Tim Pyle
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Tim Pyle is a filmmaker based in Southern California
. He currently produces a number of animation
s for NASA
's Spitzer Space Telescope
, and is a principal in an independent production company, Hogofilm.
With Hogofilm, Pyle wrote and directed a 2007 feature titled Decaying Orbit (film)
, which was nominated for Best Feature Film at the 2007 Terror Film Festival, and won Best Science Fiction Actress (Åsa Wallander) at the 2007 ShockerFest International Film Festival
, where it was also nominated for Best Science Fiction Film and Best Sci-Fi Actor (Andy Allen).
As part of NASA's Spitzer Science Center, Pyle writes and directs a number of video podcasts, including Robot Astronomy Talk Show and Spaceship Spitzer, and the award-winning short M51 and Gizmo.
Previously, Pyle worked for 10 years as an animator in the visual effects industry. He worked on the Academy Award nominated Jimmy Neutron, Emmy nominated series Starship Troopers
: the Series, and the Emmy-winning Children of Dune
. He has won two Aegis Awards, a Telly Award, a CINE Golden Eagle, and a 2006 NASA award for producing CG animation.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He currently produces a number of animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
s for NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's Spitzer Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope , formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility is an infrared space observatory launched in 2003...
, and is a principal in an independent production company, Hogofilm.
With Hogofilm, Pyle wrote and directed a 2007 feature titled Decaying Orbit (film)
Decaying Orbit (film)
Decaying Orbit is an independent film directed by Tim Pyle and produced by Hogofilm, LLC., a production company in Southern California...
, which was nominated for Best Feature Film at the 2007 Terror Film Festival, and won Best Science Fiction Actress (Åsa Wallander) at the 2007 ShockerFest International Film Festival
ShockerFest International Film Festival
The ShockerFest International Film Festival is a Californian film and video festival for horror, fantasy and science fiction films since 2002.- ShockerFest 2009 :...
, where it was also nominated for Best Science Fiction Film and Best Sci-Fi Actor (Andy Allen).
As part of NASA's Spitzer Science Center, Pyle writes and directs a number of video podcasts, including Robot Astronomy Talk Show and Spaceship Spitzer, and the award-winning short M51 and Gizmo.
Previously, Pyle worked for 10 years as an animator in the visual effects industry. He worked on the Academy Award nominated Jimmy Neutron, Emmy nominated series Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and published hardcover in December, 1959.The first-person narrative is about a young soldier from the Philippines named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his...
: the Series, and the Emmy-winning Children of Dune
Children of Dune
Children of Dune is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, third in a series of six novels set in his Dune universe. Initially selling over 75,000 copies, it became the first hardcover best-seller ever in the science fiction field...
. He has won two Aegis Awards, a Telly Award, a CINE Golden Eagle, and a 2006 NASA award for producing CG animation.