Current Work
He currently serves as a director of photography for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. His work has appeared in the IMAX feature film Roving Mars, James Cameron's "Aliens of the Deep", and NOVA's "Mars: Dead or Alive?" & "Welcome to Mars".
His more recent cinematography work can be seen in the National Geographic program "Five Years on Mars", which won an Emmy in 2009 for outstanding science and technology programming. His 1999 documentary on the Mars Pathfinder Mission, "The Pathfinders", won a Gold Plaque award at the Chicago International Film Festival by Intercom.
Hofmann is currently producing and directing several documentaries for NASA/JPL. His current video series project called "The Martians", is a web series, following people from around the world, who work on activities related to our journey to Mars. "The Martians" can be seen at: The Martians. Hofmann has also published a number of videos in his Youtube page, including "7 Minutes of Terror", which describes the atmospheric entry, descent and landing of the Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for August 2012, and features several engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory involved in the MSL project.
Hofmann's latest dramatic television work can be seen in the international conspiracy thriller Tyranny, which plays on Koldcast, and Tyranny.tv. Tyranny was accepted as part of the official selection of the Geneva International Film Festival, November 2010. Tyranny also received four nominations for: sound design, soundtrack, best looking show and best thriller.
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