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Cullen Hoback

Cullen Hoback

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Biography

Cullen Hoback is an American filmmaker, film producer and director. He is also an occasional columnist and speaker. His three documentary films include Monster Camp (2007), Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013), and What Lies Upstream (2018). His documentary style has been described as non-fiction horror with a comedic tone. He appears on-camera as a central character in Terms and Conditions May Apply and What Lies Upstream. Hoback directed and produced a docuseries about the QAnon conspiracy theory, titled Q: Into the Storm. It premiered on HBO on March 21, 2021. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cullen Hoback, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Q: Into the Storm
7.1

A three-year investigation chronicles the evolution of “Q” in real time, with access to key players, along with an examination of how the anonymous character uses conspiracy theories and information warfare to influence politics.

Q: Into the Storm

2021
Terms and Conditions May Apply
7.0

Have you ever read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies connected to every website you visit, phone call you make, or app you use? Of course you haven’t. But those agreements allow corporations to do things with your personal information you could never even imagine. This film explores the intent hidden within these ridiculous agreements, and reveals what corporations and governments are legally taking from you and the outrageous consequences that result from clicking “I accept.”

Terms and Conditions May Apply

2013
Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery
5.8

A deep dive into one of the most enduring and high-stakes mysteries in technology and finance: the origins of Bitcoin and the identity of its anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery

2024
What Lies Upstream
6.6

In this detective story, filmmaker Cullen Hoback investigates the largest chemical drinking water contamination in a generation. But something is rotten in state and federal regulatory agencies, and through years of persistent journalism, we learn the shocking truth about what’s really happening with drinking water in America.

What Lies Upstream

2017
Friction
9.0

Filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to a private high school where he writes a script about a real couple and the student who comes between them.

Friction

2010
Monster Camp
6.7

Welcome to Monster Camp, the true story about a world where people transform into creatures, heroes, and monsters to escape their daily lives. In the vein of Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, and Dungeons and Dragons; these enthusiasts have developed a complicated world to bring their fantasies to life. Romantic relationships are forged between characters. Friendships are destroyed over plot disputes. Characters are slain and never return. But keeping this world alive takes a lot of real world work. And unless someone is willing to take charge, the fantasy may be lost forever.

Monster Camp

2007
Do Not Pass Go
N/A

A David versus Goliath story of rural community pitted against their monopolistic internet provider, as they fight to prevent the shutdown of their new ultra-fast municipal broadband network.

Do Not Pass Go

2017