Project Detail

Hawking

Name: Hawking
Director: Stephen Finnigan
Released: 2013
Duration: 90 mins

Photographer: Jason Bye

Synopsis

Hawking is the extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous living scientist, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking’s private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen's world, both past and present. An inspirational portrait of an iconic figure, Hawking relates his incredible personal journey from boyhood under-achiever, to PhD genius, to being diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease and given just two years to live. Despite the constant threat of death, Hawking manages to make many remarkable scientific discoveries and rises to fame and super-stardom.
Hawking - a remarkable man, and a remarkable movie

Details

Year: 2013
Type of project: Features
Running time: 90 mins
Format: HD
Director: Stephen Finnigan 1st Feature
Producer: Stephen Finnigan
Executive Producer: Ben Bowie, David Glover, Beth Hoppe
Editor: Tim Lovell
Screenwriter: Stephen Hawking, Stephen Finnigan, Ben Bowie
Director of Photography: Paul Francis Jenkins
Production Designer: Sharon Katanka
Sound: Richard Lambert
Composer: Nick Powell, Alex Lee
Principal cast: Stephen Hawking
Director of Business & Legal Affairs: Julia Pearce
Director of Operations: Ulla Streib
Production Manager: Alexandra Croxford
Archive Research: Paul Gardner

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Darlow Smithson Productions Ltd

Shepherds Building Central
Charecroft Way
London
W14 0EE

T: +44(0)20 7482 7027

E: alex.croxford@dsp.tv
W: www.darlowsmithson.com

Sales Company

TBA

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