The Blimp-Maker
“Igor Pasternak, the C.E.O. and chief engineer of Worldwide Aeros, is fulfilling his lifelong dream of creating aircraft that are lighter than air.”
Synopsis
For the past forty years, Igor Pasternak has pursued a lighter-than-air vision: to build gigantic airships that haul cargo to otherwise inaccessible parts of the planet. In high school, in Ukraine, Pasternak formed an airship club; at Lviv National University, where he studied civil engineering, he established an airship-design bureau. Eventually, he settled in southern California and started Aeros, which builds blimps for surveillance and other purposes. His prototype cargo airship, the two-hundred-and-sixty-foot-long Dragon Dream, was destroyed in 2013 when its hangar collapsed on it. Unfazed, Pasternak now aims to produce a fleet of “Aeroscraft” cargo airships, the largest of which will be more than nine hundred feet long and able to carry five hundred tons. Pasternak spoke recently with the director and producer Gabe Polsky. Polsky’s documentary, “Red Army,” played at the 2014 Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals, and was released in theatres in 2015.
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Inventing a Lighter-Than-Air Aircraft
Type: Clip • Published 2016-02-22
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February 29, 2016
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Financials & Box Office Performance
Production Budget
$6K
Filming & production cost
Worldwide Gross
Pending
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Gabe Polsky
- Screenplay & Story
- Gabe Polsky
- Original Score
- Leo Birenberg
- Original Title
- The Blimp-Maker
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 6m
- Production Budget
- $6K
- Production Studios
- The New Yorker Studios
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Gabe Polsky
Gabe Polsky
Leo Birenberg
Svetlana Cvetko
Stephen Garrett
Gabe Polsky, Liam Satre-Meloy, Anthony Melillo III
Department Leadership Roster
Gabe Polsky
Producer
Gabe Polsky
Writer
Gabe Polsky
Director
Leo Birenberg
Original Music Composer
Svetlana Cvetko
Director of Photography
Stephen Garrett
Editor
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Frequently Asked Questions About The Blimp-Maker
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What is The Blimp-Maker about?
For the past forty years, Igor Pasternak has pursued a lighter-than-air vision: to build gigantic airships that haul cargo to otherwise inaccessible parts of the planet. In high school, in Ukraine, Pasternak formed an airship club; at Lviv National University, where he studied civil engineering, he established an airship-design bureau. Eventually, he settled in southern California and started Aeros, which builds blimps for surveillance and other purposes. His prototype cargo airship, the two-hundred-and-sixty-foot-long Dragon Dream, was destroyed in 2013 when its hangar collapsed on it. Unfazed, Pasternak now aims to produce a fleet of “Aeroscraft” cargo airships, the largest of which will be more than nine hundred feet long and able to carry five hundred tons. Pasternak spoke recently with the director and producer Gabe Polsky. Polsky’s documentary, “Red Army,” played at the 2014 Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals, and was released in theatres in 2015.
Who directed The Blimp-Maker?
The Blimp-Maker was directed by Gabe Polsky.
Who stars in The Blimp-Maker?
The principal cast of The Blimp-Maker includes Igor Pasternak, Gabe Polsky.
When was The Blimp-Maker released and how long is it?
The Blimp-Maker was released in 2016 with a total runtime of 6m.
Who composed the musical score for The Blimp-Maker?
The original motion picture soundtrack for The Blimp-Maker was composed by Leo Birenberg.