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An amazing video posted by James Neihouse who is an IMAX cinematographer and was personally involved in this great project, A Beautiful Planet, shows lenses swapped in zero gravity during the Iss (International Space Station) mission. The camera is Canon Cinema Eos C500, and it’s marked with the IMAX logo. Is it the first IMAX-certified digital camera?

Behind the scenes of A Beautiful Planet. Source: NASA A Beautiful Planet: Shot for IMAX on Canon C500

A Beautiful Planet is a 2016 American documentary film written, directed, and produced by Toni Myers and narrated by Jennifer Lawrence. It was originally released exclusively for IMAX theatres. Created in cooperation with NASA, the documentary uses footage recorded by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (Iss) over fifteen months. The documentary examines how astronauts live and work daily. The film was shot on the Canon Cinema Eos C500 which was defined back then...

Graeme Ferguson, the Canadian filmmaker who co-founded Imax, died on Saturday at the age of 91.

Ferguson had reportedly been battling cancer, passing away at his home in Norway Point, Ontario.

Imax took to Twitter today to confirm the news. “We mourn the passing of Graeme Ferguson, visionary IMAX Co-Founder and iconic filmmaker,” they said. “Thank you and rest in peace, Graeme.”

Ferguson founded the Imax Corporation in 1967, with filmmaker Roman Kroitor, businessman Robert Kerr, and engineer William Shaw. His latter two collaborators had been friends of his since high school.

The initial impetus for Imax was Polar Life, an experimental film that Ferguson directed for Expo ’67 in Montreal. In collaboration with Kroitor, Kerr and Shaw, he would develop a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, projectors and theaters which would bring a new sense of immersion and scope to the cinematic experience.

A writer, director, producer and cinematographer, Ferguson...

Toni Myers, the Imax director of A Beautiful Planet, narrated by Jennifer Lawrence, and Warner Bros.' Hubble 3D and Space Station 3D, has died. She was 75.

Myers died Monday at home in Toronto following a bout with cancer first diagnosed in October.

"For 25 years, I was fortunate to call Toni a dear friend and I know I echo the same sentiment as anyone who has crossed paths with Toni when I say she was truly one-of-a-kind and will greatly be missed," Imax CEO Richard Gelfond said Tuesday in a statement.

"Toni’s incredible contributions to Imax’s ...

Toni Myers, the Imax director of A Beautiful Planet, narrated by Jennifer Lawrence, and Warner Bros.' Hubble 3D and Space Station 3D, has died. She was 75.

Myers died Monday at home in Toronto following a bout with cancer first diagnosed in October.

"For 25 years, I was fortunate to call Toni a dear friend and I know I echo the same sentiment as anyone who has crossed paths with Toni when I say she was truly one-of-a-kind and will greatly be missed," Imax CEO Richard Gelfond said Tuesday in a statement.

"Toni’s incredible contributions to Imax’s ...

Toni Myers, Hollywood's ultimate space heroine for turning around 120 astronauts and cosmonauts into moviemakers for Disney's A Beautiful Planet and Warner Bros.' Hubble 3D and Space Station 3D, has received the Order of Canada and a Nasa achievement award.

Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Alfonso Cuaron created classic space epics, but as directors never actually sent anyone in spaceboots and with a camera into Earth's stellar depths. But Myers, a Canadian filmmaker with nearly a 50-year career at Imax, has sent astronauts into space — after she taught them how to use Imax cameras and the basics ...

Toni Myers, Hollywood's ultimate space heroine for turning around 120 astronauts and cosmonauts into moviemakers for Disney's A Beautiful Planet and Warner Bros.' Hubble 3D and Space Station 3D, has received the Order of Canada and a Nasa achievement award.

Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Alfonso Cuaron created classic space epics, but as directors never actually sent anyone in spaceboots and with a camera into Earth's stellar depths. But Myers, a Canadian filmmaker with nearly a 50-year career at Imax, has sent astronauts into space — after she taught them how to use Imax cameras and the basics ...

Imax galaxy quest reveals life in orbit and a breathtaking perspective on our planet’s landmasses, with a little over-earnest narration by Jennifer Lawrence

With such Imax credits as writer of Mission to Mir and director of Hubble 3D to her name, Toni Myers is doing as much as any film-maker to map the galaxy’s outer reaches. Her latest large-format eye-opener achieves a breathtaking new perspective on Earthly life by floating cameras among astronauts aboard the International Space Station (Iss). Tim Peake’s Twitter feed: mere dilettantism in comparison.

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Jennifer Lawrence brought her gorgeous looks to the NYC premiere of her latest film, A Beautiful Planet, on Saturday. While posing for pictures on the red carpet, the actress met up with the film's director, Toni Myers, and Imax CEO Richard Gelfond, whom she shared a few laughs with before making her way inside the theater. Earlier this week, Jennifer attended CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where she linked up with her Passengers costar, Chris Pratt, and the two showcased their offscreen chemistry for photographers. Keep reading to see more of Jennifer's latest outing, and then feast your eyes on her hottest bikini moments.

Consider this pair of trailers a yin-yang situation — speaking for their focuses and scale of production, and hopefully not at all of quality. Entering a limited release this month is A Space Program, a title described by one (very positive) review as a “mockumentary / performance piece [that’s] sci-fi by way of Wes Anderson.” The cinematic condensing of Van Neistat and Tom Sachs‘ New York installation earned some good buzz upon hitting SXSW last year, and its trailer (via Apple) does a fine job of raising questions as to where, exactly, the line between reality and presentation rests.

Also entering a limited release this spring, albeit on a much bigger scale (ar ar ar), is A Beautiful Planet, the IMAX-presented, Jennifer Lawrence-narrated documentary that looks upon the earth with footage captured by the International Space Station. It might turn out to be little more than space porn — but if seen in an optimal IMAX 3D presentation,...

"It's a giant universe out there - there's lots of stars, and lots of planets, but there's no where like Earth." Indeed. So take care of this beautiful planet. IMAX has debuted a wonderful, uplifting trailer for a new documentary called A Beautiful Planet, directed by Toni Myers, all about how amazing this planet we call Earth is as seen from space. There's a cheesy song that plays with it, and Jennifer Lawrence narrates some of it, but mostly you should watch this just for all the footage of Earth. "From space, Earth blazes at night with the electric intensity of human expansion — a direct visualization of our changing world. But it is within our power to protect the planet." We can care more. What a mesmerizing documentary. Watch below. Here's the first trailer (+ poster) for IMAX's documentary A Beautiful Planet, from IMAX's YouTube: A Beautiful Planet is a breathtaking portrait of Earth from space,...

“A Beautiful Planet,” a 3D documentary from filmmaker Toni Myers, will make its domestic debut in IMAX theaters on Apr. 29 next year, Disney announced on Thursday. Produced in cooperation with Nasa, the film features stunning footage of Earth from space, shot by the astronauts or cameras mounted on the International Space Station (photo top). Also Read: 'Everest' Venice Review: Jake Gyllenhaal and Company Find Some Thrills But Mostly Thin Air Myers has been editing, writing, producing and directing films specifically tailored for IMAX since 1971. Her most recent documentary feature film, 2010’s “Hubble 3D,” has grossed nearly $70 million. “A Beautiful Planet” will be presented.

“This is not a documentary,” Alfonso Cuaron said of his new movie Gravity to CollectSpace.com. No kidding. Nobody in a documentary talks the way George Clooney and Sandra Bullock do in this spectacular yet sometimes silly space-set thriller. But I’d love for it to be a gateway to some great documentaries about astronauts and Nasa missions and the like, so I’ve compiled a list of favorites that are relevant to the plot. Sure, I could have opened this week’s Movies to Watch list to fiction films, too, but there is less need for me to highlight obvious movies like Apollo 13 and Space Buddies. Also, I’d like to use this opportunity to give a shout out to Dan Schindel’s Doc Option column over at our sister site Nonfics. This week he chose to recommend two true stories for your listening pleasure that relate to Gravity because they involve spacewalks gone wrong...

This Earth Day, there'll be no cuddly animal movie to go see (or should I say, no movie where you fall in love with a cuddly animal and then He Dies) because Disneynature is taking a break this year. These nature docs take some serious time to make! But, Disney documentaries are being made. 

Next year, Disneynature will release Bears which will show what life is really like for brown bears living in Alaska. Then, in 2015, Walt Disney studios are teaming up with Nasa, IMAX and Toni Myers (Hubble 3D) to make a documentary about we Earthlings place in space and the universe (it hasn't been announced if this is an Earth Day movie).

But this Earth Day, we can explore space the Tom Cruise way. His movie Oblivion opens the weekend prior to April 22 - that's about a repairman sent back to postapocolyptic Earth to extract a vital resource but discovers that life exists.

IMAX and The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company today announced an agreement to produce and distribute the latest IMAX® 3D cinematic space spectacle from acclaimed filmmaker Toni Myers, who has been crafting mind-blowing movie experiences for IMAX audiences for more than 40 years.

This marks the first time IMAX and The Walt Disney Studios are jointly producing a film together. The companies have previously collaborated on the distribution of numerous films from the groundbreaking release of Fantasia 2000 to the recent successful opening of Oz The Great and Powerful.

Myers’ upcoming 3D film, which is still untitled, will use IMAX’s extremely high-resolution photography and videography to offer breathtaking, illuminating views of our home planet from space, exploring the astonishing changes that have occurred on Earth in just the past several decades.

Made in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), the film will...

IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company, today announced an agreement to produce and distribute the latest IMAX 3D cinematic space spectacle from acclaimed filmmaker Toni Myers, who has been crafting mind-blowing movie experiences for IMAX audiences for more than 40 years.

This marks the first time IMAX and The Walt Disney Studios are jointly producing a film together. The companies have previously collaborated on the distribution of numerous films from the groundbreaking release of Fantasia 2000 to the recent successful opening of Oz: The Great and Powerful.

Myers' upcoming 3D film, which is still untitled, will use IMAX's extremely high-resolution photography and videography to offer breathtaking, illuminating views of our home planet from space, exploring the astonishing changes that have occurred on Earth in just the past several decades.

Made in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), the film...

IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios today announced an agreement to produce and distribute the latest IMAX® 3D cinematic space spectacle from acclaimed filmmaker Toni Myers, who has been crafting mind-blowing movie experiences for IMAX audiences for more than 40 years. This marks the first time IMAX and The Walt Disney Studios are jointly producing a film together. The companies have previously collaborated on the distribution of numerous films from the groundbreaking release of Fantasia 2000 to the recent successful opening of Oz The Great and Powerful . Myers' upcoming 3D film, which is still untitled, will use IMAX's extremely high-resolution photography and videography to offer breathtaking, illuminating views of our home planet from space, exploring the...

The IMAX feature “Hubble 3D” will screen as the final installment in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, December 7, at 7 p.m. at the California Science Center IMAX Theater in Exposition Park. Admission to the screening is free; parking at the Science Center is $10 (cash only).

Directed and produced by Toni Myers, “Hubble 3D” explores the far reaches of the universe and brings audiences alongside space-walking astronauts as they repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Cinematographer James Neihouse will be present to take questions from the audience following the screening.

This screening concludes Part One of the 30th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series, showcasing feature-length and short documentaries drawn from the 2010 Academy Award® nominations, including the winners, as well as other important and innovative films considered by the Academy that year. Part Two of the series will begin in March 2012.

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Beverly Hills, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will kick off its 30th annual .Contemporary Documentaries. screening series with last year.s Oscar®-winning feature, .Inside Job,. and .Casino Jack and the United States of Money. on Wednesday, September 21, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.

Admission to all screenings in the series is free.

Directed by Charles Ferguson, who produced the film with Audrey Marrs, .Inside Job. traces the financial practices that laid the groundwork for the global economic crisis in an examination that places blame in the hands of many who are still in power. Predatory lending, credit default swaps and financial deregulation are subjected to close scrutiny and criticism in a primer on the situation that affected the lives of millions.

.Casino Jack and the United States of Money,. a portrait of disgraced Washington super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, confirms the adage...

Imax documentary Hubble, which is narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio (Shutter Island), has been available on Blu-ray 3D since March but only through Best Buy. On May 31, the disc will be available widely at all retailers from Warner Home Video.

The 2010 film chronicles seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Altantis as they repair the Hubble Space Telescope, often suspended in space outside of the shuttle. In the mission, the telescope’s Wide Field Camera and Cosmic Origins Spectrograph were upgraded, as well as repairs made to the Advanced Survey Camera and Imaging Spectrograph, making Hubble’s vision deeper, clearer and more sensitive to color and light.

The documentary also details the life of the Hubble, from its inception to this shuttle visit. The telescope was launched in 1990 and has given us data about the formation and composition of solar systems and galaxies beyond the Milky Way.

The movie was directed to Toni Myers,...

Chicago – It’s easy to see why filmmakers like James Cameron are constantly inspired by the life forms that exist underwater. They are as fascinating and mysterious as any otherworldly being dreamed up a science-fiction author. BBC’s brilliant series, “The Blue Planet,” unearthed deep-sea specimens that continue to haunt my nightmares. It proved that monsters do sometimes hide in the dark, and exist only to feed (one fish had teeth so large that it couldn’t even close its mouth).

Of course, such images are guaranteed to terrify a G-rated audience, and “IMAX Under the Sea” offers a more cuddly, yet no less spectacular, look at creatures of the deep. It is filmmaker Howard Hall’s follow-up to his previous family-friendly documentary, “Deep Sea 3D,” and was released theatrically as “Under the Sea 3D.” Though no home entertainment system can come close to equaling the experience provided by IMAX 3D,...

For all the amazing and fantastical things filmmakers have been bringing to audiences using IMAX and 3D in the last few years, you really can't beat watching real life unfold on the screen in the format, which is what makes Hubble 3D , director Toni Myers' follow-up to 2002's Space Station 3D and the seventh film from the IMAX Space Team, so breathtaking. It tells the story of Nasa's Hubble Telescope, the high-powered instrument used to view millions of light years into space, allowing us to witness other galaxies and star systems literally where no human has ever gone before. In 1989, the Hubble Telescope was launched into orbit 350 miles above the Earth and immediately began experiencing technical difficulties that required another shuttle mission to repair it. Over the next...

We have 7 webisodes from "Hubble 3D," the Warner Bros. Pictures release which finds IMAX theaters on March 19th. Leonardo DiCaprio narrates the film which is helmed and written by Toni Myers ("Space Station 3D," "Blue Planet," "Destiny in Space." We have 7 webisodes from "Hubble 3D," the Warner Bros. Pictures release which finds IMAX theaters on March 19th. Leonardo DiCaprio narrates the film which is helmed and written by Toni Myers ("Space Station 3D," "Blue Planet," "Destiny in Space." Includes Scott D. Altman, John M. Grunsfeld, K. Megan McArthur, Michael J. Massimino, Andrew Feustel and Michael T. Good. Experience the gripping story - full of hope, crushing disappointment, dazzling ingenuity, bravery and triumph in "Hubble 3D," the seventh awe-inspiring film from the award-winning IMAX Space Team. Through the power of IMAX® 3D, "Hubble 3D" will enable movie-goers to journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mysteries of our celestial surroundings,...

Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and IMAX Corporation today announced that three-time Academy-Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio will narrate Hubble 3D. The latest IMAX 3D film from the award-winning team behind Space Station 3D and other successful IMAX space films, led by producer/director Toni Myers, is scheduled for release to IMAX theatres beginning March 19, 2010. Hubble 3D will combine awe-inspiring IMAX 3D footage shot in space with breathtaking, never-before-seen 3D flights through Hubble imagery from the Orion Nebula to the far reaches of the cosmos. The film is the fourth IMAX 3D co-production between the two companies. "I'm thrilled that Leonardo will be guiding our audiences on this incredible journey through the cosmos," said producer/director Toni Myers. "It's a tremendous honor to have him as part of the Hubble 3D team. His extraordinary gift of connecting with audiences is the perfect fit for the immersive experience of Hubble's story." "Leonardo's exceptional...

Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and IMAX Corporation today announced that three-time Academy-Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio will narrate Hubble 3D . The latest IMAX 3D film from the award-winning team behind Space Station 3D and other successful IMAX space films, led by producer/director Toni Myers, is scheduled for release to IMAX theatres beginning March 19, 2010. Hubble 3D will combine awe-inspiring IMAX 3D footage shot in space with breathtaking, never-before-seen 3D flights through Hubble imagery from the Orion Nebula to the far reaches of the cosmos. The film is the fourth IMAX 3D co-production between the two companies. "I'm thrilled that Leonardo will be guiding our audiences on this incredible journey through the cosmos," said producer/director Toni Myers....

• I remember when Nasa shuttle launches (talking 80’s here) were a big deal – teachers would roll in a portal television on wheels to let us view humans going towards orbit. Can’t say we have the same fascination now, network television cut the cord on Live coverage since they were getting to be a dime a dozen…..so its interesting to see how space, (not sci-fi stuff) is getting a makeover of sorts. A couple of years back, Imax's had the Cruise-narrated Space Station 3D in 01’ and that brought in a good chunk of change ($100 million in worldwide box office) and now Warner Bros. will team with Nasa on a new project in the 3-D film.Producers Toni Myers and Graeme Ferguson are prepping a new doc that will look at Nasa's Hubble space telescope. The new footage shows how the Hubble captured images in orbit of our junkyard

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In a CNN poll last year, 86% of the respondents said they would buy a ticket for a flight into space if money were no object. Until such a ride is available, the best bet would be "Space Station 3D", the first Imax film shot off this planet.

The filmmakers are the astronauts themselves. While none is likely to quit his or her amazing day job, they aren't bad at this new gig. They place their 3-D cameras in just the right spots to record one of the greatest engineering feats ever -- the assemblage and construction of the International Space Station 220 miles above Earth, an effort involving more than 1,000 people from 16 nations.

In short, you get a fabulous idea of what it is like to float through the station's cabins and labs with all the instruments, gadgets and wires running here and there. "Star Trek" was never like this. For that matter, the Imax experience has never been like this, either.

So strap on those 3-D goggles, and put yourself into the action both inside and occasionally outside the orbiting station. Experience also the incredible rush of the launch of the space shuttle Discovery from Florida's Cape Canaveral from atop the rocket.

Presented by Lockheed Martin in cooperation with NASA, "Space Station 3D" is, understandably, partly promotional and partly educational. But none of this detracts from the thrill of floating with the camera through the station with astronauts and cosmonauts performing chores or working out to keep bodies in shape.

Early in the shoot, the astronaut-filmmakers clearly discovered they could not let the camera get too close to people or objects. In early footage, when the camera does come close, heads grow fuzzy, and focus is a problem. Thereafter, with the camera moved a slight distance away, everything is clear and distinct.

A narration, scripted by editor-writer Toni Myers and ably delivered by Tom Cruise, suffers from occasionally banality. Otherwise, it gets the job of explaining the assembly of the station done with a minimum of astronaut jargon.

What most impresses a viewer is what brilliant human beings these astronauts from several countries are: In top mental and physical shape, this elite corps must be masters in not only all the repair work aboard the space station but also in such disciplines as science, life science, math, language and technology.

The film covers the planning and construction phase from December 1998-July 2001. The station is scheduled for completion in 2006. So let's hope for at least one Imax sequel, since the biggest problem with this movie is that it's not nearly long enough.

SPACE STATION 3D

Imax

An Imax Corp. and Lockheed Martin presentation in cooperation with NASA

Credits:

Directed and filmed by: Astronauts of the International Space Station

Producer-editor-writer: Toni Myers

Consulting producer: Graeme Ferguson

Narrator: Tom Cruise

Chief astronaut camera training: James Neihouse

Music: Micky Erbe, Maribeth Solomon

Associate producer: Judy Carroll

No MPAA rating

Running time -- 48 minutes...