Alexis Gambis | 4 mins | USA

A music video for Mind Over Matter, part of the new album Theory of my Mind of the neuroscience rock band The Amygdaloids. A scientist working on memory in the amygdala of the brain sees a vision of a lost love through the microscope. He decides to go visit her and have a last moment of intimacy.

PREMIERE STATUS
World Premiere

SCREENING SCHEDULE
8:00PM      Monday, Oct 18, 2010
Bell House

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Written and directed by: Alexis Gambis
Cinematography: Noah Hutton
Assistant Camera: Bella Wing-Davey
Production Design and SFX: Luis Violante
Assistant Director: Jarreau Carrillo

DIRECTOR’S BIO
Alexis Gambis is a filmmaker, scientist and the founder of Imagine Science Films, a non-profit organization with promotes science in filmmaking and organizes the annual Imagine Science Film Festival. He is currently attending New York University’s Graduate Film School and is a faculty member in the Department of Biology at NYU. Dr. Gambis is also a scientific advisor to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and was appointed as as the youngest member of the Sloan Film Advisory Committee in January 2009. Born in Paris, France, Alexis began to cultivate interests in both science and film as a teenager. His recent films, A Fruit Fly in New York and Dr Funque and His Petri Dish, explore the connections between science, imagination and creativity. With his films, his mission is to enhance public understanding on scientific issues, to challenge existing stereotypes about science + scientists and to generate visually-stimulating stories about science . After obtaining his Baccalaureate in Paris, France, he moved to New York where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Bard College in 2003 and his PhD in molecular biology & genetics at the Rockefeller University in 2009.

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