Steve Wozniak

Known for ActingBorn 1950-08-11 (age 75)San Jose, California, USA

A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for the past three decades, Steve Wozniak helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products the Apple I and II and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.In 1981, he went back to UC Berkeley and finished his degree in electrical engineering/computer science. For his achievements at Apple Computer, Wozniak was awarded the National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States in 1985, the highest honor bestowed on America’s leading innovators.In 2000, he was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame and was awarded the prestigious Heinz Award for Technology, The Economy and Employment for “single-handedly designing the first personal computer and for then redirecting his lifelong passion for mathematics and electronics toward lighting the fires of excitement for education in grade school students and their teachers.”After leaving Apple in 1985, Wozniak was involved in various business and philanthropic ventures, focusing primarily on computer capabilities in schools and stressing hands-on learning and encouraging creativity for students. Making significant investments of both his time and resources in education, he “adopted” the Los Gatos School District, providing students and teachers with hands-on teaching and donations of state-of-the-art technology equipment. He founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and was the founding sponsor of the Tech Museum, Silicon Valley Ballet and Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose.Wozniak currently serves as Chief Scientist for Fusion-io and is a published author with the release of his New York Times Best Selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon, in September 2006 by Norton Publishing. His television appearances include reality show “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List” and season eight of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”.Read more

Movies & web series

CoFounder

US Festival 1983 Days 1-3

Gotham Cafe

Hackers: Computer Outlaws

The Big Bang Theory

Hackers: Outlaws and Angels

The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires

Code Monkeys

Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age

The Secret History of Hacking

8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars

The Screen Savers

Steve Jobs: One Last Thing

Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari

Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy

Celebrity Watch Party

Dancing with the Stars

The Way Steve Jobs Changed the World

This Is Pop

Click

Hackers Wanted

Joybubbles

Bay Area Revelations The Evolution of Video Games in the Bay Area

The US Festival 1982: The US Generation Documentary

Little Blue Box

A Brief History of the PC

Triumph of the Nerds

Stevie Nicks: Live At The US Festival - 30/05/83

Until the Music Ends

Legends of Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line

Wildchat