Editing Bill Gates (section)

== Depiction in media ==
=== Documentary films about Gates ===
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* [[The Machine That Changed the World (miniseries)|''The Machine That Changed the World'']] (1990)
* ''[[Triumph of the Nerds]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Nerds 2.0.1]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Waiting for "Superman"]]'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9644610 |title= Bill Gates Goes to Sundance, Offers an Education|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100128012239/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9644610 |archive-date= January 28, 2010 |work=ABC News|date=January 23, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[The Virtual Revolution]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates]]'' (2019)
* ''[[What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates]]'' (2024)

=== Feature films ===
* 1999: ''[[Pirates of Silicon Valley]]'', a film that chronicles the rise of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and [[Microsoft]] from the early 1970s to 1997. Gates is portrayed by [[Anthony Michael Hall]].
* 2002: ''[[Nothing So Strange]]'', a mockumentary featuring Gates as the subject of a modern assassination. Gates briefly appears at the start, played by Steve Sires.
* 2010: ''[[The Social Network]]'', a film that chronicles the development of [[Facebook]]. Gates is portrayed by Steve Sires.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kval.com/news/entertainment/104288359.html |title='Bogus Bill' has a blast playing billionaire in 'The Social Network' |first=Lindsay|last=Cohen|work=KVAL 13 |access-date=October 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730024100/http://www.kval.com/news/entertainment/104288359.html |archive-date=July 30, 2015 }}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americangenius.nationalgeographic.com/episode/jobs-vs-gates/|title=American Genius|access-date=September 10, 2015|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>

=== Video and film clips ===
[[File:Steve Jobs and Bill Gates (522695099).jpg|thumb|With [[Steve Jobs]] at [[All Things Digital|''D: All Things Digital'']] in 2007]]

* 1983: Steve Jobs hosts Gates and others in the "Macintosh dating game" at the [[Macintosh 128K|Macintosh]] pre-launch event (a parody of the television game show ''[[The Dating Game]]'')<ref>{{cite news|last=Moss|first=Caroline|title=In 1983, Steve Jobs Hosted Apple's Version Of 'The Dating Game' And Bill Gates Was A Contestant|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-and-steve-jobs-on-the-dating-game-in-1983-2013-11|access-date=November 21, 2021|work=Business Insider|date=November 24, 2013|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022120641/https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-and-steve-jobs-on-the-dating-game-in-1983-2013-11|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1991: Gates spoke to the [[Berkeley Macintosh Users Group]] lively weekly Thursday night meeting with questions and answers in PSL Hall (renamed Pimentel Hall in 1994)<ref>{{cite web|title=College of Chemistry Timeline |url=http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/extras/timeline/ |website=[[UC Berkeley]]|access-date=July 21, 2022|archive-date=May 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519164654/http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/extras/timeline/|url-status=live}}</ref> at [[University of California, Berkeley]]<ref name="YouTube=R7x7W4zaroM">{{cite AV media
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* 2007: {{YouTube|id=wvhW8cp15tk|title=Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together at the D5 Conference}}, ''[[All Things Digital]]''
* Since 2009, Gates has given numerous [[TED (Conference)|TED talks]] on current concerns such as innovation, education and fighting global diseases<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/speakers/bill_gates |title=Bill Gates' TED talks|work=TED.com|access-date=July 2, 2020|archive-date=March 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316153815/https://www.ted.com/speakers/bill_gates|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Radio ===
Gates was the guest on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' on January 31, 2016, in which he talked about his relationships with his [[William H. Gates Sr.|father]] and [[Steve Jobs]], meeting [[Melinda Gates|Melinda Ann French]], the start of [[Microsoft]] and some of his habits (for example reading ''[[The Economist]]'' "from cover to cover every week"). His choice of things to take on a desert island were, for music: "[[Blue Skies (Irving Berlin song)|Blue Skies]]" by [[Willie Nelson]]; a book: ''[[The Better Angels of Our Nature]]'' by [[Steven Pinker]]; and luxury item: a DVD Collection of Lectures from [[The Teaching Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06z1zdt|title=BBC Radio 4&nbsp;– Desert Island Discs, Bill Gates|work=BBC|access-date=March 29, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320092444/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06z1zdt|archive-date=March 20, 2016}}</ref>

=== Television ===
Gates starred as himself in a brief appearance on the ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "The Two Hundredth Episode".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gates in 'Frasier' guest spot |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/gates-in-frasier-guest-spot/ |access-date=January 26, 2024 |website=ZDNET |language=en |archive-date=January 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126065340/https://www.zdnet.com/article/gates-in-frasier-guest-spot/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also made a guest appearance as himself on the TV show ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', in an episode titled "[[The Big Bang Theory (season 11)|The Gates Excitation]]".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lerman|first1=Rachel|title=Bill Gates to guest star on geeky 'The Big Bang Theory'|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/bill-gates-to-guest-star-on-the-big-bang-theory/|access-date=February 25, 2019|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226050057/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/bill-gates-to-guest-star-on-the-big-bang-theory/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also appeared in a cameo role in 2019 on the series finale of ''[[Silicon Valley (TV series)|Silicon Valley]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.geekwire.com/2019/big-fan-bill-gates-makes-appearance-silicon-valley-series-finale-hbo-comedy-logs-off/|title = 'Big fan' Bill Gates makes appearance in 'Silicon Valley' series finale as HBO comedy logs off|date = December 9, 2019|access-date = May 8, 2020|archive-date = December 9, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191209223844/https://www.geekwire.com/2019/big-fan-bill-gates-makes-appearance-silicon-valley-series-finale-hbo-comedy-logs-off/|url-status = live}}</ref> Gates was parodied in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Das Bus]]". In 2023, Gates was the interviewee in an episode of the ''[[Amol Rajan]] Interviews'' series on [[BBC Two]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Amol Rajan Interviews: Bill Gates |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001hsl1/amol-rajan-interviews-bill-gates |website=BBC |access-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220014709/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001hsl1/amol-rajan-interviews-bill-gates |url-status=live }}</ref> and was the subject of an episode of the UK [[Channel 4]] series ''The Billionaires Who Made Our World''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Billionaires Who Made Our World: Bill Gates |url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-billionaires-who-made-our-world/on-demand/72330-002 |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220115531/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-billionaires-who-made-our-world/on-demand/72330-002 |url-status=live }}</ref>