We have been asked many times what “formula” we use to create award-winning, successful short films. The closest we can come up with is Great Subject + Authentic storytelling + Time + Creativity + Experience + Luck = A Successful Short Film. Out of the Dark (2 films)/WETA PBS and Athletes for Hope The Big Idea (3 films)/MIT Solve Generation Impact: The Inventor/ HP In The End: A Film By Sarah Klein and Tom Mason Out of the Dark (3 Films)/WETA PBS Scientific Discoveries (3 films)/MIT Dear Future Me (2 films)/HP History of Memory (4 Films)/HP How To Win An Election/The New York Times George Saunders: On Story/The Atlantic Vietnam Installation (5 films) /The New York Historical Society Neil deGrasse Tyson: Science in American Ken Burns: On Story/The Atlantic Ken Burns: Past is Present (10 films) Ken Burns iPad App Miracle on 22nd Street/The New York Times From Research to Reward (4 films)/National Academy of Science The Story of Cancer (18 films)/PBS Hereditary Cancer (16 films)/CDC