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The Bit Player (2019)
Directed by Mark Levinson
“Who would think of a flaming trumpet?”
Documentary · 1h 25m
The Bit Player tells the story of an overlooked genius, Claude Shannon (the "Father of Information Theory"), who revolutionized the world, but never lost his childlike curiosity.
Cast
J
John Hutton
Claude Shannon
Judith Ivey
Betty Shannon
Kaliswa Brewster
Michelle
A
Andrew Pastides
Claude Shannon (young man)
O
Olivia Gilliatt
Norma Levor
V
V.J. Scarpaci
Claude Shannon (boy)
T
Toleeya Napolitano
Young girl neighbor
Adam Heller
Psychoanalyst
C
Cleve Asbury
Bell Labs Engineer
M
Mark Lyons
Bell Labs Engineer
Randall McNeal
Bell Labs Engineer
A
Andrew Patrick Nelson
Bell Labs Engineer
Crew
- Director
- Mark Levinson
- Director of Photography
- Claudia Raschke
- Editor
- Tim Sternberg
- Producer
- Mark Levinson
Details
- Release date
- 2019-05-29
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)