Film
and Television
Sam Low Filmography
Filming
FastCars - Sam taking Sound - Bob Burns Filming
Laguna
Seca Racetrack
No
Hair Day
Videographer
Installed DeCordova Museum, October 2000; PBS broadcast Fall 2000
Discover
- The World of Science
Producer, director, writer for two segments (of five) in hour long
documentary on the science and technology of speed, for The Discovery
Channel. Broadcast April 16, 1997.
Fast
Cars
Producer, director, writer: a one hour NOVA program on the science
and technology of high-tech Indy Car racing. Partially funded by the
National Science Foundation. Broadcast May 23, 1995.
Fast
Cars and Science
Co-Executive Producer: four 15 minute videos for in-school use to
present fundamental lessons in science using Indy Car racing as a
model. Funded by the National Science Foundation, 1994.
Out
of the Past
Series Producer: This eight-part PBS series focuses on the rise and
fall of the Maya and other civilizations as revealed by the disciplines
of archaeology and anthropology. Broadcast Spring 1993 by PBS' Adult
Learning Service, and Summer 1993 by PBS nationally. Sold to many
international TV venues. A co-production of WQED-TV, PBS/Pittsburgh
and Cambridge Studios, Inc.
Out
of the Past
Producer, director, writer: Collapse and New Worlds, two hour-long
programs in the Out of the Past series.
The
Ring of Truth
Producer/Director/Writer: Change and Mapping, two hour long documentaries
in this six part series, a personal view of the process of science
by eminent physicist Philip Morrison. Broadcast nationally by PBS
on October 27 and November 3, in 1987.
Star
Wars
Co-Editor/Writer: Videotape concerning the dangers of war in space.
Client: Union of Concerned Scientists. 1984.
Micronesian proa - still from The Navigators
The
Navigators
Producer/Director/Writer: Documentary on the settlement of the Pacific
by the Polynesian people. Locations in Micronesia, Fiji, Tahiti and
Hawaii. PBS national broadcast in 1983 and consistently shown on most
cable TV venues and nationally and internationally.
Divers excavate an ancient shipwreck
The
Ancient Mariners
Producer/Writer: ODYSSEY documentary on ancient seafaring as revealed
by underwater archaeology. Locations in Greece, Turkey, Boston and
Texas. Broadcast 1980 nationally on PBS and the BBC CHRONICLE Series
Ongka's
Big Moka
Producer/Writer (remake): Re-edited and extended this 60-min. Granada
International Film for ODYSSEY. Broadcast nationally on PBS in 1980.
Maasai
Women
Producer/Writer (remake): Updated for PBS broadcast with additional
footage and animation this National Film Board of Canada documentary
for ODYSSEY. Broadcast nationally on PBS in 1980.
Cree
Hunters
Producer/Writer (remake): Updated for PBS broadcast with additional
footage and animation this National Film Board of Canada documentary
for ODYSSEY. Broadcast nationally on PBS in 1980.
The
Sakuddei
Producer/Writer (remake): Re-edited and extended this Granada International
Film for ODYSSEY. Broadcast nationally on PBS in 1980.
Odyssey
Series
Senior Researcher: Staff anthropologist for this PBS series responsible
for assisting with the production of 25 one-hour programs for national
PBS broadcast. 1978-1980.
Seaplanes
at Moosehead
Producer, director, writer: thirty minute documentary on the bush
pilots of northern Maine, WCVB-10 and MPBN, 1978.
The
Maine Festival
Producer, director, writer: sixty minute documentary on the Maine
festival of art, dance and crafts, broadcast on MPBN, Maine PBS, 1978.
Collage
Segment producer, director, writer; a weekly 30 minute magazine of
the arts for MPBN, Maine PBS, 1978.
The
Saint Mary
Slide tape about the last of Maine's famous "downeast" sailing
ships, 1976.
Jeri
Sopanen and Sam filming at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Fast Cars
