 Diane Beam
Writer, filmmaker and physicist Diane Beam was born in San Francisco. She currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has a bachelors degree in physics and is working on a second degree in film at the University of Utah. Beam has been involved in productions as a writer, director, producer, 1st AD, crew, and photographer. She is an instructor, lecturer, science and production adviser.
Beam is the originator, co-producer and co-writer of the Imax Film, Stephen Hawking's Beyond the Horizon. Hawking and Beam co-wrote and produced Fate of the Universe. Beam is writing a book about her ten-year experience working with Professor Hawking and their productions on the subject of modern cosmology.
Beam is the founder and president of Imaginary Universe Inc, a member of iworlds.com advisory board, a member of SETI and a partner in universepartners.net
Contact Diane Beam beam.diane@gmail.com
Select list of Beam's writing, productions, special events and lectures
House of Hope 2010, Short in HD Video
writer, director, co-producer
Diva Force 2009, Short, on Red Camera
1st AD
Soul-Less 2009, Feature, on Red Camera,
2nd AD
Here I Stand 2009
Camera & Electric Assist
Concrete Jungles 2009
writer, director, producer
Between 2009
writer, director, producer
Dark Matter 2008
Feature Film Starring Meryl Streep Starring Val Kilmer Role: Science Advisor
Stephen Hawking Imax Film 2008
Production
Role: Producer, Co-Writer, Project Originator
The Power of Three 2007
Film Short
Role: Producer, writer, editor
iworlds.com 2006 Role: Advisery Board Member
Utah Science Center 2004-2006 Title: Creative Visionary Role: Writer
True Story 2006 Film Short 2nd AD
Ring World Feature 2004 A NASA Production National Distribution Science Theaters Science and Production Advisor
Leonardo in Our Time 2003 Screenwriter
Pool Hall Junkies 2002 Feature Film Key Set Production Assistant
Premonition 2001 Video Short Writer, Director, Producer
Four Seasons Constellations 2000 Four Shorts International Distribution Science Theaters Write
Mysterious Worlds Feature 1999
Minolta Planetarium Toyokawa, Japan Asian Distribution Science Theaters Co-Producer
Paradigm Shifts Short 1999 ILDA Award Winner International Distribution Science Theaters Originator, Write
Does God Throw Dice 1996 Special Event with Scientist Stephen Hawking Event Coordinator 12,000 in attendance Lecture Video Producer
Orion Rendezvous 1995 Commercial and Documentary Short Producer
Stephen Hawking Black Holes and Baby Universes Event 1994 Special Event with Stephen Hawking Event Coordinator 3000 attendance
Stephen Hawking Black Holes and Baby Universes Video Lecture Video Executive Producer Geneva Steel Producer
Quantum Leap Feature 1994 Science Theater Executive Producer Evans and Sutherland Originator, Writer, Producer
Fate of the Universe 2004 Public Lecture
Fate of the Universe Feature 1994 Science Theater Originator, Producer Co-writer with Stephen Hawking
The Endless Horizon Feature 1993 Internationally Distributed Science Theaters
Narrated by Patrick Stewart Funded by the National Science Foundation Producer, Voice Over Director
COSI Scientific Visualization Short 1993 Internationally Distributed to Science Theaters Executive Producer Evans & Sutherland Programmer
International Planetarium Society Short 1993 Internationally Distributed to Science Theaters Executive Producer Evans & Sutherland Programmer
Cosmic Catastrophes Feature 1993 Internationally Distributed to Science Theaters Funded by the National Science Foundation Producer
Starflight Feature 1992 Internationally Distributed to Science Theaters Originator, Writer, Producer
Dreamwings Feature 1991 Science Theaters Originator, Writer, Producer
Light Flight Feature 1990 Science Theater Originator, Writer, Producer
Time Travels Feature 1990 Science Theater Originator, Writer, Producer
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