STEVEN SOTER

TELEVISION AND FILM DOCUMENTARIES:

Cosmos (1980), a 13-hour television series on astronomy, produced by KCET/Los Angeles. Written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steven Soter. Head of Research.

Confessions of a Weaponeer (1987), NOVA television documentary on George Kistiakowsky, Presidential Science Advisor; produced by WGBH/Boston. Written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan and Steven Soter.

Blue Planet (1990), an IMAX film on the global environment seen from orbit, produced by the National Air and Space Museum, IMAX Systems Corporation, and Lockheed. Scriptwriting and science advisor.

Spacefaring (1992), a film about truth and fantasy in science fiction films, produced for the National Air and Space Museum's gallery Where Next, Columbus? Writer.

Destiny in Space (1994), an IMAX film on the future of space exploration, produced by the National Air and Space Museum, IMAX Systems Corporation, and Lockheed. Scriptwriting and science advisor.

Cosmic Voyage (1996), an IMAX film on the scale and evolution of the universe, produced by the National Air and Space Museum, the Motorola Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. Directed by Bayley Silleck, narrated by Morgan Freeman. Content development, scriptwriting and science advisor.

PLANETARIUM SHOWS:

Passport to the Universe (2000), inaugural show for the new Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History. Written by Ann Druyan and Steven Soter, narrated by Tom Hanks.

The Search for Life: Are We Alone? (2002), Hayden Planetarium show. Written by Ann Druyan and Steven Soter, narrated by Harrison Ford.

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:

A Piece of Mars? (1989), an exhibit of a Martian meteorite, in the gallery Exploring the Planets of the National Air and Space Museum. Concept and text.

Where Next, Columbus? (1992), a gallery about the next 500 years of exploration, for the Columbus Quincentennary exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum. Content development and advisor to the curator, Dr. Valerie Neal.

Rover Expo (1992), a two day demonstration of 16 engineering prototype vehicles for remote planetary surface exploration, conducted on an accurately simulated Martian landscape on the Mall in Washington. Sponsored by the National Air and Space Museum, NASA and the Planetary Society. Project manager.

How Things Fly (1996), a permanent gallery at the National Air and Space Museum, on the principles of aeronautics and spaceflight. Curator for science.

Hall of the Universe (2000), a permanent exhibition on modern astrophysics, at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, American Museum of Natural History. Co-writer.

EDITED VOLUMES

Steven Soter & Neil deGrasse Tyson, editors (2001). Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge, 24 invited essays by contemporary astrophysicists describing their research, with historical sidebars and introductions. The New Press: New York.

Carl Sagan (2006). The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God . Edited by Ann Druyan, illustrations editor and scientific consultant Steven Soter. The Penguin Press: New York.

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