Story House Signs Exclusive Contract with Award Winning Filmmaker, Bernhard Albrecht

Dr. Bernard Albrecht, an award winning filmmaker and science journalist, has signed an exclusive contract with Story House to develop social documentaries and science and medical formats for the International Market.  Dr. Albrecht is the recipient of the German Grimme Award, and recently the European Television Rose d’Or Award 2010 for the film Desert Tears, an International documentary that followed a group of human rights activists as they attempted to end the 5,000 year-old practice of female genital mutilation. “Desert Tears” was directed and written by Dr. Bernhard Albrecht and the ProSieben author and executive producer Karsten Scheuren for the German national channel ProSieben/ Galileo and Seven One International. Dr. Albrecht has worked with Story House General Manager Tom Zwiessler extensively on the Galileo strand of science shows and we are happy to have him aboard to strengthen our role as a leading producer of high quality science programs.

Story House Program Finalist in the 21st International Mountain and Adventure Film Festival

Mystical Places in Austria – The Untesberg is a finalist in the 21^st International Mountain and Adventure film festival in Graz, Austria. The documentary has been chosen from two hundred and thirty films in the categories of ‘Grand Prix Graz 2009’ and “Golden Camera Alpine 2009.”  Director: Lisa Erder and Richard Ladkani, Director of Photography: Richard Ladkani

"2012: The Final Prophecy" to Premiere November 8, 2009 on National Geographic Channel

National Geographic Channel will air STORY HOUSE Productions’ documentary special, 2012: The Final Prophecy on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 10pm ET.   2012: The Final Prophecy follows the journey of Princeton geologist, Dr. Adam Maloof as he takes a modern scientific look at Mayan prophecies that some say predict in just a few short years, on December 21, 2012, a natural disaster of untold proportions will destroy the earth and wipeout all mankind.

2012: The Final Prophecy coincides with the release of the Hollywood blockbuster later this year and takes viewers to ancient Mayan temples in Yucatan, Mexico, and to the middle of the great Australian Desert in search of the truth.  But is there any scientific validity to these Mayan prophesies, or is the doomsday prediction nothing more than a great idea for a disaster movie? 2012: The Final Prophecy, aims to find out. 

View a Clip Here: http://www.videowired.com/watch/?id=1843770208

"Gearing Up," Now Airing on PBS Stations Nationwide

Currently premiering on PBS Stations across the United States, Gearing Up is an inspirational one-hour co-production with PBS member station KETC/Channel 9 that follows a diverse group of high school students as they compete in the 2008 FIRST Robotics National Competition.  The program follows student competitors as they explore math, science and technology while competing against each other with robots they have created.
The film charts the world of discovery, challenge and growth that the teams and their mentors experience over the course of the competition, while highlighting the stories of several members of each team as they face unique challenges in their lives.

The program was produced with a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).  Official Website: http://www.gearingupproject.org/

Story House Wins Two Telly Awards

Two STORY HOUSE programs have been awarded 2009 Telly Awards. China's First Emperor has been awarded a Silver Telly and Real Interrogations: Too Young to Die received a Bronze Telly Award.  China's First Emperor,  a landmark special chronicling the life and times of China's First Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, premiered on History in 2008, and Real Interrogations: Too Young to Die aired on Investigation Discovery, also in 2008.

The Telly Awards honor the very best local, regional and cable television commercials and programs as well as the finest video and film productions and work created for the web.

"Love in Distress", the first coaching format of STORY HOUSE on air; Launch of community www.liebesretter.com

"Love in Distress" will air for the first time on October 21, 2008 at 21:45 on NDR. This is a coaching format program created by STORY HOUSE Productions. In each of the four episodes, experienced relationship coaches, Michael Mary and Christin Mueller-Colli, will help a couple from northern Germany with their relationship crisis. "We have extended the range of programmes we offer with the coaching format, "Love in Distress – The Relationship Saviours". To offer a broad range of programmes in different media is part of the growth-strategy of STORY HOUSE Productions," explains Henning Marten, general manager of STORY HOUSE Productions Germany.   In conjunction with the first episode of the coaching format on NDR, STORY HOUSE will also launch a couple-counseling community on the internet. „Liebesretter.com“ offers users with relationship problems the opportunity to get advice from the couple-coaches Michael Mary and Christin Mueller-Colli. Users can additionally exchange advice and personal experiences, or simply support one another on-line.

New Series from Story House Premieres August 11

Real Interrogations, an exciting new true-crime series produced by STORY HOUSE, premieres Tuesday August 11, 2008 on Investigation Discovery (ID).

Real Interrogations brings viewers closer than ever before to real criminals and the interrogators who break them, venturing inside interrogation rooms to witness the dramatic exchanges that clinch real-life investigations. Each half-hour episode pushes boundaries, telling the story using actual interrogation footage from a single, real criminal case. Viewers witness first-hand how this fascinating interrogation process can transform the most confident "persons of interest" into convicted felons. New episodes air Tuesdays at 9pm.

China's First Emperor Premieres August 4

STORY HOUSE Productions' China's First Emperor premieres on History on Monday, August 4, 2008 at 9pm ET. This landmark three-hour special chronicles the life and times of China's First Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, bringing to life a ruler who changed the world as much as Alexander, Julius Cesar and Napoleon. China's First Emperor is the story of a man who created a military superpower, built the Great Wall of China and left the world an entire army of terracotta soldiers, who guard his empire still.

Written, Directed and Produced by Andreas Gutzeit and lavishly produced in China with a top-notch cast of Chinese actors China's First Emperor recreates the ancient Chin Empire and its unique leader. Qin Shi Huangdi's amazing career as a military leader and ruthless ruler is chronicled in this action-packed, fast-paced and epic narrative. Leading experts from China, Europe and America explore the amazing technological and societal advances of the first Chinese empire as well as the mind of China's First Emperor.

Story House Wins CINE Golden Eagle Award

An episode of STORY HOUSE Productions' long running series Body of Evidence has been selected to receive a CINE Golden Eagle Award. The episode, titled Casualty of War, aired during the series' sixth season.

The CINE Golden Eagle Awards, distinguishing excellence in professional and amateur works, are recognized internationally as symbols of the highest production standards in filmmaking and videography.

Story House Wins 4 Omni Awards

Four STORY HOUSE programs have been awarded Omni Awards for Fall 2007. Award winning programs include; Missing Persons Unit: Stahr Case, Body of Evidence: Casualty of War and Psychic Detectives: While You Were Sleeping . All these episodes aired on Court TV as part of the respective series' second, sixth and fifth seasons. The final award winner, Mission Ops: Assignment IED's aired on Discovery Times Channel in May 2007

The Omni Awards  were created to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding media production in a variety of fields.

The Berlin Wall - World Premiere October 3, 2007

STORY HOUSE's The Berlin Wall will air October 3, 2007 at 9pm on Discovery Times Channel. The program, written and directed by Andreas Gutzeit, tells the little known story of the gripping and dangerous events that occurred in the months before and the night of November 9, 1989.

For almost thirty years, the Berlin Wall separated families and took the lives of many whose thirst for freedom drove them to climb over, tunnel under, or sneak around the monstrous barrier. On November 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, signaling the final moments of the Cold War. The Berlin Wall chronicles the story of the refugees, protesters, journalists, East German soldiers and the political leaders of East and West who experienced the events first hand. From the political to the personal, the stories combine to paint a picture of a momentous historical event that was only a hair’s breadth away from ending in tragedy.