Columbia Maryland Film Festival Director Robert Neal Marshall sits down for a Virtual conversation with James Tralie, Director of one of the featured documentary films of the 2024 season TO AN ASTEROID & BACK. James talks of his background, his inspiration for making this film, as well as explores his creative process. Here's a great chance to experience some "Behind The Scenes" process for the filmmaker.

James Tralie - Planetary Science Producer and Animator - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

James Tralie is a TV/film producer, animator, and live TV host at NASA. He works at the intersection of science and art to create dreamy, otherworldly scenes, educational explainer videos, documentary productions, and immersive content for all of NASA’s social channels and for television. His latest production, a documentary TV series about humanity’s return to the Moon with the Artemis Mission, will air on Hulu. He is one of the top digital artists in the world and has exhibited worldwide including in Times Square New York, at Shibuya Crossing in Japan, at the Crypto Art Fair in Abu Dhabi, Art Basel Miami, and in Montreal, Canada. He is a member of the Television Academy.