CAST + EXPERT SPEAKERS
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In order of appearance:
Actor, Artist, Producer, Humanitarian
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Professor of Physical Chemistry,
University of Florence, Italy
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General, US Army (ret.)
former NATO Supreme Allied Commander
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DR. RUTH GATES
Marine Biologist
Director, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology,
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Psychologist, Science Journalist
Author, ‘Emotional Intelligence’
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Director, Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future
Co-Founder, Bottleneck Foundation
PhD, Natural Resources
Reality 101, University of Minnesota Honors Program
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Professor of Developmental Psychology,
University of Bristol, UK
Author, ‘The Self Illusion’
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Former (R) Congressman, South Carolina
Founder Enterprise and Energy Initiative
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Evolutionary Anthropologist,
Rutgers, Department of Anthropology
Human Behavioral Ecologist
Research Director, Biosocial Research Foundation,
New Jersey
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DR. RENEE LERTZMAN
Author, ‘Environmental Melancholia’
Consultant
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology,
University of Bristol, UK
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Environmental Activist
Professor of American Studies
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Physicist and Author, ‘The Upright Thinkers’
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Philosopher
Professor, Rice University, Texas
Author: ’Humankind’ and ‘Dark Ecology’
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Head of School of Earth Sciences
Professor of Biogeochemistry (Earth Systems)
Director of the University of Bristol Cabot Institute,
Bristol, UK
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Ethnobotanist
President, Amazon Conservation Team
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Journalist
Author, ‘End of Oil’, ’The Impulse Society’
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Cognitive Neuroscientist
Co-Director, Global Brain Health Institute
Professor Emeritus, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
University of Dublin
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Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA
Meteorologist and Astronaut
(IN MEMORIAM)
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Professor of Anthropology
Author, ‘Collapse of Complex Societies’
FILMMAKERS
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JEFF BRIDGES
PRODUCER, NARRATOR
SUSAN KUCERA
DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR, CO-PRODUCER
Academy Award Winner Jeff Bridges and Director Susan Kucera collaborated to bring Living in the Future’s Past to the screen. Susan is director, cinematographer and editor of the film which is also, produced, narrated by and features Jeff Bridges.
JIM SWIFT
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Jim Swift is the producer and executive producer who set the project in motion and whose support and passion for the subjects are reflected in the film.
KEEFUS CIANCIA
MUSIC COMPOSER
Keefus is known for his forward-thinking and cutting edge sound. He has received a BMI award for music scoring and was nominated for an Emmy on his work with Everlast for co-writing and producing the theme song for the hit television series Saving Grace. As an accomplished songwriter, he has penned music with T Bone Burnett, Kimbra, Macy Gray, Nikka Costa, Benji Hughes, Everlast, and Jeff Bridges.
KEN S. POLK
SOUND ENGINEER
Ken is a multi-Emmy Award winning and nominated Rerecording Mixer, Sound Designer and Sound Supervisor in both the Film and Television industries as well as an Award winning music Producer, engineer and mixer. He is also a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The Cinema Audio Society and The Recording Academy (NARAS).
ANNA KIRSCH
NARRATIVE CONSULTANT
Anna specializes in narrative theory and holds a Masters in English Studies from Durham University in the UK. She is currently undertaking a PhD on environmental ethics of violence and consumption in crime fiction. She is the book reviews editor for the International Crime Fiction Association. Additionally, Anna was the narrative consultant for Breath of Life, featuring Richard Dawkins and Robert Trivers.