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Big Thinkers
Big Thinkers logo
StarringMark Eddo
John C. Dvorak
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes35
Production
ProducersJennifer Lavin
Joanne Shen
Trista Switzer
David Winton
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkZDTV
ReleaseMarch 31, 1999 (1999-03-31) –

September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14)
The original Big Thinkers logo

Big Thinkers is a former ZDTV (later TechTV) television program. It featured a half-hour interview with a "big thinker" in science, technology, and other fields. The show was originally hosted by Mark Eddo, later replaced by John C. Dvorak. In 2001 the show changed its format, transforming from a weekly half-hour interview to a documentary-style program. This new format was initially referred to on the TechTV website as Big Thinkers 2.0.

The new incarnation of the Big Thinkers series was produced by Winton / duPont Films, a documentary film company located in the Presidio of San Francisco. Interviews were filmed in a 16:9 format and intercut with public domain material from the Prelinger Archives. This archival footage (mostly film clips from the 1940s and 1950s) was used to create visual metaphors highlighting the speaker's points.

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