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Ann Druyan

Journalist / Film Producer / Writer | * 06/13/1949 (74) | Queens, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Ann Druyan ( dree-ANN; born June 13, 1949) is an American documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She is the creator, producer, and writer of the 2014 sequel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and its sequel series, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, as well as the book of the same name. She directed episodes of both series. In the late 1970s, she became the creative director of NASA's Voyager Interstellar Message Project, which produced the golden discs affixed to both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. She also published a novel, A Famous Broken Heart, in 1977, and later co-wrote several best selling non-fiction books with Sagan. ()
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Ann Druyan is an American author and producer specializing in productions about cosmology and popular science. She was a co-writer of the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Music | Drama

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Awards & Nominations for Ann Druyan

Richard Dawkins Award Fellow of The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Honorary Doctorate of The Vrije Universiteit Brussel Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
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Movies with Ann Druyan as Actress(2)

as herself2017 Bill Nye: Science Guy

TV Shows/Series with Ann Druyan as Actress(1)

Movies with Ann Druyan as Crew(2)

Production/Co-Producer1997 Contact
Writing/Story1997 Contact

TV Shows/Series with Ann Druyan as Crew(2)

Writing/Writer2020 Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Writing/Writer1980 Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

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Full Name: Ann Druyan
Born: Monday, 06/13 1949 (June) in Queens, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 74 years + 290 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Jamaica High School
Spouses (current/former): Carl Sagan
Children: Sasha Sagan
Ann Druyan frequently works together with these people:
Carl Sagan (8x, Actor)
Bill Maher (3x, Actor)
David Alvarado (3x, Crew)
Billy Martin (3x, Crew)
Robert Zemeckis (2x, Crew)
Randy Thom (2x, Crew)
Steve Starkey (2x, Crew)
Jason Sussberg (2x, Crew)
Mary Works (2x, Crew)
Allen E. Taylor (2x, Crew)
Michael Egan (2x, Cast)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:535053, Added: 10/09/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024