Scientist turned filmmaker Dean Hamer became interested in journalism and filmmaking as a result of being a frequent guest on television news shows to discuss his research on AIDS, human sexuality and behavior genetics. Convinced that there was a better way to communicate the complex scientific and social ideas raised by these topics, he decided to try his own hand at turning these stories into compelling documentaries.
Hamer's debut film The Preacher and the Poet was a winner of the PBS/Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival. In
collaboration with qWaves.com partner Joe Wilson he has produced over a dozen pieces for national cable television and won numerous awards including Audience Prize at the One-in-Ten Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Barcelona Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, runner up in the Seeds of Tolerance Competition, and official selection at film festivals in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, London, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Cape Town and Melbourne.
Hamer has consulted for documentary and news productions by the BBC, Discovery Science and network news channels. He has also written three award-winning nonfiction books including The Science of Desire, which was a New York Times Book of the Year.
DEAN HAMER
DEAN HAMER
producer/director/director of photography
Hamer helps C.J. with his new camcorder.
