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 TESLA,
MASTER OF LIGHTNING
Color, 90 min., 2000, feature documentary; USA
In English
Director/Producer: Robert Uth
Executive Producer: Phylis Geller
Production company: New Voyage Communications
Screenwriters: Robert Uth, Phylis Geller
Senior Science Advisor: Leland I. Anderson
Music: Charlie Barnett
Voice of Nikola Tesla: Stacy Keach
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola
Tesla (1856-1943), one of the most fascinating scientists of
the 20th century. He invented, developed or imagined the
technology that brought us electricity, remote control, neon
and florescent lighting, radio transmission and much
more…all the basic inventions that now connect the world
with power and information.
He was a brilliant and charismatic immigrant from Southeast
Europe, son of a Serbian Orthodox priest, who grew up in a
remote Croatian village. In America, he locked horns with
Thomas Edison, J. Pierpont Morgan, Guglielmo Marconi, and
George Westinghouse.
This PBS documentary pays homage to a great and often
misunderstood man. The life of Nikola Tesla is an inspiring
example of the power of one man to change the world with
technology and revolutionary ideas.
Director Robert Uth
Robert Uth is Executive Director of New Voyage
Communications. His documentaries include: TESLA, Master of
Lightning, a PBS Primetime Special, companion book and web
site about the visionary scientist and inventor Nikola
Tesla. Korean War Stories, a PBS Primetime Special that
recounts the personal experiences of American Korean War
veterans received the 2002 National Emmy for
“Outstanding Historical Documentary.” The World War II
Memorial: A Testament To Freedom, another PBS Primetime
Special about the creation of the National World War II
Memorial, was awarded a Cine Golden Eagle. A companion book,
The World War II Memorial: A Grateful Nation Remembers, was
published by Smithsonian Press. Uth’s latest work for PBS,
The March of the Bonus Army, premieres May 29, 2006.
BETA SP Source:
New Voyage Communications
1839 16th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20009
Tel: 202 234-0608
NPproducer@aol.com
www.newvoyagepublishing.com
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