HHMI Tangled Bank Studios is a rarity in the film world — a nonprofit boutique film studio housed within the internationally recognized Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the largest private, nonprofit science philanthropies in the U.S. dedicated to advancing scientific research and science education. 

Burns’s documentary, made shortly before Sacks’s death from cancer in 2015, traces the blossoming of a brilliant but troubled outsider as he elevated patient case histories to a literary art form by ceaselessly posing the same question: What is it like to be you?

James Byrne’s Our Gorongosa from Gorongosa Media & HHMI Tangled Bank Studios received an honorable mention for the Inspiring Change Award.

Ric Burns' Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (Zeitgeist) documents a world-famous neurologist who was given a death sentence — inoperable cancer — and used his remaining time to reflect on his complicated life and the wonder of the world.

A new film from NOVA and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios documents one of the most ambitious wildlife recovery projects ever: the reintroduction of African wild dogs into Gorongosa.

There is a new NOVA PBS, not-to-be-missed special that takes a look at the important role that predators, such as the African wild dog, play in the health and balance of an ecosystem.

Who let the dogs out? Scientists reintroduce wild canines into a national park in Mozambique in “Nature’s Fear Factor” on a new “Nova.” 9 p.m.

Anchoring the six-title lineup is the premiere of NOVA’s Nature’s Fear Factor on Oct. 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Produced by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, the hour-long film will chart the scientific experiment to bring African wild dogs back to Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park to examine how predators play a crucial role in keeping wild ecosystems in balance.

Ric Burns, director of the film Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, joins Ira to talk about the life and legacy of Oliver Sacks.