List of artistic depictions of Steve Jobs

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]

Books

Autobiographies/memoirs

• 2013: The Bite in the Apple: A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs by Chrisann Brennan.
• 2006: iWoz by Steve Wozniak.

Biographies and histories

• 2015: Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
• 2015: Steve Jobs and Philosophy: For Those Who Think Different, edited by Shawn E. Klein^[2]
• 2014: Creativity Inc.:Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Edwin Catmull of Pixar^[3]
• 2011: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (the basis for the 2015 film, Steve Jobs by Danny Boyle)
• 2005: iCon: Steve Jobs by Jeffrey S. Young & William L. Simon.
• 2005: What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry by John Markoff
• 2004: Revolution in the Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac was Made by Andy Hertzfeld ^[4]
• 2000: The Second Coming of Steve Jobs by Alan Deutschman.
• 1994: Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything by Steven Levy ^[5]
• 1993: Steve Jobs & the NeXT Big Thing by Randall E. Stross^[6]
• 1992/1996: Accidental Empires by Robert X. Cringely (the basis for the 1996 PBS documentary, Triumph of the Nerds)
• 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]
• 1984: The Little Kingdom:The Private Story of Apple Computer by Michael Moritz (the first history of Apple Computer, updated and reissued as Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple in 2009)
• 1984: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy

Graphic novels

• 2015: Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Harland.^[11]
• 2012: The Zen of Steve Jobs by Caleb Melby with artwork by Jess3 that explores the relationship between Jobs and Kobun Chino Otogawa.^[12]
• 2012: Steve Jobs: Genius by Design a biographical graphic work by Jason Quinn (published by Campfire Graphic Novels)^[13]

Films

Documentaries

• 2015: Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, directed by Alex Gibney.
• 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.^[14]
• 2012 (1995): Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, directed by Paul Sen, written and narrated by Robert X. Cringely. The film includes the full 70-minute interview Jobs gave to Cringely for Triumph of the Nerds in 1995.
• 2011: iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World: a Discovery Channel documentary hosted by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman.^[15]
• 2011: Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy, a 2011 documentary TV film produced by BBC.^[16]
• 2011: Steve Jobs: One Last Thing, a documentary film produced by PBS.^[17] A slightly shortened and localized^[18] version of the show was broadcast^[19] in the United Kingdom the following day titled, Steve Jobs: iChanged the World – on Channel 4.^[20]
• 2001: Golden Dreams: a short film about the history of California shown at Disney California Adventure Park. Jobs is portrayed by Mark Neveldine.
• 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.
• 1995: 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.

Feature films

• 2015: Steve Jobs: a feature film directed by Danny Boyle, with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Jobs is portrayed by Michael Fassbender.
• 2013: Jobs: an independent film directed by Joshua Michael Stern. Jobs is portrayed by Ashton Kutcher.
• 2013: iSteve: a satirical film in which Jobs is portrayed by Justin Long.
• 1999: Pirates of Silicon Valley: a TNT film directed by Martyn Burke. Jobs is portrayed by Noah Wyle.

Theater

• 2012: The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs – The Public Theater, New York City, starring Mike Daisey.^[21]

Video

• 1999: Noah Wyle and Steve Jobs at the 1999 Macworld NY (video clip) (references the 1999 film, Pirates of Silicon Valley starring Noah Wyle as Jobs)
• 1997: Early version of Apple's "Think Different" ad – Think different narrated by Jobs but never released on television

Painting

• 2015: The Son of a Migrant from Syria, a mural near Calais, France, by street artist Banksy^[22]

References

1. Isaacson, Walter (2011). Steve Jobs. Simon & Schuster. p. ebook.
2. Klein, Shawn, ed. (2015). Steve Jobs and Philosophy: For Those Who Think Different. Chicago, IL: Open Court. ISBN 978-0-8126-9889-3.
3. "Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner: Ed Catmull, Disney/Pixar Animation – Creativity, Inc. [Entire Talk]". stanford.edu.
4. "Folklore.org: Revolution in the Valley". folklore.org.
5. "INSANELY GREAT: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything: Steven Levy: 9780670852444: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
6. "Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing: Randall E. Stross: 9780689121357: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
7. "Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward: Jeffrey S. Young: 9781558023789: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
8. "Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer: Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine: 9780881341218: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
9. "Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition): Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine: 9780071358927: Amazon.com: Books". amazon.com.
10. "Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer". Paul Freiberger – Author of When Can You Start?. 23 February 2014.
11. "Steve Jobs: Insanely Great". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
12. "Meditations on The Zen of Steve Jobs". GeekDad.
13. "Steve Jobs: Genius by Design". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
14. "American Genius". American Genius.
15. Nede, Jethro (October 10, 2011). "'iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World' Airs Sunday on Discovery". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
16. Billion Dollar Hippie
17. "Steve Jobs: One Last Thing PBS show website". Pbs.org. October 5, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-24. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
18. The narrator in the UK version of the show has a British accent, for the purpose of catering to the local market.
19. Truta, Filip. "'Steve Jobs: iChanged the World' Documentary Airs Tonight in the UK". Softpedia. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
20. "Steve Jobs: iChanged the World". http://www.channel4.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved November 15, 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)
21. "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07., The Public Theater website
22. "Banksy work in Calais 'Jungle' shows Steve Jobs as migrant". BBC News. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

External links

• Steve Jobs (Character) at the Internet Movie Database
• Steve Jobs (1955–2011) at the Internet Movie Database
• "Noah Wyle on playing Steve Jobs" (in the 1999 film, Pirates of Silicon Valley), Fortune. October 7, 2011.