About the D. Scott Rogo Award
The Rogo award in the amount of $500 has been recast to include not only literature but also other media such as documentary film, television programming, podcasts and vlogs etc. The award will be granted as warranted so applications are accepted year round. A synopsis or treatment to be submitted along with representative media samples as well as the applicant’s CV and any relevant materials and references. Upon completion, a copy of the book or film or other media will be donated to the Eileen J. Garrett Library.
The Rogo Award was established in honor of the generosity of the late D. Scott Rogo, parapsychologist and prolific writer.
2018 Rogo Award for Parapsychological Media winner, Greg Mallozzi
The winner of the eighteenth Annual D. Scott Rogo Award for Parapsychological media is Greg Mallozzi. Greg is a filmmaker from Rhode Island now living in Los Angeles, California. He studied film and writing at Brooklyn College and Rhode Island College working on several film and television projects in New York City over the years, including HBO’s Emmy-winning documentary series, The Jinx. He also works closely with Norwegian production company, Spaett Films, on commercials and documentaries. Through Spaett, Greg is also co-directing a documentary on 1970s police corruption which has attracted interest from Amazon and Netflix. Greg currently develops his own narrative and documentary content and works on and off as a producer for Gimlet Medias #1 Podcast, Crimetown, from the same creators as The Jinx. He has had a lifelong interest in scientifically investigating anomalous phenomena.
He has been following the story of Dr. Andrija Puharich for several years and has set a goal to make a documentary film about his life and work. As Greg states “ Mind Over Matter: The Mysteries of Andrija Puharich is a documentary that will aim to change the way our culture views people who dare to ‘think outside the box’ and explore the realms of ‘the unknown’ using Puharich as a vehicle to tell the story. The film does not intend to prove or disprove anything, nor will it take sides between skeptics and believers. The documentary will illuminate Puharich’s complex world which included prominent academics, Aldous Huxley and yes, Eileen Garrett also, who were intrigued by him and his work. Why were some of the wealthiest at one point funding he who many deemed ‘out there’? The film will also explore not only Puharich’s work but on a larger scale delve into the Cold War and the US and Russia’s obsession with alleged psychic power and ESP.”
Puharich was in the 70’s coined as “The Godfather of the New Age Movement” holding over fifty patents, once a notable medical doctor and researcher in the 50’s and 60’s deciding to alter the course of his prestigious career to begin studying “the unknown” such as psychic abilities, telepathy, alternative healing and the deep mysteries of consciousness and the universe. Greg has gained access to his family who begin along with Greg to unravel the mysteries of their father.
Puharich carried out experiments in ESP within his private laboratory, the Round Table Foundation, In rural Maine. Eileen J Garrett particiapted in his early research within a Faraday cage. Puharich also presented at an early PF International Conference. Garrett and PF played a very small part within Puharich’s turbulent career which overall should be revisited. The funds from the award will go directly towards production of the documentary which is still in the research/production phase with interviews to be completed such as the one with Dr. Charles Tart who was a research assistant to Puharich back in the early Round Table Foundation days. To view firsthand Greg’s vision and see a teaser of the documentary click here.