Award-Winning Filmmaker Frederic Lumiere Brings Week-Long Television Event to the History Channel

Award-Winning Filmmaker Frederic Lumiere Brings Week-Long Television Event to the History Channel

WWII in HD Premiers on Sunday, November 15

DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- WWII in HD is the first-ever World War II documentary presented in full, immersive HD color. Interviews with war veterans and thousands of hours of rare color footage were gathered from a two-year worldwide search.

The series tells the story of the war through the eyes of 12 Americans who lived it. It's narrated by Emmy Award winner Gary Sinise and voiced by Justin Bartha, Rob Corddry, Tim DeKay, Mark Hefti, James Kyson Lee, Ron Livingston, LL Cool J, Rob Lowe, Josh Lucas, Jason Ritter, Amy Smart and Steve Zahn.

WWII in HD is a new approach to war documentary filmmaking. With a merging of genres, it's a war documentary mixed with a feature film and a drama television series. "Everything is in-the-moment. The battles are as real as they can be, creating a visceral experience. This is presented as a billion-dollar Hollywood epic but better, because it's real. We see what they saw and we hear the soldiers' thoughts through the voices of Hollywood's top talents as their stories develop," stated Frederic Lumiere, producer and director of WWII in HD. "The contemporary interviews with the veterans are each treated like a scene in a film. The aim is to keep the viewer captivated."

WWII in HD was produced by Lou Reda Productions with Executive Producers Lou Reda, Scott Reda and Matt Ginsburg; Producer Liz Reph; and Producer/Director Frederic Lumiere.

The 10-hour series will premiere over five consecutive nights from Sunday-Thursday, Nov. 15-19 at 9-11 p.m. EST on History Channel. To view the trailer for WWII in HD: http://www.history.com/content/wwii-in-hd

About Frederic Lumiere

Lumiere is an award-winning filmmaker and an industry-recognized leader in the fields of HD production and post-production. His first feature film, "Tomorrow is Today" starring Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie's Halloween/Halloween II) has received 11 awards to date including the Directorial Discovery Award from the Rhode Island International Film Festival and Best Actress Award from Method Fest. He has also produced, directed and edited award-winning programming for Cinemax, A&E, History Channel and Biography Channel.

Lumiere created Lumiere HD, software recognized by Apple as the only viable solution to edit HDV on their platforms for two years after the introduction of the format. He was also one of the original architects of the revolutionary Red Digital Camera, which is now employed by leading filmmakers such as Peter Jackson and Steven Soderbergh.

Lumiere is a frequent speaker at events such as NAB, DV Expo and Macworld and has been interviewed for feature articles in trade magazines such as Post, Videography, Studio Daily, Film & Video Magazine, Videomaker and others. Over the past three years, Lumiere has worked as a producer, director or editor on four biographies, three feature-length documentaries and two History Channel series.

   For additional press information and photography:    Press Photos:   http://gallery.me.com/frhaubrich#100163    Follow Frederic Lumiere on Twitter:   http://twitter.com/frednow     MEDIA CONTACT:    Jennifer Haubrich   (310) 880-6690   jennifer@lumieremedia.com   

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CONTACT: Jennifer Haubrich of Lumiere Media, +1-310-880-6690,
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Web Site: http://www.history.com/content/wwii-in-hd

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