PALFREMAN FILM GROUP, INC.

Founded by Jon Palfreman, an Emmy and Peabody Award winning producer, the Palfreman Film Group has produced over 50 hours of programming for Public Television and numerous videos for public and private institutions, especially in the areas of science, health, technology and education.

Communicating complex information accurately and compellingly in a "sound-bite" world requires skill and experience. Whether it''s health communication, technical training, environmental education or a video to inform a target audience about your company or institution, PFG is uniquely positioned to help.

Communicating Science, Medicine and Technology in the 21st Century

Award-winning video and multimedia company specializing in communication of scientific, technological, medical and environmental topics for all audiences. In addition, we are producers of instructional material for research-based K-12 curriculums.

PFG specializes in communicating scientific, medical and technological issues for all audiences. From concept to post production, PFG is a full service production company experienced in producing all forms of multimedia products from videos to web design.

ABOUT JON

Jon Palfreman, PhD, was previously a KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Oregon, USA.

Palfreman is an Emmy, Dupont and Peabody Award-winning journalist and recipient of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Writing. He is a three-time winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science writing prize, a three-time winner of the National Association of Science Writers "Science-in-Society" Journalism Award and a winner of the Writers Guild Award for best script.

In the area of Parkinson's Disease research, Palfreman co-authored a book with neuroscientist Bill Langston (JPD co-Editor-in-Chief), The Case of the Frozen Addicts (Pantheon Books; 1995), and produced two NOVA documentaries chronicling the story of the MPTP cases, NOVA: The Case of the Frozen Addict, and NOVA: Brain Transplant. Palfreman is a 2006 Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University.

HIS BOOKS

This book describes how the solution to a baffling mystery of the brain’s chemistry opened a new frontier in medicine and restored life to people without hope.

Book: The Case of the Frozen Addicts

Book: Brain Storms

In September 2015, Jon Palfreman’s new book “Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease” was released. Read an interview with Dr Palfreman at the time of publication of Brain Storms here. To order your copy, see below:
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RECENT FILMS

A veteran of both U.K. and U.S. television, Jon Palfreman has made over 40 BBC and PBS one-hour documentaries including a dozen FRONTLINE reports. His programs for PBS include the Peabody Award winning series The Machine That Changed the World, the Emmy Award winning NOVA Siamese Twins and the Alfred I. du Pont Columbia University Silver Baton winner NOVA/FRONTLINE Harvest of Fear. His recent FRONTLINE productions are Sick Around the World, Sick Around America and The Vaccine War.

Palfreman has received many other awards honoring the quality and accuracy of his science journalism. These include the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Writing, the American Association for the Advancement of Science science-writing prize (a three-time winner), the National Association of Science Writers "Science-in-Society" Journalism Award (a three-time winner) and the Writers Guild Award for best script.

Palfreman, who was a 2006 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, has written two books. He is currently KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Oregon.

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AWARDS

Emmy Award for the Nova production of Siamese Twins

Science Journalism Award presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for the Frontline production of Breast Implants on Trial

Writers Guild of America Award in the television documentary, current events category for AIDS Research: The Story So Far, PBS

AAAS-Westinghouse Science Journalism Award for the Frontline production of Prisoners of Silence

Westinghouse Science Journalism Award for radio and television science journalism on Nova's The Case of the Frozen Addicts with Paul S. Apsell

American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award for WNET's production of Light Speed

duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award for Frontline, Nova, and the Palfreman Film Group production of Harvest of Fear

Victor Cohn Prize for excellence in medical writing

Science in Society Award (1996) for the Frontline and Nova production of What's Up With the Weather?

Effective Presentation of Behavior Analysis in the Mass Media Award

Science in Society Award (1998) for the Frontline production of Gulf War Syndrome