Credits: Finding The Origin Of Life

Executive Producer
MARK MARABELLA

Producer
MARK MORI

Director
MARK MARABELLA

Line Producer
JOHN F SCHWALLY

Head Writer
MARK MARABELLA

Writer
MARK MORI

Editor
JULIE CHABOT

Associate Producer
TANJA MEDING

Assistant Editor
JOSEPH M. SCHROEDER

Narrator
RUSHMORE DeNOOYER

Online Editor
FRAME:RUNNER

Sound Mix
SYNC SOUND

Music
CSS MUSIC

Cameras
PETR CIKHART
SAM SHINN
MICHAEL BRATKOWSKI

Sound Recordists
PAUL GRAFF
TOM JORGENSEN
LUIS GRANADOS
FRANK COAKLEY
JOHN GARRETT
DAVE MENDEZ

Animation and Design
STEFFEN VFX

Title Sequence
ROBERT HENRY

Compositor
MATTHEW LANE-SMITH

3D Animation
ROBERT COLE
WOJTEK WOJTULEWICS

Medical Animation
JANET IWASA

Still Photographer
ED GRANT

Research
TANJA MEDING

Production Coordinator
JOSEPH M. SCHROEDER

Production Interns
KATJA KNOLL
DESIREE BALDWIN

Special Thanks
JEFFREY BADA, PHD
DAVID DEAMER, PHD
STEEN RASMUSSEN, PHD
MINIK ROSING, PHD
DIMITAR SASSELOV, PHD
JACK SZOSTAK, PHD
WILL WRIGHT
HARVARD LIFE INITIATIVE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF DENMARK
DOILY REYES
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK, FLINT

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METTE MAILAND, PLUS PICTURES
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For National Geographic Channel

Executive Producer
MICHAEL WELSH

Senior Vice President, Production
MICHAEL CASCIO

Production Manager
JOHNITA ‘JAYE’ MORAN

Unit Manager
NICHOLAS BURTON

S&P Research
MARK LEVENSTEIN

Production Assistant
MARION ASHLEY SAID

Executive in Charge of Production
STEVE BURNS

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