Lisa Truitt, daughter of Sally and Ed Truitt ofLos Altos, produced last week’s National Geographic televisionspecial, “Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge.” The documentaryaired May 15 on NBC (Channel 4).
Lisa Truitt, who grew up in Los Altos and graduated from LosAltos High School in 1979, has worked for National Geographic,based in Washington, D.C., for more than 10 years, said her mother.
“She’s been in a lot of interesting places,” SallyTruitt said.
“Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge” took years of planning,according to National Geographic spokesperson Ellen Stanley.Stanley said Truitt and her crew “overcame a sea of troubles”in making the documentary and that the crew “captured severalsequences never before filmed. Their efforts have already beenrewarded with three major natural history filmmaking awards.”
Truitt’s documentary dismissed the notion that the Arctic isa mere frozen wasteland. The film set out to show an ecosystem”as rich and complex as a rain forest.”
Ashley Robinson, of the Pacific Ballet Academy in LosAltos has been selected to participate in “Exploring Balletwith Suzanne Farrell” in Washington, D.C. Aug. 5-24 at theThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She is oneof 32 students from around the nation who has been chosen to participatein the fourth annual session of the Kennedy Center’s ballet trainingprogram. Students were selected by Farrell during auditions heldthis past winter in Cincinnati, Atlanta, Boston, Washington, D.C.,San Francisco, Fort Worth and New York City.
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