The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
"Visionary. Billionaire. Fraud?"
Synopsis
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
Production Details
Release DateJan 24, 2019
DirectorAlex Gibney
WritersAlex Gibney
Principal Cast
Elizabeth Holmes
Self - CEO and Founder of Theranos (archive footage)
Alex Gibney
Self - Narrator / Interviewer
Dan Ariely
Self - Behavioral Economist
Roger Parloff
Self - Fortune
Phyllis Gardner
Self - Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Errol Morris
Self
David Boies III
Self - Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Charlie Rose
Self (archive footage)
Thomas A. Edison
Self (archive footage)
James Mattis
Self (archive footage)
