CONTRIBUTORS (SO FAR)

Jean-François Clervoy aka “Billy Bob”

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is an engineer, author and former French Astronaut of ESA. 

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His time in space amounts to 28 days, three hours and five minutes.  

Terry W. Virts 

is an US-American writer, speaker, pilot and former Astronaut of NASA. He was the commander of Expedition 43 in 2015. 

His time in space amounts to 213 days, ten hours and 48 minutes. 

Professor Doktor Michael Schrödl

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is author of various books, including Our Nature is dying (original Title Unsere Natur stirbt) and Professor for Zoology at LMU Munich.

Richard Horowitz

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won a Golden Globe for composing the music of Academy Award winner Bernardo Bertolucci’s ‘The Sheltering Sky’ with John Malkovich and won a BMI Film Music Award for composing the music of Academy Award winner Oliver Stone’s ‘Any Given Sunday’ with Al Pacino.

Esther Niemeier

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is a Berlin-based writer and director. She holds a MFA in Documentary Directing at Film University Babelsberg. Her film Tracing Addai was screened at over 80 film festivals, it has won 21 awards including "Best Short Award" at the Oscar-qualifying Docaviv and Best Animation at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.

Aleksandra Medianikova

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is a cinematographer. She holds a BA and MA in Cinematography from the Film University Babelsberg. With her graduation film R&, she won the German Short Film Award and Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award. She works for television (BBC Frozen Planet II) as well as for cinema.

Martin Mages

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is a German screenwriter and filmmaker.

He is the author, protagonist and also director of Send them Up.

Sophia Finsterwalder

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is the editor in chief & project manager of Send them Up.