Gerardine Wurzburg is the founder and president of State of the Art, Inc., a multimedia communications company that creates products for ordinary people facing health and educational challenges. She followed up her Oscar®-winning documentary EDUCATING PETER (1992) with GRADUATING PETER (2001, HBO), which followed Peter for seven years as he grew from an adolescent to an adult; she chronicled his life, capturing both daily occurrences and formative events, from sixth grade through high school graduation. Wurzburg has been Principal Investigator and Producer on several major health promotion campaigns funded by the National Institutes of Health. National broadcasts related to these campaigns have included "Prostate Cancer: Are You at Risk?" hosted by Colin Powell; "Caregivers: The Heart of Home Care", hosted by Dana Reeve, wife and principal caregiver of Christopher Reeve; and "Positively: The Changing Face of AIDS in America". Wurzburg was awarded Time Inc.'s International Health Media Freddie® Award for "Now is Our Time: Healthy Living for Black Women 40-55", which is hosted by Debbie Allen. State of the Art has also developed highly interactive personalized web modules related to several health conditions. Wurzburg completed her Academy Award® nominated film AUTISM IS A WORLD, in August 2004. The film received numerous other awards including the Autism Society Media Award. Copies of the film have been placed in 16,000 public libraries in the United States.  Best Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects 1992: EDUCATING PETER - Producer (w. Thomas C. Goodwin)  Nominated for Achievement in Documentary Short Subjects 2004: AUTISM IS A WORLD - Producer 2 nominations, 1 Award