David Gaynes is emerging as a unique voice in the world of independent documentary film. Saving Hubble (2012), his second feature, is both a love letter to the world’s most famous telescope and a document of the grassroots movement that saved it from an untimely death. The film is currently previewing around the country. Keeper of the Kohn (2005), David’s first feature, is a portrait of Peter Kohn, a beloved 70-year old autistic man caring for his dying friend. It won the Jury Prize for best documentary at the Vail Film Festival. David was the cinematographer of the award-winning documentary All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert (2011, Dir. Vivian Ducat).
“I loved the feeling of the film…brought tears to my eyes…shows the power of a great idea and a few people to move a nation and to accomplish something totally magnificent.”
—John Mather, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, on Saving Hubble
