The Atomic Rocketeer is a documentary that tells the story of Wernher Von Braun, the German scientist and his band of German Rocketeers acquired by the Americans days after the fall of Germany during WW2 then transferring to the NM desert.
Director Biography – Larry L. Sheffield, Trent J DiGiulio
Award-winning producer Larry L. Sheffield, has garnered 22 national and international film festival awards to date, including “Best Historical Film” for 2023 at the Cannes World Film Festival in Cannes, France.
Sheffield’s films are part of a series of documentaries, created to preserve on film, events that happened in New Mexico around the Manhattan Project, the Trinity Site Nuclear Test, Operation Paperclip, and other military events that shaped human history between 1945-1950 in New Mexico.
Sheffield’s films are known for their use of rare footage, photographs, de-classified military documents, and compelling interviews, combined with his unique talent for bringing the story and history to life on the big screen.
His film work is currently on multiple home streaming services.
Director Statement
The story of rockets captured along with compelling the German Scientist to come to America is an important, historic, and compelling human interest story. Our use of historic footage with now public classified documents completes the final account of “Operation Paperclip” and the importance of these events in our Space Travel endeavors.
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| Larry L Sheffield Director, Producer Trent J DiGiulio Director |
