"Maker" is a feature-length documentary on the Maker Movement and its impact on society, culture and economy in the U.S.

From the time our team of four first premiered "Design & Thinking" in LA of early 2012, it has been screened at more than 400 events across 40 countries – inspiring tens of thousands around the world. In the two years since we completed Design & Thinking, we have pondered the question many audiences asked, “What’s next!?

We aim to answer that question with our follow-up effort: "Maker" is a feature-length documentary that looks into the current maker movement in America – a new wave of Do-It-Yourself and Do-It-Together fueled by passion and powered by the advance of new technologies. 

The "Maker Movement", sometimes called the "Third Industrial Revolution," subverts traditional manufacturing by building on innovative concepts such as open source, local manufacturing, crowd funding, and digital fabrication. Breaking the hobbyist movement stereotype, "Maker" delves deep into this ecosystem of design and manufacturing in the Internet era. The film explores the ideas, tools, and personalities that are driving the Maker Movement – and returns with a timely snapshot of one of the transforming influences of the current age. 

We have conducted extensive interviews of key figures behind headline-making projects, daily practitioners, and observers of the movement, in our effort to piece together what this ecosystem looks like, and present insights on how it can impact society, culture and the economy in the U.S., and the world.

Interviewees (in alphabetical order)

• Alec Foege: Author of "The Tinkerers" 

• A. Red Ukachukwu: Production Engineer of Shapeways 

• Barry Katz: Consulting Professor in the Design Division at Stanford University 

• Beth Comstock: CMO of GE 

• Carl Bass: CEO of Autodesk 

• Chris Anderson: Author of “Makers: The New Industrial Revolution”, CEO of 3D Robotics 

• Dale Dougherty: CEO of Maker Media  

• Danae Ringelmann: Founder of Indiegogo

• David Lang & Eric Stackpole: Co-Founder & Founder of OpenROV 

• Eri Gentry & Raymond McCauley: Executive Director & Principal of BioCurious 

• Eric Migicovsky: CEO of Pebble Watch 

• Hugh Dubberly: President of Dubberly Design 

• Jacob Ferguson: Interaction Designer of Local Motors 

• Jeremt Conrad & Helen Zelman: Founding partners of Lemnos Labs 

• Mark Dwight: Founder/CEO of Rickshaw Bagworks; Founder/Chairman of SFMade.org 

• Mick Ebeling: Founder and CEO of The Ebeling Group (TEG) 

• Jim Newton: Founder of TechShop 

• Navi Radjou: Co-author of “Jugaad Innovation” 

• Nemo Gould: An artist and sculptor 

• Peter Platzer: CEO of Nanosatisifi 

• Scott N. Miller: CEO & Co-Founder of Dragon Innovation 

• Tanya Menendez & Matthew Burnett: Founders of Maker's Row 

• Tim O'Reilly: Founder of O'Reilly Media. 
  …and more individual makers TBA

Maker has been selected in more than 18 international film festivals:

★ CPH:DOX 2014 Film Festival, @Copehhagen, Denmark, November 6, November 12, 2014
★ 15th Belfast Film Festival @Belfast, Northern Ireland April 16 ~ 25, 2015
★ The 5th Seoul International Architecture Film Festival @Seoul, Korea, November 2, 2014
★ Sidewalk Film Festival @Birmingham, Alabama, USA, October 22, 2014
★ Architecture & Design Film Festival @NYC, USA, October 17, October 19, 2014
★ San Diego Design Film Festival @San Diego, CA, USA, October 9, October 12, 2014
★ CNEX Film Festival - September 28th, October 1st, October 2, 2014
★ Seattle Design Festival @Seattle, USA, September 14, 2014
★ A Design Film Festival 2014 @Singapore, September 06, September 14, 2014
★ Sheffield Design Week @Sheffield, United Kingdom, June 13 ~ 21, 2015
★ PLANET+ DOC @Warsaw, Poland, May 8 ~ 17, 2015
★ CROSSROADS Festival for Documentary Film and Discourse @Graz, Austria, June 12, 2015
★ Aarhus Film Festival @Aarhus, Denmark, November 11, November 15, 2014
★ Kikk Festival 2014 @Namur, Belgium, November 6 November 7, 2014
★ Design It Yourself Festival @Surabaya, Indonesia, October 24, 2014
★ Made Festival & CPH:DOX2014 Co-screening @Roskilde, Denmark , August, 30, 2014
★ The Maker Film Festival of Durango @Durango, Colorado, USA, August 9, 2014
★ Craft In Focus Film Festival @Amsterdam, May 31, 2014

電影中文介紹

Maker（中文片名為《自造世代》）是一部在探討「自造者運動」的國際紀錄片，議題包含 Maker Faire（自造者嘉年華）、Makerspace（自造者空間）、Open Source、3D列印、Crowdfunding（群眾募資）、Manufacturing（製造）、自造者的商業模式等等。片中訪問美國自造者運動的主要靈魂人物，以及科技領域裡世界級的思想領袖，包含書《自造者時代》作者也是前《連線》雜誌主編 Chris Anderson、歐特克 Autodesk 的執行長 Carl Bass、以及歐萊禮媒體 O'Reilly Media 創辦人Tim O'Reilly，探討「自造者運動」將為社會經濟及製造業，如何帶來重大影響。期望本片的出現，將成為全球在設計領域一個重要的參考指標，讓全球觀眾了解Maker(自造者)的本質及蘊含能量，本片的出現亦希望給身為全球代工重鎮台灣，積極思考下一步的轉型方向。

曾在網路上被評為「七部硬體創業者必看電影」之一，這部片已於30幾個國家放映超過200多場，進了16個國際影展，並榮幸受邀今年美國全國性自造者嘉年華 National Maker Faire，作唯一的電影放映！該部電影於國際上好評不斷，團隊卻全是台灣年輕人，運用群眾募資完成拍片夢想，用創新的方式，期待本片也可以為台灣製造業帶來影響力！

片中的訪談者列表（按照字母順序排列）

• Alec Foege: "The Tinkerers" 的作者 

• Barry Katz: 史丹佛大學設計顧問教授(Consulting Professor in the Design Division) 

• Bruce Schaar: Member of BioCurious

• Carl Bass: 歐特克 Autodesk 執行長

• Charles Adler: 群眾募資網站 Kickstarter 共同創辦人

• Chris Anderson: 自造者時代“Makers: The New Industrial Revolution”作者、3D Robotics執行長

• Dale Dougherty: Maker Media 執行長

• Damien Declercq: 獨立車廠 Local Motors 新事業發展部總監

• Danae Ringelmann: 群眾募資網站 Indiegogo 創辦人

• David Lang & Eric Stackpole: 海底機器人 OpenROV 創辦人

• Duann Scott: 3D列印公司 Shapeways 設計師

• Elsa & Mark Bünger: 女兒 & Lux Research 研究總監

• Eric Migicovsky: Pebble Watch 執行長

• Gonzalo Martinez: 歐特克 Autodesk 策略研究總監

• Jeremy Conrad & Helen Zelman: 育成中心 Lemnos Labs 創辦人

• Jim Newton: 自造者空間 TechShop 創辦人

• Kristina Hathaway & Raymond McCauley: 生物自造者空間 BioCurious 執行董事 & 負責人

• Mark Dwight: 郵差包設計 Rickshaw Bagworks 以及 舊金山在地製造組織SFMade.org 執行長與創辦人 

• Matthew Hagan: 3D列印公司 Shapeways 3D列印工程師

• Mick Ebeling: The Ebeling Group (TEG) 執行長與創辦人

• Navi Radjou: “Jugaad Innovation” 聯合作者

• Nemo Gould: 藝術雕塑家

• Peter Platzer: 衛星設計公司 Nanosatisifi 執行長

• Ronald Miloh Alexander: 3D 列印機 Type a machine 聯合創辦人

• Scott N. Miller: 創業顧問公司 Dragon Innovation 執行長與創辦人

• Sylvia Todd: 希薇雅超酷迷你自造者秀主持人

• Tanya Menendez & Matthew Burnett: Maker's Row 創辦人

• Tim O'Reilly: 歐萊禮媒體 O'Reilly Media 創辦人

入圍18個國際影展

• 丹麥國際影展 Aarhus Film Festival @Aarhus, Denmark, November 15, 2014

• CPH:DOX哥本哈根國際影展 CPH:DOX 2014 Film Festival, @Copehhagen, November 12, 2014

• 比利時KIKK影展 Kikk Festival 2014 @Namur, Belgium, November 6, 2014

• 韓國首爾建築影展 The 5th Seoul Architecture Film Festival @Seoul, Korea, October 31, 2014

• 印尼DIY影展 Design It Yourself Festival @Surabaya, Indonesia, October 24, 2014

• 美國SIDEWALK國際影展 Sidewalk Film Festival @Birmingham, Alabama, USA, October 22, 2014

• 美國紐約建築與設計影展 Architecture & Design Film Festival @NYC, USA, October 17 , 2014

• 美國聖地牙哥設計影展 San Diego Design Film Festival @San Diego, CA, USA, October 12, 2014

• CNEX 國際華人紀錄片影展 - September 28th, October 1st, October 2, 2014

• 西雅圖設計影展 Seattle Design Festival @Seattle, USA, September 14, 2014

• 新加坡國際設計影展 A Design Film Festival 2014 @Singapore, September 06, 2014

• 丹麥MADE影展 Made Festival & CPH:DOX2014 Co-screening @Roskilde, Denmark , 2014/8/30

• 美國科羅拉多MADE影展 The Maker Film Festival of Durango @ Colorado, USA, August 9, 2014

• 荷蘭CIF 影展 Craft In Focus Film Festival @Amsterdam, May 31, 2014

• 奧地利紀錄片影展 CROSSROADS Festival for Documentary Film and Discourse @Graz, Austria, June 12, 2015

• 波蘭 PLANET+ DOC @Warsaw, Poland, May 8 ~ 17, 2015

• 英國雪菲爾設計周 Sheffield Design Week @Sheffield, United Kingdom, June 13 ~ 21, 2015