Chesley Bonestell was an architect and painter who worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane as a matte artist, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped inspire America's space program. Why is it that no one knows who he is today?
WINNER - Audience Award for Art, Architecture + Design - Newport Beach Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Boston Science Fiction Film Festival 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Long Beach International Film Festival 2018 Wonderfest 2018 Worldcon2018 RAW Science Film Festival 2019 Sonoma International Film Festival 2019 InScience International Science Film Festival 2019
For more information about this film, go to www.chesleybonestell.com Twitter: @ckbonestell Facebook: @bonestellmovie Instagram: @chesleybonestell
Chesley Bonestell was an architect and painter who worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane as a matte artist, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped inspire America's space program. Why is it that no one knows who he is today?
WINNER - Audience Award for Art, Architecture + Design - Newport Beach Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Boston Science Fiction Film Festival 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Long Beach International Film Festival 2018 Wonderfest 2018 Worldcon2018 RAW Science Film Festival 2019 Sonoma International Film Festival 2019 InScience International Science Film Festival 2019
For more information about this film, go to www.chesleybonestell.com Twitter: @ckbonestell Facebook: @bonestellmovie Instagram: @chesleybonestellInstalling Chesley Bonestells A Lunar Landscape at the Smithsonian National Air and Space MuseumChesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future2022-10-04 | The installation and Restoration of Bonestell's lunar mural at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. -Expand for More-
Chesley Bonestell was an architect and painter who worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane as a matte artist, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped inspire America's space program. Why is it that no one knows who he is today?
WINNER - Audience Award for Art, Architecture + Design - Newport Beach Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Boston Science Fiction Film Festival 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Long Beach International Film Festival 2018 Wonderfest 2018 Worldcon2018 RAW Science Film Festival 2019 Sonoma International Film Festival 2019 InScience International Science Film Festival 2019
Chesley Bonestell was an architect and painter who worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane as a matte artist, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped inspire America's space program. Why is it that no one knows who he is today?
WINNER - Audience Award for Art, Architecture + Design - Newport Beach Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Boston Science Fiction Film Festival 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Long Beach International Film Festival 2018 Wonderfest 2018 Worldcon2018 RAW Science Film Festival 2019 Sonoma International Film Festival 2019 InScience International Science Film Festival 2019
For more information about this film, go to www.chesleybonestell.com Twitter: @ckbonestell Facebook: @bonestellmovie Instagram: @chesleybonestellFirst American In Space! | Clip: Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The FutureChesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future2021-05-04 | From the documentary "Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future" Buy the movie here: chesleybonestell.com/buy-the-film.html -Expand for More-
Chesley Bonestell was an architect and painter who worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane as a matte artist, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped inspire America's space program. Why is it that no one knows who he is today?
WINNER - Audience Award for Art, Architecture + Design - Newport Beach Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Boston Science Fiction Film Festival 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Long Beach International Film Festival 2018 Wonderfest 2018 Worldcon2018 RAW Science Film Festival 2019 Sonoma International Film Festival 2019 InScience International Science Film Festival 2019
For more information about this film, go to www.chesleybonestell.com Twitter: @ckbonestell Facebook: @bonestellmovie Instagram: @chesleybonestell
Chesley was credited in the 1953 movie "The War of the Worlds" for his “Astronomical Art”, which includes planetary paintings that appear prominently in the opening of the film. Our award-winning documentary, Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future features commentary from Sound Designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars), Visual Effects Supervisor Craig Barron (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and Director Douglas Trumbull (Silent Running). They discuss Chesley Bonestell’s contribution to the making of The War of The Worlds.
Known as “The Father of Space Art,” Chesley used outer space, planets, moons, and galaxies as the subject matter for countless numbers of his paintings. He once said, “Space, to me, is the infinite cosmos— the ultimate mystery.” Born in the days before automobiles and airplanes, Chesley lived to witness great accomplishments in space exploration, just like his artwork predicted. He never got the chance to explore space himself, but just recently, something remarkable happened. On March 12, 2020, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston confirmed that the documentary film of his life, Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future, had been transmitted to the International Space Station (ISS) for the “Expedition 62” crew to watch and enjoy.
The Chesley Bonestell Film Team is deeply indebted to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and to Mark Pestana for their extraordinary efforts on behalf of this film.
Chesley Bonestell was an architect and painter who worked on the Golden Gate Bridge and the Chrysler Building. He worked on famous movies like Citizen Kane as a matte artist, and his mesmerizing paintings of planets and star systems helped inspire America's space program. Why is it that no one knows who he is today?
WINNER - Audience Award for Art, Architecture + Design - Newport Beach Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival 2018 WINNER - Best Documentary - Boston Science Fiction Film Festival 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Long Beach International Film Festival 2018 Wonderfest 2018 Worldcon2018 RAW Science Film Festival 2019 Sonoma International Film Festival 2019 InScience International Science Film Festival 2019
For more information about this film, go to www.chesleybonestell.com Twitter: @ckbonestell Facebook: @bonestellmovie Instagram: @chesleybonestell