Ann Druyan

Birth Name:

Ann Druyan

Birth Place:

Queens, New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Director, Actress

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

1981Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Nominated
1998Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Winner
1998OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
2004Emmy - Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming:Nominated
2014IDA Award - Best Limited Series:Nominated
2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series:Nominated
2014Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming:Winner
2014Audience Award - Episodic:Nominated
2015PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:Winner
2015Peabody Award - Documentary and Education:Winner
2015Gold Panda - Best Documentary, Feature - Nature/Enviroment:Nominated
2015WGA Award (TV) - Documentary - Other Than Current Events:Nominated
2015WGA Award (TV) - Documentary - Other Than Current Events:Nominated
2020WIN Award - Outstanding Film/Show Directed by a Woman:Nominated

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