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Rushmore DeNooyer is an award-winning filmmaker who has made documentaries for PBS, History, Discovery, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Turner Broadcasting, and others. He has written, produced, and directed numerous programs for the PBS science series Nova, including the 2-hour special "Black Hole Apocalypse," "Apollo's Daring Mission," the story of the first time humans left earth on Apollo 8, "Cold Case JFK," a new investigation of the physical evidence in the Kennedy assassination, "Universe or Multiverse?," the concluding episode of the "Fabric of the Cosmos" series, "Hubble's Amazing Rescue," which documented the final repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, and others.
His work has been honored with the George F. Peabody Award, the Writers Guild of America Award, the International Documentary Association's Distinguished Achievement Award, and numerous Emmy nominations. His PBS Special "Black Hole Apocalypse" was selected by the American Institute of Physics for its Science Communication Award in the Broadcast category for its storytelling and communicating science to the public.
Prior to becoming a documentary filmmaker, Rush spent twenty years as a musician and music producer. He still works in music, and has composed music scores for many films. He graduated from Brown University with an Honors degree in History and American Civilization.
