William Gibson
Biography: William Ford Gibson is an American and Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his early works were bleak, noir, near-future stories that explored the effects of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on humans—a "combination of lowlife and high tech"—and helped to create an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 17, 1948
Deathday: N/A
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No Maps for These Territories
2000-10-04
No Maps for These Territories
Overview: On an overcast morning in 1999, William Gibson, father of cyberpunk and author of the cult-classic novel Neuromancer, stepped into a limousine and set off on a road trip around North America. The limo was rigged with digital cameras, a computer, a television, a stereo, and a cell phone. Generated entirely by this four-wheeled media machine, No Maps for These Territories is both an account of Gibson’s life and work and a commentary on the world outside the car windows. Here, the man who coined the word "cyberspace" offers a unique perspective on Western culture at the edge of the new millennium, and in the throes of convulsive, tech-driven change.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-04
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My Love, My Umbrella
2001-09-01
My Love, My Umbrella
Overview: A young woman loses her umbrella in a café altering her perception of the world forever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-09-01
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Cyberpunk
1990-01-28
Cyberpunk
Overview: Stylistic documentary about the cyberpunk movement. William Gibson, author of cyberpunk classic Neuromancer, and Timothy Leary, famous advocate of psychedelic drugs, share their thoughts on the future of society and technology.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-28
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Visions of Heaven and Hell
1994-01-31
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Overview: Dennis Potter, Esther Dyson, William Gibson and other techno-thinkers appeared in this award-winning three-part documentary series which examined social changes brought about by new information technologies, along with other issues and dilemmas facing society in the 21st Century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-31
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Decade
1989-12-09
Decade
Overview: Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on the 1980s.
Genres: Documentary Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-09
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