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KING FOR TWO DAYS (2012)

Concert Documentary | USA | 55 mins

Produced and Directed by Noah Hutton
Cinematography by Ryan Thompson and Noah Hutton
Edited by Noah Hutton

Official Selection, 2012 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

Enter the world of drummer Dave King (The Bad Plus), “Better than anyone at mixing the sensibilities of post-‘60s jazz and indie rock,” (The New York Times). Through rehearsals, interviews, and concert excerpts, a world emerges where the concept of the band is held above the need for individual showmanship.

Watch the trailer here.


 

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY FILM SERIES (2011)

Couple 3 was commissioned by Scientific American in 2011 to produce 30 original short films films on classical topics in psychology and neuroscience, using a blend of live action, interviews and animation. Here is a trailer for the series:

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BLUEBRAIN (ongoing, 2010-2020)

Director Noah Hutton’s 10-year film-in-the-making will chronicle the progress of The Blue Brain Project, neuroscientist Henry Markram’s landmark endeavor to reverse-engineer a human brain with cell-by-cell simulations on IBM supercomputers. In his 2009 TED talk, Markram set the timeline for the project at ten years away from achieving a full human brain simulation. His bold declaration has led to much debate about the project—which he compares to the Human Genome Project of neuroscience— and the merits of his techniques to reach that goal. Prominent scientists, the funding of the Swiss government, and IBM machinery stand behind his project; others have been outspoken in their criticisms of it.

Hutton has been granted exclusive access to the project personnel and Markram’s facilities on the EPFL campus in Lausanne, Switzerland, to create a documentary feature film on the project’s evolution, personalities and results over the course of the next decade.

For the past two years, Hutton has premiered the yearly updates at the SciFoo conference at the Googleplex in Mountainview, CA.

“An excellent documentary.”Mind Hacks

Year One (2010) 

Year Two (2011) [Mind Hacks' Year Two writeup]

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MORE TO LIVE FOR (2011)

Documentary Feature for the Love Hope Strength Foundation| USA | 83 mins
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Director: Noah Hutton
Producer: Susan Brecker
Producer: James Chippendale
Winner: Best Director, 2011 FirstGlance Film Festival
Winner: Director’s Choice Award, 2011 Park City Film Festival
Official Selection: 2011 Woodstock Film Festival
Official Selection: 2011 Dallas International Film Festival
Official Selection: 2011 Cleveland International Film Festival
Official Selection: 2011 Sedona Film Festival
Official Selection: 2011 Park City Film Festival
Official Selection: 2011 Starz Denver Film Festival
Official Selection: 2011 Vegas Cine Fest
Official Selection: 2011 FirstGlance Film Festival Philadelphia
Official Selection: 2011 BendFilm Festival
Official Selection: 2011 DOCUTAH Film Festival
Official Selection: 2011 Flyway Film Festival
Official Selection: 2011 Heartland Film Festival
Special Screening Event: 2011 Aspen Songwriters Festival
Special Screening Event: 2011 Monterey Jazz Festival
Special Screening Event: 2011 London Jazz Festival

Synopsis:

“More to Live For” (Director Noah Hutton) is the story of three lives, all shaken by cancer and dependent upon the one vital bone marrow match that could save them. These individuals are similar only in their fate and prolific accomplishments: Michael Brecker, 15-time Grammy winner, one of the greatest tenor saxophonists of all time; James Chippendale, entertainment executive and founder of The Love Hope Strength foundation, the largest music-centric cancer charity in the world, and Seun Adebiyi, a young Nigerian training to become the first ever Nigerian winter Olympic athlete in any sport.

Their unrelated paths become connected in a desperate fight for survival and a singular mission: to bring awareness about bone marrow donation to the millions of people who could save a life today. A film of tragedy and loss, strength and hope, “More to Live For” presents the stories of three individuals facing life and death, and their commitment to making a difference. These deeply personal accounts of confronting illness will inspire hope and action, leaving the viewer empowered to become part of the cure.

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CRUDE INDEPENDENCE (2009)

Documentary Feature | USA | 73 mins

Director: Noah Hutton
Producer: Sam Howard
Co-producer: Sara Kendall
Original Score: Noah Hutton
Editors: Alex Footman & Noah Hutton

Executive Producer: Jonathan Demme
Executive Producer: Granger Whitelaw

Winner: Best Documentary Feature, Oxford Film Festival 2009
Official Selection: 2009 SXSW Film Festival
2009 Cleveland International Film Festival
2009 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
2009 Cinequest Film Festival
2009 D.C. Independent Film Festival
2009 Kansas City Film Festival
2009 Camden International Film Festival
2009 Connecticut Film Festival
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The heartland is getting a transplant, and its new heart is pumping oil. Director Noah Hutton takes us to the town of Stanley, North Dakota (population 1300), sitting atop the largest oil discovery in the history of the North American continent. Through revealing interviews and breathtaking imagery of the northern plains, Crude Independence is a rumination on the future of small town America—a tale of change at the hands of the global energy market and America’s unyielding thirst for oil. [order online]