“To live in the hearts we leave behind is to never die.”

- Carl Sagan

Pale Blue Dots Films is an award-winning documentary production company.

We change people’s minds about marginalized populations through story telling. Our name pays homage to the humanism and scientific naturalism of Carl Sagan.

  • David Cowan

    is a filmmaker, science philanthropist, and venture capitalist. He is the Producer and Creator of the award-winning MTV Documentary Afghan Dreamers, trustee of the Center For Inquiry, and Board Member of the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is the founder of VeriSign and Good Technology, and he was listed 14 times on the Forbes Midas List in recognition of his early venture capital investments in dozens of successful technology startups like Rocket Lab, LinkedIn, and Twitch.

  • Shawn Hardin

    is an accomplished filmmaker and tech entrepreneur. He led three VC-backed, subsequently acquired tech startups, and his work as a producer, director, cinematographer, and editor encompasses over seventy productions with companies like NBC, MTV, Columbia Tristar, and 20th Century Fox. He's a Director member of the Directors Guild of America and co-founder of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Interactive Media Group and The Producers Guild of America New Media Council. Recently, he founded and ran OnlySky Media, a new media company catering to the growing population of religiously unaffiliated Americans.

  • Zev Raben

    Legal Counsel, Partner at Ramo Law, provides guidance and advice to financiers, distribution companies, and producers.

    He has worked with producers whose films have been recognized by Cannes Film Festival, Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and nominated for Independent Spirit Awards. His past experience as an entertainment litigator makes him well equipped to identify potential issues early on in transactions.