Dean Hamer is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker, New York Times Book of the Year author, and NIH scientist emeritus with a long history in communicating complex and controversial ideas to diverse publics. He formed Qwaves with partner Joe Wilson to produce insightful and provocative documentaries about often overlooked social issues. Their films have screened and won awards at film festivals across the world including Tribeca, Berlin and Toronto, viewed on PBS, Netflix, and international broadcasts, won support from Sundance, the Ford Foundation, ITVS and Pacific Islanders in Communications, and used as outreach and educational tools by a range of community and educational organizations.