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==In media== Wozniak has been mentioned, represented, and interviewed numerous times in media from the founding of Apple to the present. ===Documentaries=== * ''[[Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine]]'' (2015) * ''Camp Woz: The Admirable Lunacy of Philanthropy''{{spaced ndash}} a 2009 documentary<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1227767/ |title=Camp Woz: The Admirable Lunacy of Philanthropy |publisher=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> * ''Geeks On Board''{{spaced ndash}} a 2007 documentary<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1110255/ |title=Geeks On Board |publisher=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> * ''[[The Secret History of Hacking]]''{{spaced ndash}} a 2001 documentary film featuring Wozniak and other [[Phreaking|phreakers]] and [[computer hacking|computer hackers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Secret History of Hacking |url=http://www.theblackpacket.com/the-secret-history-of-hacking/ |website=theblackpacket.com |access-date=August 8, 2020 |date=August 10, 2015 |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808143118/http://theblackpacket.com/the-secret-history-of-hacking/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=15 Best Documentaries About Hacking And Hackers You Should Watch |url=https://techlog360.com/documentaries-about-hacking/ |website=TechLog360 |access-date=August 8, 2020 |date=May 11, 2020 |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001144332/https://techlog360.com/documentaries-about-hacking/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''[[Triumph of the Nerds]]''{{spaced ndash}} a 1996 PBS documentary series about the rise of the personal computer. * ''Steve Wozniak's Formative Moment''{{spaced ndash}} a March 15, 2016, original short feature film from [[Reddit]] Formative Moment<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhmepZlCWY| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/XrhmepZlCWY| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title=Steve Wozniak's Formative Moment|date=March 15, 2016 |publisher=[[Reddit]]|access-date=February 27, 2017|via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ===Feature films=== [[File:Steve Wozniak and Joey Slotnick.jpg|thumb|Wozniak and [[Joey Slotnick]] (left), who portrayed him in the 1999 film ''[[Pirates of Silicon Valley]]'']] * 1999: ''[[Pirates of Silicon Valley]]''{{spaced ndash}} a [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] film directed by [[Martyn Burke]]. Wozniak is portrayed by [[Joey Slotnick]] while Jobs is played by [[Noah Wyle]].<ref name="Vulture20151007">{{cite web |last1=Ebiri |first1=Bilge |title=Ranking the Actors Who Played Steve Wozniak, From Worst to Best |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/10/ranking-the-actors-whove-played-steve-wozniak.html |website=Vulture |access-date=August 8, 2020 |language=en-us |date=October 7, 2015 |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024231803/https://www.vulture.com/2015/10/ranking-the-actors-whove-played-steve-wozniak.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2013: ''[[Jobs (film)|Jobs]]'' {{spaced ndash}} a film directed by [[Joshua Michael Stern]]. Wozniak is portrayed by [[Josh Gad]], while Jobs is portrayed by [[Ashton Kutcher]].<ref name="Vulture20151007"/> * 2015: ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'' {{spaced ndash}} a [[feature film]] by [[Danny Boyle]], with a screenplay written by [[Aaron Sorkin]]. Wozniak is portrayed by [[Seth Rogen]], while Jobs is portrayed by [[Michael Fassbender]].<ref name="Vulture20151007"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sakoui |first1=Anousha |last2=Palmeri |first2=Christopher |title=Wozniak Says Scene in Jobs Trailer Is Fiction, Loves It Anyway |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-02/wozniak-says-scene-in-jobs-trailer-is-fiction-loves-it-anyway |access-date=August 8, 2020 |work=Bloomberg |date=July 2, 2015 |archive-date=November 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129191303/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-02/wozniak-says-scene-in-jobs-trailer-is-fiction-loves-it-anyway |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2015: ''Steve Jobs vs. [[Bill Gates]]: The Competition to Control the Personal Computer, 1974β1999'': Original film from the [[National Geographic Channel]] for the ''[[American Genius]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://americangenius.nationalgeographic.com/episode/jobs-vs-gates/ |title= American Genius |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150910170511/http://americangenius.nationalgeographic.com/episode/jobs-vs-gates |archive-date= September 10, 2015 }}</ref> === Television === * TechTV β ''[[The Screen Savers]]'' 2002-09-27 (Steve Wozniak and [[Kevin Mitnick]] a convicted hacker) Featuring an interview with [[Adrian Lamo]] * After seeing her stand-up performance in [[Saratoga, California]], Wozniak began dating comedian [[Kathy Griffin]].<ref name="bestweek">{{cite web|last=Collins|first=Michelle|title=VH1 Best Week Ever β Off The Market: Kathy Griffin Finds a New Man!| url=http://www.bestweekever.tv/2007/08/17/off-the-market-kathy-griffin-finds-a-new-man/|access-date=September 18, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070820012223/http://www.bestweekever.tv/2007/08/17/off-the-market-kathy-griffin-finds-a-new-man/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=August 20, 2007}}</ref> Together, they attended the [[59th Primetime Emmy Awards|2007 Emmy Awards]],<ref name="ceosmack">{{cite web|title=Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Escorted Comedian Kathy Griffin & Her Potty Mouth To The Emmy's.|url=http://www.ceosmack.com/2007/09/18/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-escorted-comedian-kathy-griffin-her-potty-mouth-to-the-emmys/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217011722/http://www.ceosmack.com/2007/09/18/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-escorted-comedian-kathy-griffin-her-potty-mouth-to-the-emmys/|archive-date=December 17, 2007|url-status=usurped|access-date=September 18, 2007}}()</ref> and subsequently made many appearances on the fourth season of her show ''[[Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List]]''. Wozniak is on the show as her date for the [[Producers Guild of America]] award show. However, on a June 19, 2008, appearance on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'', Griffin confirmed that they were no longer dating and decided to remain friends.<ref>[http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?month=June&day=19&year=2008&x=45&y=9 Who's so vain?] June 19, 2008 β ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''. {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131105225726/http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?month=June&day=19&year=2008&x=45&y=9 |date= November 5, 2013 }}</ref> * Wozniak portrays a parody of himself in the first episode of the television series ''[[Code Monkeys]]''; he plays the owner of Gameavision before selling it to help fund his next enterprise.<ref>{{cite web |title=Code Monkeys: The Woz |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/code-monkeys/the-woz-1118132/ |website=TV.com |publisher=CBS Interactive Inc. |access-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806160644/http://www.tv.com/shows/code-monkeys/the-woz-1118132/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Will |title=Code Monkeys: Season 1 DVD review |url=http://www.bullzeye.com/television_reviews/2007/code_monkeys_1.htm |website=www.bullzeye.com |access-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029043303/http://www.bullzeye.com/television_reviews/2007/code_monkeys_1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He later appears again in the 12th episode when he is in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] at the annual Video Game Convention and sees Dave and Jerry. He also appears in a parody of the "Get a Mac" ads featured in the final episode of ''Code Monkeys'' second season. * Wozniak is interviewed and featured in the documentary ''[[Hackers Wanted]].'' * Wozniak competed on Season 8 of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American season 8)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' in 2009<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/wozniak-dancing.html "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to compete on 'Dancing With the Stars'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210203758/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/wozniak-dancing.html |date=February 10, 2009 }}. ''Los Angeles Times''. February 8, 2009. Retrieved on February 8, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7741472.stm |title= Why Apple founders got 'fired up.' |access-date= February 5, 2009 |date= November 21, 2008 |work= [[BBC News]] |archive-date= December 29, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081229053123/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7741472.stm |url-status= live }}</ref> where he danced with [[Karina Smirnoff]]. Though Wozniak and Smirnoff received 10 combined points from the three judges out of 30, the lowest score of the evening, he remained in the competition. He later posted on a [[social network]]ing site that he believed that the vote count was not legitimate and suggested that the ''Dancing with the Stars'' judges had lied about the vote count to keep him on the show.<ref>{{cite web |date= March 17, 2009 |last= Matyszczyk |first= Chris |url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10198341-71.html?tag=mncol;txt|title=Woz in ABC 'outright lie' accusation |website=[[CNET]] }}</ref> After being briefed on the method of judging and vote counting, he retracted and apologized for his statements.<ref>{{cite news |date= March 19, 2009 |last= Fashingbauer Cooper |first= Gael |url= https://www.today.com/popculture/wozniak-sorry-he-called-dancing-show-fake-1C9416292 |title= Wozniak sorry he called 'Dancing' show 'fake' |publisher= [[Today.com]] |access-date= October 19, 2021 |archive-date= December 2, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211202003907/https://www.today.com/popculture/wozniak-sorry-he-called-dancing-show-fake-1C9416292 |url-status= live }}</ref> Though suffering a pulled [[hamstring]] and a fracture in his foot, Wozniak continued to compete,<ref>[http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/03/23/injured-steve-wozniak-will-perform-on-mondays-dwts/ Injured Woz Will Perform] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090325092416/http://tvwatch.people.com/2009/03/23/injured-steve-wozniak-will-perform-on-mondays-dwts/ |date= March 25, 2009 }} ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', March 23, 2009.</ref> but was eliminated from the competition on March 31, with a score of 12 out of 30 for an [[Argentine Tango]].<ref>[http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090401/woz-gets-hipchecked-off-the-dance-floor-big-big-sigh Woz Gets Hipchecked Off the Dance Floor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402120303/http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090401/woz-gets-hipchecked-off-the-dance-floor-big-big-sigh/ |date=April 2, 2009 }}, by [[Kara Swisher]], April 1, 2009, [[All Things Digital]].</ref> * On September 30, 2010, he appeared as himself on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' season 4 episode "[[The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Busch |first1=Jenna |title=The Big Bang Theory: "The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/10/01/the-big-bang-theory-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification-review |website=IGN |access-date=August 8, 2020 |language=en |date=October 1, 2010 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021030320/https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/10/01/the-big-bang-theory-the-cruciferous-vegetable-amplification-review |url-status=live }}</ref> While dining in [[The Cheesecake Factory]] where Penny works, he is approached by Sheldon via [[telepresence]] on a Texai robot. Leonard tries to explain to Penny who Wozniak is, but she says she already knows him from ''Dancing with the Stars''. * On September 30, 2013, he appeared along with early Apple employees [[Daniel Kottke]] and [[Andy Hertzfeld]] on the television show ''[[John Wants Answers]]'' to discuss the movie ''[[Jobs (film)|Jobs]]''.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Cast of ''Jobs'' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gICwMQQ48Dk |series=[[John Wants Answers]] |first=John |last=Vink |station=KMVT 15 |date=October 1, 2013 |language=en |access-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108193411/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gICwMQQ48Dk |url-status=live }}</ref> * In April 2021, Wozniak became a panelist for the new TV series ''[[Unicorn Hunters]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url = https://unicornhunters.com/| title = ''Unicorn Hunters''| access-date = March 25, 2022| archive-date = March 25, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220325200729/https://unicornhunters.com/| url-status = live}}</ref> a business investment show from the makers of the series ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-new-tv-show-unicorn-hunters-will-feature-steve-wozniak-and-allow-viewers-to-invest-in-ipos-11618334384| title = ''MarketWatch'' - The new TV show 'Unicorn Hunters' will feature Steve Wozniak and allow viewers to invest in pre-IPO companies| newspaper = Marketwatch| access-date = April 15, 2021| archive-date = April 15, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210415194922/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-new-tv-show-unicorn-hunters-will-feature-steve-wozniak-and-allow-viewers-to-invest-in-ipos-11618334384| url-status = live| last1 = Blasi| first1 = Weston}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://realscreen.com/2021/04/09/the-masked-singer-producer-smart-dog-media-preps-unicorn-hunters/| title = ''Realscreen'' - "The Masked Singer" producer Smart Dog Media preps "Unicorn Hunters"| access-date = April 15, 2021| archive-date = April 15, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210415194925/https://realscreen.com/2021/04/09/the-masked-singer-producer-smart-dog-media-preps-unicorn-hunters/| url-status = live}}</ref>
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