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{{Short description|British writer and filmmaker}}
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'''Christopher Riley''' (born 1967) is a British writer, broadcaster and film maker specialising in the history of science.
==Education==
Riley went to school in [[Cambridge]], where he grew up. He studied [[geology]] at the [[University of Leicester]] for his first degree and completed his PhD at [[Imperial College London|Imperial College, University of London]] in the mid
==Career==
Riley is a veteran of two [[NASA Astrobiology Institute|NASA astrobiology]] missions (Leonid MAC) from 1998 and 1999 – reporting on their progress for [[BBC News]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/11/98/the_leonids_98/222151.stm] – Return to Mission Leonid, BBC News</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/526440.stm] – In the Leonids' lair, BBC News</ref> He co-presented the BBC's live coverage of the [[Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999|1999]], [[Solar eclipse of 2001 June 21|2001]] and [[Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015|2015]] solar eclipses, and has fronted their astronomy magazine show ''Final Frontier'', their cosmology series ''Journeys in Time and Space'', and their live ''All Night Star Party'' – a co-production with the [[Open University]]. In 2006 he wrote and presented [[BBC Radio 4]]'s cosmology series ''The Cosmic Hunters''. Other documentaries he's written and presented for [[BBC Radio 4]] include ''Save the Moon'' (2014) and ''For All Mankind'' (2012).
Behind the camera he has written and directed more than 50 films for the BBC's classic science magazine show ''[[Tomorrow's World]]'' and was a producer and director on series six of ''[[Rough Science]]''.
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Riley directed on the spinoff six-part series ''[[Moon Machines]]'' for the Discovery Channel in 2008, which celebrated the 400,000 engineers who'd made the Moonshots possible. The series aired in the US and the UK in June that year.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1558826/] – Christopher Riley III, IMDB</ref>
During the making of [[In the Shadow of the Moon (2007 film)|''In the Shadow of the Moon'']], Riley rediscovered the only surviving 35mm print of the complete version of NASA's original Apollo 11 documentary film ''[[Moonwalk One]]'' which had been stored under the film's director [[Theo Kamecke]]'s desk since it was made. With NASA's blessing, the pair worked to restore and remaster the feature film and re-released it in time for the 40th anniversary of the flight of [[Apollo 11]] in July 2009.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/may/25/apollo-11-anniversary] – The moon shoot: film of Apollo mission on show again after 35 years in the can, Guardian</ref>
At the [[Cheltenham Science Festival]] in 2009 he presented research conducted with forensic linguist John Olsson on the recordings of Neil Armstrong's first words spoken on the surface of the Moon in July 1969. Their study confirmed that the "a" was missing – contradicting previous conclusions presented by Peter Shann Ford in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chris-riley.com/one-small-word.html |title=
In 2011 Riley teamed up with the [[European Space Agency]] and Italian astronaut [[Paolo Nespoli]] to make the feature-length documentary ''[[First Orbit]]'' which re-created [[Yuri Gagarin]]'s pioneering spaceflight [[Vostok 1]]. The film was recorded by matching the orbit of the [[International Space Station]] to the [[ground path]] of Vostok 1, and released for free to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the pioneering human space flight.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12808771] – Movie recreates Gagarin's spaceflight, BBC News</ref>
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In 2014 he produced and directed a documentary about American neuroscientist [[John C Lilly|John Lilly]]'s controversial 1960s attempts to build an interspecies communications bridge between humans and dolphins. The film included the only onscreen interview recorded with the female researcher at the centre of the work - Margaret Howe Lovatt, who had reportedly developed a close relationship with one of the animals. The resulting film, ''The Girl who talked to Dolphins'', premiered at the 2014 Sheffield International Documentary Festival and received widespread five star reviews; ''The Telegraph'' noting that "the anti-sensationalist approach of Riley's superb documentary was its trump card."<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10905602/The-Girl-Who-Talked-to-Dolphins-review-moving.html] – ''The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins'' - review</ref> The film was nominated for both a BAFTA and an RTS award the same year and for a Grierson award in 2015.<ref>[http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=documentary&page=1&f=] – BAFTA Awards database</ref><ref>[https://realscreen.com/2015/02/25/paedophile-hunter-world-war-up-for-rts-awards/] – Realscreen</ref><ref>[https://griersontrust.org/about-us/news/2015/winners-announced.html] – ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF GRIERSON 2015: The 43rd British Documentary Awards</ref>
In 2015 it was announced that Riley would direct a new film on the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] for National Geographic Channels.<ref>[http://www.sourcewire.com/news/85785/national-geographic-channels-announces-film-director-christopher-riley-for-hubble] – National Geographic Channels announces film director Christopher Riley for Hubble</ref> The resulting documentary ''Hubble's Cosmic Journey'' included contributions from cosmologist [[Stephen Hawking]], astrophysicist [[Edward J. Weiler|Ed Weiler]] and Charlie Pellerin, US Senator [[Barbara Mikulski]] and astronauts [[Story Musgrave]], [[Charles Bolden|Charlie Bolden]] and [[John M. Grunsfeld|John Grunsfeld]]. It premiered at National Geographic's Washington headquarters on 14 April 2015<ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150410005641/en/National-Geographic-Channel-NASA-Celebrate-25th-Anniversary#.VVxBH1VViko] - National Geographic Channel and NASA to Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope at the World Premiere of
In October 2015 Riley's long-awaited feature documentary ''[[The Fear of 13]]'' received its world premiere at the [[BFI London Film Festival#2015|BFI London Film Festival]] where it was nominated for Best Documentary.<ref>[
Riley collaborated with astronaut [[Paolo Nespoli]] for a second time in 2016–2017 to work on National Geographic's series ''[[One Strange Rock (TV Series)|One Strange Rock]]'', with Paolo filming on board the International Space Station for the
==Awards and honours==
In 2005 Riley was given a [[Sir Arthur Clarke Award]] for his work producing the BBC's ''Space Odyssey'' series. The same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society for his endeavours in communicating astronomy to the public. His films and TV series on the history of science have won a nomination from the Royal Television Society and the World Cinema Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2007. He received a second [[Sir Arthur Clarke Award]] in 2008 for ''[[In the Shadow of the Moon (2007 film)|In the Shadow of the Moon]]''. His 2012 documentary ''Voyager – to the final frontier'' was nominated for a British Science Writer's award, and his 2014 film ''The Girl who talked to Dolphins'', was nominated for BAFTA,<ref>[http://www.bafta.org/scotland/news/british-academy-scotland-awards-nominations-in-2014,4394,BA.html#jump15] – 2014 BAFTA Nominations - SIngle Documentary</ref> RTS<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rts.org.uk/nominations-programme-awards-2013-2014 |title=
His 2019 book, ''Where once we stood'', a collaboration with artist Martin Impey, was nominated for a CILIP Kate Greenaway medal in 2020.<ref>[https://padlet.com/ckg/4p4eag4pee8j] – CILIP Kate Greenaway Nominations 2020</ref>
Riley's 2021 film for National Geographic - ''Battle for the Black Swan'', won the gold medal for History and Society at the [[New York Festivals]] TV & Film Awards in 2022,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/Winners/WinnerDetailsNew/8b5c4f0c-996e-44ba-8879-ecf380f16e9c|title=Winners Gallery - Drain the Oceans - Battle for the Black Swan |date=27 April 2022 |access-date= 27 April 2022}}</ref> and was nominated for a BAFTA the same year.<ref name=award>{{cite web |url=https://www.bafta.org/bafta-scotland-awards-2022-nominations-announced |title=BAFTA Scotland Awards 2022: Full Nominations List |date=12 October 2022 |access-date= 12 October 2022}}</ref> His 2023 film for National Geographic - ''The Twenty Million Dollar Time Bomb'' won him a second documentary gold medal in the History and Society at the [[New York Festivals]] TV & Film Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvfilm.newyorkfestivals.com/Winners/WinnerDetailsNew/2c6ec8ab-67e3-4980-a3a5-165637cf67a5|title=Winners Gallery - THE $20 MILLION TIME BOMB |date=17 April 2024 |access-date= 17 April 2024}}</ref>
==Film and television==
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He has directed, produced, science consulted or hosted on the following films and TV series (incomplete):
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*2020 ''Future Fantastic; China's Science Revolution'', CIPG, Discovery Channel▼
*2021: ''The Wonderful: Stories from the Space Station'', Universal Pictures
*2019 ''Back to the Moon'', PBS ''NOVA''▼
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▲*2020: ''Future Fantastic; China's Science Revolution'', CIPG, Discovery Channel
*2018 ''[[Eric Whitacre]]'s Deep Field'', iTunes, YouTube▼
▲*2019: ''Back to the Moon'', PBS ''NOVA''
▲*2018 ''[[One Strange Rock]]'', National Geographic Channel
*2019: ''Revolutions/Breakthrough'', BBC, PBS
*2016 ''Survival in the Skies'', Smithsonian Channel▼
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▲*2018: ''[[Eric Whitacre]]'s Deep Field'', iTunes, YouTube
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▲*2016: ''Survival in the Skies'', Smithsonian Channel
*2015: ''
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*2015: ''Hubble's Cosmic Journey'', Bigger Bang, National Geographic Channel
*2013 ''Richard Hammond Builds a Planet'', BBC Scotland, BBC ONE▼
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*2015: ''Stargazing Live'', Total Eclipse Special, BBC ONE
*2012 ''Neil Armstrong. First Man on the Moon'', Darlow Smithson, BBC TWO, PBS, Netflix▼
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▲*2013: ''Richard Hammond Builds a Planet'', BBC Scotland, BBC ONE
*2011 ''Dark Matters'', Wide Eyed Entertainment, Science Channel▼
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▲*2012: ''Neil Armstrong. First Man on the Moon'', Darlow Smithson, BBC TWO, PBS, Netflix
*2011 ''[[James May's Things You Need To Know]]'', The Universe, Impossible Pictures, BBC TWO▼
*2012: ''Voyager: to the final frontier'', BBC Scotland, BBC FOUR
▲*2011: ''Dark Matters'', Wide Eyed Entertainment, Science Channel
*2011: ''
▲*2011: ''[[James May's Things You Need To Know]]'', The Universe, Impossible Pictures, BBC TWO
*2010 ''Dust'', Stylus Films, The Attic Room, Shorts International▼
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*2011: ''[[Outcasts (TV series)|Outcasts]]'', Kudos, BBC ONE
▲*2010: ''Dust'', Stylus Films, The Attic Room, Shorts International
*2009 ''Music for Astronauts and Cosmonauts'', BFI, DVD▼
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▲*2009: ''Music for Astronauts and Cosmonauts'', BFI, DVD
*2006 ''[[A for Andromeda (2006)|A for Andromeda]]''▼
*2008: ''[[When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions]]'', Discovery Channel
*2005 ''[[Rough Science]]'', Series 6, BBC TV▼
*2008: ''[[Moon Machines]]'', Discovery Science Channel
*2005 ''[[The Quatermass Experiment (2005)|The Quatermass Experiment]]''▼
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▲*2006: ''[[A for Andromeda (2006)|A for Andromeda]]''
*2004 ''Space Odyssey: the robot pioneers'', BBC FOUR, Discovery Channel▼
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▲*2005: ''[[The Quatermass Experiment (2005)|The Quatermass Experiment]]''
*2004: ''[[Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets]]'', BBC ONE, Discovery Channel
*2002 ''[[Tomorrow's World]]'', Series 38, BBC ONE▼
▲*2004: ''Space Odyssey: the robot pioneers'', BBC FOUR, Discovery Channel
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*2001 ''Journeys in Time and Space'', BBC KNOWLEDGE▼
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▲*2001: ''Journeys in Time and Space'', BBC KNOWLEDGE
*1999 [[The Planets (1999 TV series)|''The Planets'', BBC TWO]]▼
*2000: ''[[2000 Today]]'', BBC ONE
*1999: ''Eclipse Live'', BBC ONE
▲*1999: [[The Planets (1999 TV series)|''The Planets'', BBC TWO]]
== Video installations and art commissions ==
In 2009, to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the flight of Apollo 11, Riley collaborated with the [[London Science Museum]] on a novel video installation called "Apollo Raw and Uncut" which projected all 23 hours of NASA's 16mm Apollo flight film, shot on Apollo missions AS-501 (Apollo 4) to AS-512 (Apollo 17). Much of this footage, including an almost 8-minute sequence documenting a long drive across the rugged Descartes Highlands had never been screened in its entirety in public before. The aim of the installation was to present the story of Apollo in as unedited and unfiltered form as possible.<ref>[http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about_us/press_and_media/press_releases/2009/07/Museum%20of%20the%20Future.aspx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201024058/http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/about_us/press_and_media/press_releases/2009/07/Museum%20of%20the%20Future.aspx |date=1 December 2009 }} – Apollo raw and uncut, London Science Museum</ref> The work was screened again in Montreal, Quebec, in November 2009, as part of an exhibition at the [[Canadian Centre for Architecture]] called 'Intermission: Films from a Heroic Future', which Riley also helped to curate,<ref>[https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/2938/intermission-films-from-a-heroic-future]{{cite web|url=https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/2938/intermission-films-from-a-heroic-future|title=Intermissions: Films from a heroic future|accessdate=2009-11-21}} – Secrets of Apollo, [[Canadian Centre for Architecture.]]</ref> and a third time in 2013 at [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]]'s Digital Culture Festival Frequency<ref>{{cite web |url=http://frequency.org.uk/portfolio-item/chris-riley/ |title=
Continuing the presentation of overlooked space film archives in public gallery spaces Chris collaborated with the London-based creative science agency super/collider on his 2011 show Cone Crater – a 40th anniversary celebration of [[Alan Shepard]] and [[Edgar Mitchell]]'s exploration of the Frau Mauro lunar highlands, which played at The Book Club, London as part of the Apollo's End project.<ref>[http://www.super-collider.com/events/science-fair-apollos-end/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502105205/http://www.super-collider.com/events/science-fair-apollos-end/ |date=2 May 2014 }} – Apollo+40, super/collider</ref>
In 2019 Riley collaborated with [[59 Productions]], on their [[National Air and Space Museum|Smithsonian Air and Space Museum]] commission "Apollo 50:Go for the Moon" - writing the show and creating a film to complement projections onto the Washington Monument to tell the story of Apollo 11 for the 50th anniversary of the mission in July that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Apollo 50: Go for the Moon|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/go-for-the-moon|publisher=The Air and Space Museum|accessdate=12 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Apollo 50: Go for the Moon Behind the scenes|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeS_AfUG5y0&t=2s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/jeS_AfUG5y0 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|publisher=The Air and Space Museum|accessdate=25 July 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In the run-up to NASA's [[Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance]] mission touching down on [[Mars]] in 2021 Riley created an artwork called Worlds Apart, that mapped all NASA's previous Martian landing sites back onto their equivalent locations on Earth in terms of latitude and longitude, to draw attention to climate change.<ref>{{cite web|title=Digital Planet: Comparing the landscape of Mars to Earth|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz99b
==Books==
Riley has written, co-written and contributed to over a dozen books, including ''Where once we stood'', a collaboration with artist and illustrator Martin Impey, nominated for a Kate Greenaway medal in 2020.
*{{cite book|author1=Riley, Christopher |author2=Impey, Martin
| title = Where once we stood - the Artemis Edition
| publisher = Harbour Moon Publishing
|date=July 2024
| isbn = 978-1916062511
| page = 132pp }}
*{{cite book|author1=Riley, Christopher |author2=Impey, Martin
| title = Where once we stood
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| author = Christopher Riley
| title = Twenty five years on: Hubble's unsung heroes
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| date = 20 April 2015
| location=London}}
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| author = Christopher Riley
| title = Sound restored to mission control film shot during Apollo 11 Moon landing
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| date = 20 July 2010
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| author = Christopher Riley
| title = All the answers from dial-a-boffin.
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| date = 23 March 1994 }}
==See also==
*''[[Mars 2020#Twinned location on Earth|Mars 2020 twinned location to Earth]]''
*''[[The Fear of 13]]''
*''[[First Orbit]]''
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