Eliza McNitt Biography

Eliza McNitt is a writer and director. Her work has been described by the New York Times as “beautiful and surprising.” She explores the cosmic collision of science and art. From astronauts to astrophysicists McNitt works alongside scientists to tell stories about the human connection to the cosmos. Her films and VR experiences have appeared at festivals including Sundance SXSW Hot Docs Cannes NEXT AFI Fest and Tribeca. She’s a two time Intel Science Fair winner OneFifty creator Alfred P. Sloan grant recipient and winner of a 2018 Gold Screen Young Director's Award at Cannes Lions. McNitt is the creator of FISTFUL OF STARS a VR experience following the journey of The Hubble Telescope through the cosmos. Her VR series SPHERES - Executive Produced by Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel - is an episodic journey through the songs of spacetime. SPHERES stars Jessica Chastain and Patti Smith as the voice of the cosmos. SPHERES made history at the Sundance Film Festival as the world's first ever acquisition of a VR experience.
Eliza found filmmaking through science. A top winner of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her research on Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder Eliza's first film was inspired by a desire to communicate the devastating impact of vanishing honeybees. Her honeybee research received the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering’s Gerber Medal–the state’s highest award for student science research–as well as special awards from The Harvard-Smithsonian Observatory MIT-Lincoln Lab the Audubon Society CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research) the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame Pfizer the United States Armed Forces the United States Air Force and Connecticut Governor Jody Rell.

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