- This is POV.
I'm Pete Schwaba,
host of Wisconsin Public Television's
Director's Cut.
Tonight, we bring you a film
about one of the most unique characters
in the field of science and show business.
Bill Nye: Science Guy is directed
by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg,
two men who grew up watching VHS tapes of Nye
when they were in middle school.
They sat glued,
listening to every word he spoke
about the ecosystem,
color spectrum,
and all things science.
Thanks in part to Nye,
Alvarado and Sussberg developed a fascination with science
that stayed with them long after middle school.
So much so, they started making films about science.
So one can only assume it's a dream come true
to make a film about their hero,
who also happens to be
one of the quirkiest people to ever don a lab coat.
- Chances are, most people have heard of Bill Nye
or who he is...
but very few of us really know Bill Nye: the guy.
Nye earned a degree in mechanical engineering
at Cornell University
and spent more than 20 years as an engineer
before deciding to combine
his love of science with his love of comedy,
to create the show that put him on the map,
the Emmy Award-winning PBS show,
Bill Nye, the Science Guy.
Currently, Nye has started a new adventure:
taking on those who deny climate change,
evolution,
and a science-based worldview.
Join us now as David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg
show us their point of view
of a science icon and their hero.
Bill Nye: Science Guy
starts now on Wisconsin Public Television,
your home for independent film.