The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

119 mins | Documentary | Jan. 24, 2019

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.

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

119 mins | Documentary | Jan. 24, 2019

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Jigsaw Productions, HBO Documentary Films
Original title The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Directors Alex Gibney
Writers Alex Gibney

Cast

Elizabeth Holmes

as Self - CEO and Founder of Theranos (archive footage)

Alex Gibney

as Self - Narrator / Interviewer

Dan Ariely

as Self - Behavioral Economist

Roger Parloff

as Self - Fortune

Ken Auletta

as Self - The New Yorker

Erika Cheung

as Self - Lab Associate

Cheryl Gafner

as Self - Receptionist

Dave Philippides

as Self - Engineer

Douglas Matje

as Self - Biochemist

Ryan Wistort

as Self - Research & Development

Tony Nugent

as Self - Vice President, Product Development

Phyllis Gardner

as Self - Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

Channing Robertson

as Self - Theranos Advisor

Don Lucas

as Self - Investor

Tim Draper

as Self - Investor

Tyler Shultz

as Self - Research Engineer

Rochelle Gibbons

as Self - Ian Gibbons' Wife

Matt Hernan

as Self - Facilities Coordinator

Patrick O'Neill

as Self - Chief Creative Officer

Errol Morris

as Self

Stephanie Seitz

as Self

Serena Stewart

as Self - Phlebotomy Trainer

John Carreyrou

as Self - The Wall Street Journal, Author, Bad Blood

David Boies III

as Self - Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

Ramesh Balwani

as Self - President and Chief Operating Officer (archive footage)

Pattie Sellers

as Self (archive footage)

Charlie Rose

as Self (archive footage)

Thomas A. Edison

as Self (archive footage)

George Shultz

as Self (archive footage)

James Mattis

as Self (archive footage)

Henry Kissinger

as Self (archive footage)

Joe Biden

as Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

as Self (archive footage)

Barack Obama

as Self (archive footage)

Rupert Murdoch

as Self (archive footage)

Heather King

as Self (archive footage)

Sanjay Gupta

as Self (archive footage)