American documentary production company
Vulcan Productions Company type Private Industry Motion picture Founder Paul Allen and Jody Allen Headquarters Key people
Jody Allen (Founder and Interim Chairman) Products Movies, documentaries, television films and specials
Vulcan Productions produced documentary films, television programming and virtual reality experiences that drove awareness around environmental and social issues. The company was founded in 1997 by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his sister Jody Allen . It closed in 2021.
The company financed and co-produced films with directors such as Martin Scorsese ,[ 1] Clint Eastwood [ 2] Robert Redford .[ 3] The Discovery Channel and National Geographic .[ 4] Peabody Awards [ 5] Academy Award nominations.[ 6] mental health , girl's education, veterans , parenting, wildlife conservation , ocean health, climate change and modern-day slavery .
History
Vulcan Productions began under the name "Clear Blue Sky Productions"[ 7] Titus (1999). The company continued to produce feature films including Far From Heaven, [ 8] Where God Left His Shoes, [ 9] Hard Candy .[ 10] [ 11] Social impact entertainment with a focus on topics ranging from wildlife and conservation, global health, contemporary social issues, science, technology, history and exploration.
As part of the larger Vulcan Inc. organization, Vulcan Productions’ mission was to “change minds and ignite action through the power of storytelling.”
On May 27, 2020 Vulcan Inc. announced that Vulcan Productions would be shutdown in 2021 citing the "economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis"[ 12] [ 13] Sundance Film Festival for Summer of Soul ,[ 14]
Films
Where God Left His Shoes
Winner – The Humanitas Prize: 2008 Best Sundance Feature Film[ 17]
2008 Imagen Awards
Nominated - Best Film [ 18]
Nominated - Best Actor - John Leguizamo [ 18]
Nominated - Best Supporting Actor - David Castro[ 18]
Winner - Best Supporting Actress - Leonor Varela [ 19] Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
2006 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival
Best Actress - Olivia Wilde[ 20] Hard Candy (film)
2006 Malaga Film Festival
Best Film
Best Director - David Slade
Best Actress - Elliot Page[ a]
Best Cinematographer - Jo Willems
2005 Sitges Film Festival
Best Motion Picture
Best Screenplay
Audience Award for Best Motion Picture [ 21] Coastlines
Far from Heaven
75th Annual Academy Award nominations[ 22]
Independent Spirit Awards winner:[ 23]
Best Picture
Best Director - Todd Haynes
Best Female Lead - Julianne Moore
Best Supporting Male - Dennis Quaid
Best Cinematography - Edward Lachman, A.S.C.
Golden Globe Award nominations:[ 24] Best Actress - Julianne Moore (Drama)
Best Supporting Actor - Dennis Quaid
Best Screenplay - Todd Haynes
Best Music Score - Elmer Bernstein The Safety of Objects
Deauville Festival of American Film
International Critics Prize
Best Performance: Patricia Clarkson,
Ralph Lauren Fragrances Prize
Seattle Women in Cinema Film Festival
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Nominated: Golden Seashell Award The Luzhin Defence
Titus
2000 Academy Awards
Nominated: Best Costume Design
2000 Art Directors Guild
Nominated: Excellence in Production Design Award
2000 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Winner: Silver Ribbon Award – Best Production Design
2000 Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Nominated: Best Motion Picture
2000 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Nominated: Sierra Award – Best Costume Design
Best Screenplay – Adapted
2000 Satellite Awards
Winner: Gold Satellite – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama
Nominated: Best Art Direction, Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
Best Screenplay – Adapted
Best Visual Effects
2001 London Critics Circle Film Awards
Nominated: Best British Actor of the Year Men with Guns
Notes
^ a b Credited as Ellen Page; Hard Candy was released before Page came out as transgender .[ 15]
References
^ "The Blues" . www.pbs.org . Retrieved 2019-06-20 .^ "Martin Scorsese's The Blues - Vulcan Productions" . www.vulcanproductions.com . Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved 2019-06-20 .^ Petski, Denise (2016-11-14). "Robert Redford & Animal Planet Team On Ocean Conservation Series" . Deadline . Retrieved 2019-06-20 . ^ "Four Vulcan Productions Films You Can Stream At Home" . Paul Allen . Retrieved 2019-06-20 .^ "Vulcan Productions Wins First Peabody Award" . www.spaceref.com . Retrieved 2019-06-20 .^ "Body Team 12 Oscar Nomination - Vulcan" . www.vulcan.com . Retrieved 2019-06-20 .^ "Clear Blue Sky Productions" . BFI . Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-20 .^ Far from Heaven , retrieved 2019-06-20 ^ Where God Left His Shoes , retrieved 2019-06-20 ^ Hard Candy , retrieved 2019-06-20 ^ "Geek of the Week: Vulcan Productions GM Carole Tomko drives social change through storytelling" . GeekWire . 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2019-06-20 .^ "Future of Seattle's Cinerama and Living Computers museum in doubt as Paul Allen's Vulcan shutters arts and production divisions" . GeekWire . 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .^ McNary, Dave (2020-05-27). "Film News Roundup: Paul Allen's Vulcan Productions to Close in 2021 Due to Pandemic" . Variety . Retrieved 2022-01-31 . ^ "Vulcan Productions shuts down, 23 years and more than 80 films after Paul Allen launched the venture" . GeekWire . 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2022-01-31 .^ Shoard, Catherine (December 1, 2020). "Elliot Page: star of Juno and X-Men announces he is transgender" . The Guardian Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020 . ^ "American Masters Pictures Co-Producing Oliver Sacks Documentary | Blog | American Masters" . American Masters . 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-20 .^ "The Humanitas Prize, Past Winners" . Archived from the original on May 11, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2011 .^ a b c "Imagen Awards 2008 Nominees" . Retrieved May 2, 2011 .^ "Imagen Awards 2008 Winners" . Retrieved May 2, 2011 .^ "IMDb > Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) > Awards" . IMDb . Retrieved May 2, 2011 .^ "IMDb > Hard Candy (2005) > Awards" . IMDb . Retrieved May 2, 2011 .^ "Nominees & Winners for the 75th Academy Awards" . Retrieved May 2, 2011 .^ "Twenty-Six Years of Nominees & Winners (.pdf)" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2011 .^ "2003 Golden Globe Nominees and Winners" . Retrieved May 2, 2011 .
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