Daniel Ferguson Explained

Daniel Ferguson is a filmmaker whose credits include Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France, Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta and Last of the Elephant Men.^[1]

Career

Ferguson was line producer and script writer for the 2009 IMAX dramatised documentary Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta, produced by Cosmic Picture and SK Films,^[2] which won the Houston International Film Festival award for best short documentary in 2010 and, a year earlier in Paris, Le Prix Du Public Most Popular Film at Le Géode Film Festival.^{[2] [3]} It also won a prize at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.^[2] The film tells the story of Ibn Battuta as he travelled to Mecca in the fourteenth century.Ferguson was co-writer and first assistant director on Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France which followed two riders on the hundredth anniversary of the contest and explored how the cyclists’ brains coped with the rigours of the race.^{[4] [5]}

Other film credits include line producer on Roads to Mecca and Lost Worlds: Life in the Balanc, associate producer and line producer on Seducing Maarya, and assistant director on Schmooze.^[6] Ferguson was also director, writer and producer for the 3D IMAX film Jerusalem with George Duffield, Taran Davies and the late Jake Eberts.^{[7] [8]} It is narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch and was released in 2013.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. "Documentary explores Asian tribe's bond with elephants". Victoria Times-Colonist, July 9, 2015.
2. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/30/imax-film-%E2%80%98journey-mecca%E2%80%99-proves-be-enlightening.html Article in Jakarta Post
3. http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Films/FilmDatabase/FilmDatabaseDetailView/tabid/288/Default.aspx?movieid=364 Giant Screen Cinema Association entry
4. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features/?id=2006/wired_to_win Article in Cycling News
5. Web site: Hong Kong Space Museum . 2014-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202165158/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Space/Programs/Omnimax/WiredtoWin/e_WiredtoWin.htm . 2014-02-02 . dead .
6. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272402/ IMDb entry
7. Web site: Article on Canadian Newswire . 2014-01-21 . 2014-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103614/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/873448/film-producer-jake-eberts-to-receive-award-from-canadian-friends-of-the-hebrew-university-of-jerusalem . dead .
8. http://www.cjnews.com/news/arts/jerusalem-imax-film-aiming-100-million-viewers Article in Canadian Jewish News
9. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/benedict-cumberbatch-voiced-film-jerusalem-inside-the-making-of-the-imax-movie/ Article on CBS News
10. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/jerusalem-a-tribute-to-the-holy-city-comes-to-the-giant-screen/2013/11/15/4e3efca4-4e21-11e3-97f6-ed8e3053083b_story.html Article in the Washington Post