Cullen Hoback Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Cinequest San Jose Film Festival Award for Feature Length Documentary for "Monster Camp" in 2007
• Won a New York International Independent Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film for "Gaining Miles" in 2004
• Won a Sonoma Valley Film Festival Award for Best Documentary for "Terms and Conditions May Apply" in 2013
• Won two Rome International Film Festival Awards, one for Best American Documentary and one Jury Award, for "Monster Camp" in 2007
• Quote: "Data is ultimately a reflection of who we are․ It's us in ones and zeroes․ That needs to be just as protected as the physical versions of us․"
• Quote: "(On the idea for "Terms and Conditions May Apply"): "I wanted to know how technology was changing us․ The deeper I dug into that, the less I felt that it was technology itself․․․[but] something that was behind that technology․""
• Best known as the director of "Terms and Conditions May Apply" and as the producer, director, and cinematographer of "Monster Camp․"