Temple Grandin: An Open Door
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A leader in innovative research for more than 30 years, Temple Grandin has left her mark as one of the most accomplished animal science researchers in the world, but her legacy doesn’t stop there.
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An Open Door
Colorado State University distinguished professor Dr. Temple Grandin has spent her career transforming animal welfare, advancing women in STEM and raising awareness for autism and neurodiversity. Her remarkable journey is the focus of An Open Door, a documentary featuring interviews with colleagues, industry leaders and those she has inspired.
Grandin has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people, honored among USA Today’s 2025 Women of the Year and received CSU’s 2023 Founders Day Medal. She also inspired the award-winning HBO biopic Temple Grandin.
Produced by 10 CSU students and directed by alumnus and award-winning filmmaker John Barnhardt, An Open Door has been featured at 72 film festivals in 26 states and nine countries, earning 27 awards.
Stream An Open Door Today
An Open Door becomes available to stream on a wide range of home platforms beginning August 12. Viewers can watch on leading services with optional subtitles and accessibility features. Perfect for fans of Temple Grandin’s journey looking to experience the film in the comfort of their own homes.
The Temple Grandin Equine Center
With two locations, one at CSU Fort Collins and the other at CSU Spur in Denver, the TGEC serves local Colorado communities by providing equine-assisted services to assist people of all abilities. To learn more about each site, click below.
Temple Grandin film ‘An Open Door’ to start streaming worldwide
“Temple Grandin – a tireless speaker, prolific author, and distinguished professor of animal science at Colorado State University – is often circled by students on the Fort Collins campus. She is flagged down by fans at the airport. And she is surrounded by admirers at agriculture conferences and gatherings for families of children with autism.
She is a pioneer in food-animal welfare who has achieved global distinction with insights attained from her own autism. Chief among them is her ability – gained through visual thinking – to understand livestock behavior and to design effective and humane handling systems used by suppliers of some of the world’s largest food purveyors.”