Doctors, scientists and normal geeks have a new studio to look to: Tangled Bank.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has launched the new production company, which will make science documentaries for the mass public and educational purposes.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has launched a new film and TV production company, with a slate of science and documentary projects lined up for US pubcaster PBS.
Maryland-based Tangled Bank Studios and its production slate are the first fruits of HHMI’s US$60m investment in content production announced last year, when former National Geographic Television president Michael Rosenfeld was hired to lead the new unit as head of television and film.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has launched Tangled Bank Studios as a film-TV production company specializing in science documentaries.
Veteran producer Michael Rosenfeld, who joined the institute last year to head its $60 million documentary initiative, is leading Tangled Bank and told Variety that production is under way on a pair of three-hour TV series that will likely air in 2014 on PBS.
Philanthropic research organization the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has launched Tangled Bank Studios, a production company focused on producing science documentary programs.
Headed by former National Geographic Television (NGT) president Michael Rosenfeld, the editorially independent company is the cornerstone of the Chevy Chase, Maryland-headquartered non-profit’s US $60 million film and television initiative, and will produce around 10 hours of science programming annually for TV, cinemas and digital media.
