Director Jeff Orlowski logged some serious miles for his latest documentary, Chasing Coral, about the threat facing the ocean's corals and what that portends for humankind. "I think the word ‘chasing’ in the title is very appropriate. We started off in Florida and the Caribbean and we were documenting everything…

UPDATED to June 5 exclusive with music video: Kristen Bell has been tapped to sing the closing tune in the Jeff Orlowski-directed Sundance documentary Chasing Coral, which will begin streaming July 14 on Netflix. The original song, “Tell Me How Long,” was composed by Dan Romer and Teddy Geiger and is described as a…

The inaugural Sundance Institute Discovery Impact Fellow for environmental filmmaking, Chasing Coral helmer Jeff Orlowski saw his last documentary, Chasing Ice, receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, and screen for Congress, the White House and the UN. Chasing Coral, his "thematic sequel" to that…

With Discovery Channel rolling out a new environmental-themed series later this year, the Sundance Institute and cabler today named festival award wining Chasing Ice director Jeff Orlowski as the first recipient of the Sundance Institute Discovery Impact Fellowship. The new fellowship is given to a filmmaker who has…