RUSHMORE DENOOYER

Rush is an accomplished filmmaker who has written, produced, and directed numerous documentaries for PBS, History Channel, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Turner Broadcasting, and others.

He most recently wrote, produced, and directed Universe or Multiverse? the concluding episode of the landmark PBS series Fabric of the Cosmos, premiering in November 2011. His 2009 film Hubble’s Amazing Rescue documents the final mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Rush spent over two years and made 27 trips around the country following the astronauts and engineers as they planned, practiced, and executed the mission. The film earned a Silver Chris Award, CINE Golden Eagle, and a Writers Guild nomination.

Rush also directed and wrote Failure Is Not An Option and Beyond the Moon, which together tell the behind the scenes story of the engineers of NASA’s Mission Control. The NY Times hailed Beyond the Moon as a “startlingly frank depiction of the soul of an extraordinary human undertaking,” and Failure received the Columbus International Film Festival’s Silver Chris Award and a CINE Golden Eagle.

Rush also wrote and produced the Nova special Hitler's Lost Sub”for PBS, which was the genesis for the bestselling book “Shadow Divers”. That film received the Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Television Documentary Writing, and the International Documentary Association’s Distinguished Achievement Award. His work has also been honored with a George F. Peabody Award and numerous Emmy nominations.

Prior to becoming a documentary filmmaker, Rush spent twenty years as a musician and music producer. After dropping out of college for 12 years, he returned to Brown University and graduated with an Honors degree in History and American Civilization. He continues to compose and produce music, and has scored numerous television documentaries.