Justin Wilkes and the National Geographic Channel 'Mars' Series

11/15/16 • 21 min

On this episode of Mars Ascend is Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning producer and director Justin Wilkes. Justin is Executive Producer of the National Geographic Channel series Mars premiering Monday, November 14th on the National Geographic Channel. He's also President of Media and Entertainment for RadicalMedia which partnered with Imagine Entertainment to produce the Mars series. We discuss the National Geographic Channel Mars television series, it's production, motivation and hope for the future.

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