Mystery of
Matter wins Emmy Award!
At the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences News
& Documentary Awards ceremony this week in New York, Katha Seidman and Gary
Henoch took home a national Emmy Award for their work on The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements. Katha was the
production designer and Gary the directory of photography for the three-hour
2015 PBS series about the human story behind the Periodic Table. Their victory
in the category of Lighting Direction and Scenic Design is a recognition of the
series’ beautiful dramatic re-enactments, which chronicle a series of pivotal
discoveries by scientists like Antoine Lavoisier, Dmitri Mendeleev and Marie
Curie. (Katha and Gary won the same award for “Forgotten Genius,” NOVA’s 2007
biography of African American chemist Percy Julian.) While the Emmy was awarded
specifically to Gary and Katha, Gary noted that “this award really belongs to
the entire production team, because a successful collaboration is essential for
success.” Congratulations to Katha and Gary, and thanks to all the other cast
and crew members whose hard work and professionalism made this Emmy Award-winning
series possible.
