Diane Beam

The Imaginary Universe website was created in 1999 by writer, filmmaker and physicist Diane Beam as a central location for discussions and publications on our place in the universe. Beam has a bachelors degree in physics. She is a film major and graduate degree program candidate at the University of Utah. She has been involved in hundreds of productions as a writer, director, producer, photographer, instructor, lecturer and science advisor.

Beam is the originator, co-producer and co-writer of the Imax Film, Stephen Hawking's Beyond the Horizon. Hawking and Beam co-wrote and produced the science production, Fate of the Universe. Beam is circulating to agents, a book about her ten-year experience working with Professor Hawking and their productions on the subject of modern cosmology.

Beam is the founder and president of Imaginary Universe Inc, a member of iworlds.com advisory board, a member of SETI and a partner in universepartners.net

Contact Diane Beam i@imaginaryuniverse.com

Select list of Beam's writing, productions, special events and lectures

Hawking Book 2008
  Circulating to Agents
  Role: Author

Stephen Hawking Imax Film 2008
   In Production
   Role: Producer, Co-Writer, Project Originator

The Power of Three 2007
   Film Short
   Role: Producer, writer, editor

Dark Matter 2006
   Feature Film
   Starring Meryl Streep
   Starring Val Kilmer
   Role: Science Advisor

iworlds.com 2006
   Role: Advisery Board Member

Utah Science Center 2004-2006
   Title: Creative Visionary
   Role: Writer

We Are Star Dust 2004
   Video/DVD
   Writer

Ring World Feature 2003
A NASA Production
   National Distribution Science Theaters
   Science and Production Advisor

True Story 2003
   Film Short
   2nd AD

Leonardo In Our Time 200

 Film Short

 Screen Writer

Pool Hall Junkies 2001
 Feature Film
 Ket Set Production Assistant Stand In for Alison Eastwood not credited

Premonition 2000
  Video Short
  Writer, Director, Producer

20th Century Universe 1999
  National Distribution Science Theaters
  Writer

Four Seasons Constellations 1999
  Four Shorts
  International Distribution Science Theaters
  Write

Mysterious Worlds Feature 1998

 Minolta Planetarium Toyokawa, Japan
 Asian Distribution Science Theaters
 Co-Producer

Paradigm Shifts Short 1997
  ILDA Award Winner
  International Distribution Science Theaters
  Originator, Write

Storms Short 1997
  Discovery Place Science Center
  Charlotte South Carolina
  Producer

America the Beautiful Feature 1997
  Redlin Art Center   Collaborating Produce

Does God Throw Dice 1996
  Special Event with Scientist Stephen Hawking
  Event Coordinator
  12,000 in attendance
  Lecture Video
  Producer

Orion Rendezvous 1998
  Commercial and Documentary Short
  Producer

Stephen Hawking Black Holes and Baby Universes Event 1995
  Special Event with Stephen Hawking
  Event Coordinator
  3000 attendance

Stephen Hawking Black Holes and Baby Universes Video
  Lecture Video
  Executive Producer Geneva Steel
  Producer

Quantum Leap Feature 1994
  Science Theater
  Executive Producer Evans and Sutherland
  Originator, Writer, Producer

Fate of the Universe 2003
  Public Lecture

Fate of the Universe Feature 1993
  Science Theater
  Originator, Producer
  Co-writer with Stephen Hawking

The Endless Horizon Feature 1992
  Internationally Distributed Science Theaters

 Narrated by Patrick Stewart   Funded by the National Science Foundation
  Producer, Voice Over Director

COSI Scientific Visualization Short 1992
  Internationally Distributed to Science Theaters
  Executive Producer Evans & Sutherland
  Programmer

International Planetarium Society Short 1991
  Internationally Distributed to Science Theaters
  Executive Producer Evans & Sutherland
  Programmer

Cosmic Catastrophes Feature 1990
  Internationally Distributed to Science Theaters
  Funded by the National Science Foundation
  Producer

Starflight Feature 1989
  Internationally Distributed to Science Theaters
  Originator, Writer, Producer

Dreamwings Feature 1988
  Science Theaters
  Originator, Writer, Producer

Light Flight Feature 1987  

  Science Theater
  Originator, Writer, Producer

Time Travels Feature 1986
  Science Theater
  Originator, Writer, Producer