thinkfilm inc. takes home 3 Telly Awards

The 27th Annual Telly Awards announced that thinkfilm was awarded 3 Telly Awards for several of its outstanding recent productions.

A 1st place Silver Telly was awarded to ALWAYS THERE, produced by thinkfilm for the American Hospital Association.  Producer Stephanie Antosca Boright and Director Joe Becker traveled to hurricane-ravaged Mississippi to record the dramatic first-person accounts of doctors, nurses and other hospital employees as they described the hardships and triumphs they experienced as they served their communities during hurricane Katrina.

A Bronze Award was given to THE MAKING OF OBLIVION produced by thinkfilm’s Drew Vandervelde  Shot in HD the one-hour documentary follows the efforts of Bethesda Softworks as they work to  release of their next generation video game, “Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.”  The show is included on a Special Collector’s Edition DVD of the award-winning game.

Also receiving a Bronze Telly Award is the half-hour documentary, COMMUNITY.  Producer Jonathan Zurer, Director Michael Wenning and DP Anton Klima explore the meaning of community by interviewing architects, artists, psychologists, and others.  This film was unveiled at the American Institute of Architects national convention in Las Vegas and is distributed on DVD.