Ann Druyan Biography

Fast Facts

• A longtime board member for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, she would also serve as the group's president from 2006 until 2010
• While serving as a jury member at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, she chose the winner of the prestigious Alfred P․ Sloan Prize
• Married to astronomer Carl Sagan from 1981 until his death in 1996
• Quote: "I don't think I will ever see Carl again, but I saw him and we saw each other․ We found each other in the cosmos and that was wonderful․"
• Quote: "We hope to engage people from early childhood in science as a way of thinking․"
• Shortly after co-producing "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" in the early '80s, she and Sagan would establish Cosmos Studios in order to helm similar projects
• Asked to create the music playlists that would accompany Voyagers 1 and 2 into outer space