - U.S. Navy - (c/o Navy.mil) - 4/23/2008
- ^ a b [http://www.pbs.org/weta/carrier/the_film_episode_descriptions.htm " And distributed internationally by National geographic International. About the Film: Episode Descriptions"] - Carrier - at PBS
- ^ Havrilesky, Heather. "City of lost children". - Salon.com. - April 24, 2008
- ^ a b c "Glimpsed for ’08:Carrier miniseries"
- ^ "About the Film: Making of Carrier - Carrier - at PBS
External links
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