‘Fire Of Love’ Filmmaking Duo Sara Dosa And Shane Boris Ink First-Look Deal With National Geographic Documentary Films
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: National Geographic Documentary Films has signed a first-look production deal with director Sara Dosa and producer Shane Boris, the team behind NatGeo’s Oscar-nominated hit Fire of Love.
The deal, with Dosa and Boris’s newly formed shingle Signpost Pictures, covers documentary features. “As part of the first look,” National Geographic said in a release, “Dosa, Boris and their producing partner at Signpost Pictures, Elijah Stevens, are developing two new films that highlight unexpected character stories of humans making meaning out of awe-inducing natural forces.” The projects are: Fire of Love, the story of scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft – a French couple devoted to each other and to the study of volcanoes — earned dozens of awards, including the Peabody, and the DGA’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for Dosa.
Boris earned two Oscar nominations this past year – for producing Fire of Love and Navalny, winning the Academy Award for the latter film.
Carolyn Berstein, EVP of documentary films for National Geographic, said in a statement, “We are so pleased to continue our creative collaboration with these preternaturally talented filmmakers on the heels of our partnership on the enchanting and critically acclaimed Fire of Love.
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