BLAST! (2008 film)
BLAST!
is a feature-length documentary by Paul Devlin.
The film follows a team of astrophysicists who launch a telescope, upon a high-altitude balloon from northern Sweden and again from Antarctica.
The film follows the crew of scientists as they travel on a search to answer humankind's most basic question, how did we get here?
An approach rarely seen in science programming, "BLAST!
" de-emphasizes talking-head interviews and dispenses with anonymous narration in favor of capturing the action as it happens.
Through dynamic storytelling, "BLAST!"
reveals the human side of scientific pursuit, the personal sacrifices of scientists and the philosophical perspectives of discovering the origins of the universe.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy( born 5 November 1961) is an Irish- born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.
He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?
Now Where Did the 7th Company Get To? is a 1973 French- Italian comedy war film directed by Robert Lamoureux.
The film portrays the adventures of a French Army squad lost somewhere on the front in May 1940 during the Battle of France.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
Dana Blankstein
Dana Blankstein- Cohen( born March 3, 1981) is the director of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.
She is a film director, and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.
The Seventh Company Outdoors
The Seventh Company Outdoors is a 1977 French comedy film directed by Robert Lamoureux.
It is a sequel to Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to ?.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Paul Devlin (filmmaker)
Paul Josiah Devlin is a sports editor and documentary filmmaker.
A five-time Emmy winner for his work on NBC's Olympics and CBS's Tour de France, Paul Devlin's films include "Power Trip", which screened in 60 countries, theatrically across the United States and on PBS's Independent Lens, was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, and has won 10 film festival awards, including top prizes at Berlin, Hot Docs-Toronto, and Florida.
Paul also made the award-winning film "SlamNation", which follows the fierce competition at the National Poetry Slam and helped popularize the dynamic genre with its release in theaters and on HBO/Cinemax and Encore/Starz.
An interview with Devlin compromises an entire chapter in the book "Words
In Your Face: A Guided Tour through the New York City Poetry Slam," which refers to the movie as "Slam's Second Bible."
Paul's second film - "Power Trip" - captures a clash of culture
that combusts, when an American energy company, AES, must transform the dysfunctional electricity distribution system in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
Power Trip was nominated for the 2004 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary.
Power Trip is available on home and educational DVD, as well as for download on iTunes.
Paul's film "BLAST!" follows a team of international astrophysicists led by Paul's brother, Dr. Mark Devlin, as they attempt to launch a telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon.
"BLAST!" is currently available on DVD for home and educational release.
"BLAST!
" is the first film to ever partner with the website ArtistShare - a website that allows fans to support the work of their favorite artists.
Devlin's latest film, The Front Man, is a documentary which follows the rock-and-roll career of the Loaded Poets, a band from North Brunswick, NJ.
The film documents the band's struggle for success and the member's continued dream of rock and roll fame.
The band also appeared in Devlin's first film Rockin' Brunswick, which documented the 1980s New Brunswick, NJ music scene.
Paul's other credits include his fiction film "The Eyes of St. Anthony" and his work as producing editor on the Organic film "FREESTYLE: The Art of Rhyme", broadcast on VH1 and winner of the Special Jury Award for Documentary Filmmaking at the Florida Film Festival.
As an editor, Paul’s credits include commercials, music videos, television shows, and major sports broadcasts, including CBS's Super Bowls and ABC/ESPN's World Cup Soccer.
Mr. Devlin is a B.A. graduate of the University of Michigan
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.

Question: Where did the director of film Blast! (2008 Film) graduate from?
Answer: University of Michigan