InScience Film Festival
Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with The Future

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with The Future

A Brush with the Future is an intimate portrait of the life of Chesley Bonestell, whose art inspired the US space programme. A man whose paintings depicted mysterious futuristic worlds. A forgotten artist who also worked on the Chrysler Building and on films like Destination Moon. Who was Chesley Bonestell? This award-winning documentary chronicles the extraordinary, nine-decade life of the ‘father of modern space art.’

Director
Douglass Stewart
Country
United States
Length
95 min
Theme
Space Travel, Science from the Past, Biography, Art
Type Film
Documentary
Premiere
Dutch premiere
Year
2018
Language
English
Subtitle
None
Producer
Douglass M. Stewart, Jr., Ron Miller (Co-Producer), Melvin Schuetz (Co-Producer)
Editor
Douglas Scott, Kristina Hays

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