Longevity Storytelling: How Media Shapes Progress (EARD 2023)

Tim Maupin, Namir Khaliq, and Isen Robbins uncover the profound relationship between entertainment and science, and how Hollywood's portrayal of longevity can drive funding, mold public perception, and catalyze advancements in the field.
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Tim Maupin is a New York City based director, visual effects artist and Emmy award winning cinematographer. He has also directed multiple short films that have played in a variety of festivals including Sedona International Film Festival, Nantucket, SeriesFest, San Diego Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, IndieMemphis, Atlanta Shortfest, The 3D Film Festival at Sundance, and has won awards for best dramatic short film, cinematography, and visual effects. His latest short film, the 392% Kickstarter funded and staff picked "The Last Generation to Die" is currently being adapted and in development as his first feature.
Namir Khaliq is the founder of Protostellar Media, a production company designed specifically to help scientists tell stories about their work. The company provides the groundwork for scientists and science communicators to establish themselves as part of the creative process for film and television, with current partners including Daniel Kahneman, Nick Bostrom, Richard Dawkins, Helen Fisher, The Santa Fe Institute, and the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation. Prior to Protostellar, Namir worked in feature film and scripted television development at Imagine Entertainment, the multi-Academy and Emmy Award winning production company of director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer, where he helped develop films such as 13 Lives (Amazon), The Beanie Bubble (Apple), and Friday Night Lights (Universal), and television shows such as Filthy Rich (Fox), Genius (Nat Geo), and Under the Banner of Heaven (FX). He previously worked in film development, production, and sales at companies including Mosaic Media Group, Everyman Pictures, Funny or Die, and VMI Worldwide.
Isen Robbins co-founded Intrinsic Value Films and has been producing quality films for more than twenty years. Of his 40+ films, Ten have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His films have been to 100's of festivals and been distributed worldwide, having won many awards and numerous nominations. Accolades include winning a Sloan Sundance award twice, a Sundance Special Grand Jury Prize, and six nominations each at the Gotham and Independent Spirit awards. He is a Sundance & Film Independent fellow.
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