Flight 33 Productions
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Flight 33 Productions was an American documentary production company founded in 2006 that specialized in programs about history and science. It produced programs for The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, The National Geographic Channel, 3net, H2, The Weather Channel, Spike and Comcast.
Flight 33 was led by Executive Producers Louis Tarantino and Douglas Cohen and was based in Los Angeles, California.
Shows
The company's credits include the Emmy Award winning documentary A Distant Shore: African Americans of D-Day, the Emmy Nominated special Life After People, Doomsday: 10 Ways The World Will End, and the popular History series The Universe. Flight 33 also produced season two of the History series Shootout! and the 2007 special Siberian Apocalypse.
Recent productions include, Rocket City Rednecks, "History of the World in 2 Hours", Navajo Cops, and "When Aliens Attack".
Flight 33 programs also include Battle 360° (2008), "Biblical Mysteries Explained" (2008), Life After People (2009), Patton 360° (2009), "Seven Deadly Sins" (2009), and "Prehistoric" (2009).
In 2011, Rocket City Rednecks premiered as the highest rated new series of the year for the National Geographic Channel. That same year, they and Spike TV created a TV special called, "Alternate History", which regards Nazi Germany turning the U.S. into a satellite state after winning the Second World War as a result from turning the tables on the D-day invasion. However, this scenario is flawed in several ways.{{Citation|last=Pip Kahn|title=Alternate History: The Nazi WW2 Victory|date=2013-06-08|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYJl5eLw2tA|accessdate=2016-07-16}} In 2014, they produced the show called, "Codes and Conspiracies", which explains different conspiracy theories. It went on for three seasons until 2016.
Flight 33 has also produced over twenty-five 3D programs, including the first ever 3D TV documentary - The Universe: Seven Wonders of The Solar System for History and Sky. Other 3D projects include, The Universe: Season Six, WW2 in 3D, History of the World in Two Hours, the 3D series Forgotten Planet and Live Fire for 3Net, and Roller Coasters, Perfecting Parkour, and The Colt Gun Factory for Comcast's Xfinity.
Flight 33’s final production, “Return to the Moon”, premiered in 2019 on Curiosity Stream.
Awards
A Distant Shore - 2008 Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000493/2008|title = News & Documentary Emmy Awards|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDb|publisher = |last = |first = }}
Big History - 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction{{Cite web|url = http://emmyonline.com/news_35th_winners|title = WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 35th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = |archive-date = 2019-05-25|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190525233412/http://emmyonline.com/news_35th_winners|url-status = dead}}
History of the World in 2 Hours - 2011 Emmy Nomination For Outstanding Individual Achievement In Craft: Graphic Design & Art Direction{{Cite web|url = http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_33rd_nominations.html|title = NOMINEES FOR THE 33rd ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150329071729/http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_33rd_nominations.html|archive-date = 2015-03-29|url-status = dead}}
Life After People - 2008 Emmy Nomination For Outstanding Writing For Nonfiction Programming; 2008 Emmy Nomination For Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Miniseries, Movie Or Special{{Cite web|url = http://www.eonline.com/news/3139/complete-list-of-nominees-for-2008-emmys|title = Complete List of Nominees for 2008 Emmys|date = 17 July 2008|accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}
Shootout - 2006 Emmy Nomination For Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft: Graphic And Artistic Design{{Cite web|url = http://emmyonline.com/news_27th_nominations|title = NOMINEES FOR THE NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = |archive-date = 2020-09-29|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200929072634/http://emmyonline.com/news_27th_nominations|url-status = dead}}
Wild West Tech - 2006 Emmy Nomination For Outstanding Individual Achievement In A Craft: Graphic And Artistic Design{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407461/awards|title = Wild West Tech Awards|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDb|publisher = |last = |first = }}
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.flight33.tv/}}
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Category:Television production companies of the United States