MEET THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NERD YOU MAY NEVER HAVE HEARD ABOUT: HUGO GERNSBACK
One hundred years before the internet, a self-declared tech guru started preaching the future to his flock of outsiders. Decades in advance he foresaw Skype, jetpacks, space mining and drones. But even though he would accumulate over 80 patents throughout his life and befriend the likes of Edison and Tesla, his most influential invention remains Science Fiction. Gernsback planted the seeds for pop-culture phenomena such as Superman, Star Wars and a whole nation’s obsession with UFOs.
A film by Eric SCHOCKMEL
Produced by Bernard MICHAUX
With
Mike ASHLEY
Madeline ASHBY
Andrew BAER
Brother Guy CONSOLMAGNO
Malcolm EDWARDS
Joe HALDEMAN
Luc HENZIG
Ken HOLLINGS
Michio KAKU
Paul LESCH
Farah MENDLESOHN
Steve SILBERMAN
Gary K. WOLFE
Gary WESTFAHL
Grant WYTHOFF
Editor
Felix SORGER
Cinematography
Serge BENASSUTTI
Vitalijus KISELIUS
Music by Francesco TRISTANO & Pascal SCHUMACHER
Narrator
Benny BROWN
Sound
Philippe KOHN
Arnaud MELLET
Angelo DOS SANTOS
Michel SCHILLINGS
Animation
STUDIO 352
VFX Supervisor
Denis LAMBERT
Motion Graphics
DIGITAL DISTRICT
Research assistants
Paul LESCH
Gérard KRAUS
Production Manager
Karoline MAES
Post-production Supervisor
Jean-Luc ZEHNTER
Line producer
Brigitte KERGER-SANTOS
Associated producers
Jani THILTGES
Claude WARINGO
Coproducers
Benoît ROLAND
Stephan ROELANTS
Céline LOOP
Walter VOS
With the support of
Film Fund Luxembourg
Avec le soutien du
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique
COPRODUCTION
WRONG MEN (BE)
MELUSINE PRODUCTIONS (LU)
WHAT ABOUT (BE)
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