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Simon Conway Morris, Paleontologist & Evolutionary Biologist

2026 Templeton Prize Laureate

Simon Conway Morris has spent his career asking one of science’s most unsettling questions: What if evolution keeps arriving at the same answers? His work on the Cambrian explosion and convergent evolution suggests life isn’t random — it’s remarkably predictable.

Filmed on location in Cambridge, England.

Production: FreshFly Films
Director: Sean Maher
Producer: Charles Morabito
DP: John Pope
Editor: Meg Sarachan (FreshFly)

Francis Collins, Geneticist & Physician - 2020 Templeton Prize Laureate

Francis Collins mapped the human genome, led the NIH through some of its most critical years, and spent a lifetime making the case that faith and science aren’t enemies — they’re conversation partners.

Production: FreshFly Films
Director/Editor: Sean Maher
Producer: Charles Morabito
DP: Phil Bradshaw

2025 Templeton Prize winner Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

Pumla’s insights into the mechanisms of trauma and forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa have created a globally-recognized model for social healing in the aftermath of conflict, a model she calls “the reparative quest.”

Filmed on location in South Africa

Production: FreshFly Films
Director: Sean Maher
Producer: Charles Morabito
DP: John Pope