Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross
2012
Significant inventions tend to make their creators famous. Most people know who invented the telephone. The light bulb. The airplane. But what about the digital computer ? Who invented one of the most significant devices in human history ? ATANASOFF : FATHER OF THE COMPUTER enlightens us on the life and career of John Vincent Atanasoff, physicist and inventor, who invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa State College.
CREDITS
Written by
Kirwan Cox, Mila Aung-Thwin
Directed by
Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross
Producers
Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross
Executive Producer
Bob Moore
Co-producer
Kirwan Cox
Director of Photography
Mark Ellam
Editor
Omar Mejeed, Mila-AungThwin, Edmund Duff
Original Score
The High Dials
Produced with the participation of
CMF, Sodec, Québec Film and Television Tax Credit, Canadian Heritage
Produced with the assistance of
Shaw Media-Hot Docs Completion Fund
Produced with the participation of
Rogers Documentary Fund
With the financial participation of
Bank Film and Television Fund
Produced and developed in association with
Shaw Media, Hot Docs
Produced and developed in association with
SBS-TV Australia