Based on the book
Power Trip: The Story of Energy by Dr. Michael E. Webber
Series Produced and Directed by
Mat Hames
Series Produced by
Beth Hames
Executive Producer
Juan Garcia
Producer
Javier A. Avellán
Narration Written by
Matt Hirst and Mat Hames
Directors of Photography
Anton Smári Gunnarsson
David Layton
Spencer Peeples
Brian Nelligan
Post Production Producer
Matthew L. Wallis
Edited by
Matt Hirst
Karen Skloss
Post Production Associate Producer
Elizabeth Mims
Additional Camera
Wilson Waggoner
Clare Major
Zac Sprague
James Navaira
Drone Operators
Mat Hames
David Layton
Location Field Producers
Atli Óskar Fjalarsson, Iceland
James Chamberlain, UK
Laura Saravia, London
Sound Recordist
Mario Cardenas
Árni Gylfason
Rick Hays
Alex Herrera
Kyle Hughes
Robert La Rosa
Don Nelson
Brian Ramos
Camera Production Assistant
Nic Bonesteel
Mary-Elizabeth Esquibel
Production Assistant
Jessica De La Torre
Emily Grooms
Annie Lifsted
Senior Assistant Editor
Carolyn Yao
Assistant Editor
Davis Miller
Additional Post Production Support
Laura Utt
Graphics by
Derek Borsheim
Archival Research
Carolyn Yao
Additional Post Production Services
Dayna Crawley, Cut-N-Crunch
Music
Universal Production Music
Stock footage provided by
Storyblocks
Archival footage provided by
Prelinger
National Archives
ITV Wales / Sky News
STV
Thames Television
Tern TV
The Dallas Cowboys
AT&T Stadium
Additional media provided by
NASA
SpaceX
Virgin Galactic
Blue Origin
Spinlaunch
The European Space Agency
U.S. Naval History & Heritage Command
The Getty Museum
Astrid Kerchherr
Noord-Hollands Archief: Fotoburo De Boer
The Trustees of the British Museum
UCLA Library
Arnold Arboretum
Dale Play
El Informador Diario Online Venezolano
Ellywa
Dmitry Borko
Additional footage from
BBC
Warner Brothers
Television House
MGM
Troublemaker Studios
Disney
Universal Studios
Marvel Studios
Paramount Pictures
CBS
Columbia Pictures
BFI
Universal
United Artists
Channel 4
Web Design
Jeffrey Phillips
Legal Services
Justine Jacob
Emily Barber
Featured Speakers
Michael E. Webber
Dr. Bill Gutman
Cathleen S. Lewis
Todd Harrison
Moribah Jah
George T. Whitesides
Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Dr. Ezinne E. Uzo-Okoro
Richard J. Powell
Jonathan Yaney
Ofodike Ezekoye
Kazunori Nagasawa
Koroush Shirvan
Dr. Sandra Ósk Snæbjörnsdóttir
Thorvaldur Thordarson
Aditi Verma
Thomas Wellock
Michael Beckley
Egill Bjarnason
Ernest J. Moniz
Brynjólfur V. Ólafsson
Dr. Arna Palsdottir
Ágúst Valfells
Jane Humphries
Ben Russell
Ceri Thompson
Huw Jones
Patricia E. Bull
Gillian Jones
Jean Sellars
Yael Glazer
Katherine Blunt
Cecille Blondet-Passalacqua
Kate Williams
Raj M. Desai
Prithwiraj Choudhury
Frank Clark
V. Darleen Opfer
Sonja Thorbergsdottir
Dag¥ Aradóttir Pind
Scott Woodrow
Eric Sudol
Barbara Miller
Mike Brocken
Caren Kelleher
Mason Griffiths
Amy Hodson
Richard A. Johnson
Dana Polan
Elizabeth Avellán
Jonathan Kuntz
Nicole Perlman
Rick Loverd
Spike Sweeting
Diane Glover
Kenneth Lapatin
Hunter Chaney
Suzanne Berger
Eugene Soroka
Tony Gioiello
Christopher Cannon
Thorvaldur Gylfason
Locations furnished by
Spaceport America
Viking World Museum
Stöng Farmstead
Hellisheiði Power Station
Aber Valley Heritage Museum
Big Pit National Coal Museum
Boott Cotton Mills Museum
AT&T Stadium
Boston Sports Museum
Museum of the Moving Image
The Beatles Story
The Getty Villa
Race of the Century
The Port of LA
Original production funding provided by
The Rockefeller Foundation
Itron Inc.
The University of Texas at Austin
Wells Fargo
Texas State Energy Conservation Office
The Tiller Family Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Pritzker Innovation Fund
The University of Texas at Austin provided funding for this series. Subject matter experts: Dr. Michael Webber; Dr. Moribah Jah; Dr. Yael Glazer; and Dr. Ofodike Ezekoye appearing in the series are professors at the University of Texas. The University had no editorial role in making of this series.
“Power Trip: The Story of Energy” is a production of Alpheus Media, which is solely responsible for its content.
©2023 Alpheus Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
Based on the book
Power Trip: The Story of Energy by Dr. Michael E. Webber
Series Directed by
Mat Hames
Executive Producer
Juan Garcia
Executive Producer
Beth Hames
Director of Photography
Brian Nelligan
Edited by
Austin Reedy
Ginny Patrick
Associate Producer
Audrey Long
Title Sequence and Animations by
Matt Choi
Story Producer
Ginny Patrick
Ian Prikryl
Post-Production Producer
Sally O’Grady
Post-Production Producer
Elizabeth Mims
Post-Production Supervisor
Melinda Bonifay
Additional Camera
Wilson Waggoner
Daniel DeJesus
Mat Hames
Drone
Mat Hames
Jeff Magers
Production Coordinator
Mackenzie McMahon
Javier A. Avellán
Rolando Romero
Audrey Davenport
Sean Smith
Anne Nagelkirk
Field Producer
Adeline Kwa, Singapore
Oren Rosenfeld, Israel
Gráinne Dwyer, Ireland
Laura Saravia, UK
Jill Officer, France
Rie Fukushima, Japan
Sound Recordist
Alex Herrera
Scott Snyder
Jennilee Park
Jesse Schroeder
Josh Talbot
Nick Talbot
Chad Sonnenberg
Amit Ella
Matt Thompson
Sean Peoples
Rick Hays
Darcel Walker
Robert Neely
Don Nelson
Jean Aptel
Kamel Bouzid
Christian Storms
Production Assistant
Chad Lewellan
Riley Bozarth
Sabrina Thompson
Rachel Bardin
Freddy Avenell
Alex Robin
Benjamin Hong
Robert Taylor
Additional Editing by
Christopher Roldan
Tyler Hiott
Assistant Editor
Katrina DeVera
Juan Pablo Avellán
Archival Research
Melinda Bonifay
Julianna Brannum
Juan Pablo Avellán
Additional Post Production Services
Dayna Crawley Cut-N-Crunch
Color Supervisor
John Monroe
Conform Artist
Juliana Fagan
Post-Production Services
BL&S
BL&S Post Production Supervisor
John Monroe
French Translation
Laetitia Bertrand-Garcia
Additional Design
Margo Hurst
Web Design
Jeffrey M. Phillips
Online, Archival & Stock Media
Alpheus Media
Pond 5
Periscope Films
Prelinger Archives
Phill MacDonald
Special Thanks
The Presidential Leadership Scholars Program
The George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
Disco Learning Media
Austin PBS
Austin Energy
CPS Energy
San Antonio Area Foundation
Joyce Herring
Paramount Theatre
Fresh Plus
Pioneer Bank
LCRA
Kevin Reed
Pont du Gard
Ardnacrusha Dam
Pioneer Farms
Marianne Shivers Gonzalez
Carolina Muñoz Castillo
Fiscal Agent
The University of Texas at Austin
