Ann Druyan | |
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 Druyan in 2014 | |
| Born | June 13, 1949 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Known for | Author, activist, producer |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Sasha |
Ann Druyan (/driːˈæn/ dree-ANN;[1]) is an American documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She is the creator, producer, and writer of the 2014 sequel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and its sequel series, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, as well as the book of the same name. She directed episodes of both series.
In the late 1970s, she became the creative director of NASA's Voyager Interstellar Message Project, which produced the golden discs affixed to both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft.[2] She also published a novel, A Famous Broken Heart, in 1977, and later co-wrote several best selling non-fiction books with Sagan.
- ^ In the revised edition of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, Ann Druyan introduces herself in a prologue to Episode No. 1 on YouTube.
- ^ "NASA Invites Public to Take a Journey Toward Interstellar Space". June 6, 2013.