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SHORT-FORM FILM DESCRIPTION
Enter one of the most, mystical, magical places on earth and discover the fascinating history of Egypt's ancient culture.
CREDIT REQUIREMENTS
Bruce Neibaur, Director
Neibaur has won many awards for his dramatic filmmaking talents, including an Emmy Award for a television special on the 200th anniversary of the Constitution. He has also directed Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West and the motion pictures Wildest Dreams, The Buttercream Gang, and Friendship's Field.
Scott Swofford, Co-Producer
Swofford has years of experience in large-format film. He has produced such captivating films as Amazon, which was recently nominated for an Academy Award, The Great American West, and the large-format film Shackelton's Antarctic Adenture.
Lisa Truitt, Co-Producer
Truitt, from National Geographic Television, co-produced "Mysteries of Egypt" with Scott Swofford. Prior to working on this film, she produced the NBC television special Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge. She has won several awards for her work, including the People's Choice award at the International Nature Film Festival. Lisa also co-produced NG's most recent large-format film, Lewis & Clark: Great Joruney West.
Reed Smoot, Director of Photography
Smoot has served as director of photography on dozens of feature films including Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, The Windwalker, and the Academy Award-winning documentary feature, The Great American Cowboy. He also worked on another large-format film, Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets.
Dr. Mark Lehner, Egyptologist/Film Consultant
While serving as technical advisor on the film, he has also been involved in the enormous task of mapping the Sphinx. He is currently working on the Giza project, looking for signs of the work force which built the three great pyramids that are the only survivors of the ancient world's classic seven wonders.
Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist/Film Consultant
Dr. Hawass is one of world's foremost Egyptologists and current Director General of the Giza Plateau, Saqqara and Bahria Oasis archaeological sites for the Egyptian Antiquities Organization. He has published numerous articles and written several books on the history and archaeology of Egypt -- most recently, Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt.
Dr. Nicholas Reeves, Egyptologist/Film Consultant
Reeves, an Egyptological advisor to the Freud Museum in London and the Myers Museum at Eton College, is an authority on the tomb robbing and history of exploration in the Valley of the Kings. He has authored several books including Valley of the Kings: the Decline of a Royal Necropolis and The Complete Tutankhamun.
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"Mysteries of Egypt" was co-produced by National Geographic and Destination Cinema in association with NOVA/WGBH Boston, Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago, and Canadian Museum of Civilization, and Centex Investment Limited.
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