Steve Jobs (/ˈdʒɒbz/; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s (along with engineer, inventor, and Apple Computer co-founder, Steve Wozniak). Shortly after his death, Jobs' official biographer, Walter Isaacson, described him as the "creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing."[1]
1988: Steve Jobs: The Journey Is the Reward by Jeffrey S. Young[7]
1984: Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer by Michael Swaine and Paul Frieberger[8] (Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer, second edition, 2000[9] and Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer, third edition, 2014;[10] the basis for the 1999 film, Pirates of Silicon Valley by Martyn Burke).[10]
1992: The Machine That Changed the World: Part 3 of this five-part documentary, called The Paperback Computer, prominently featured Jobs and his role in the early days of Apple.
1996: Triumph of the Nerds: directed by Paul Sen, written and narrated by Robert X. Cringely. The film contains clips of interviews with Jobs conducted by Cringely in 1995.
2011: Steve Jobs: One Last Thing, a documentary film produced by PBS.[15] A slightly shortened and localized[16] version of the show was broadcast[17] in the United Kingdom the following day titled, Steve Jobs: iChanged the World – on Channel 4.[18]
2015: Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates: The Competition to Control the Personal Computer, 1974–1999: Original film from the National Geographic Channel for the American Genius series.[20]
