An Eight-Episode Premium Documentary Series

The Digital Discoverers

The untold human stories of the innovators who created our digital world—captured before they are lost forever.

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Vint Cerf
The "Woz"
Gladys West GPS
Dr. Thomas Furness
Lon Safko
Nathan Schulhof
Marty Cooper Cell Phone
Johnathan Sackier
Yulun Wang

Most people know the technologies, but not the pioneers who created them: the Internet, GPS, the mobile phone, virtual reality, accessible computing, digital music, robotic surgery, and more.

The Digital Discoverers is an eight-episode premium nonfiction series hosted by William Shatner. Most of the featured innovators are now between 75 and 95 years old. Dr. Gladys West, whose mathematical work helped make GPS possible, died on January 17, 2026, at age 95. Her passing makes the mission unmistakable: these firsthand stories must be captured now—before more are lost forever.

William Shatner Hosts the Journey Back to the Birth of Our Digital World

The Internet

Vint Cerf shares how a simple idea of connecting military installations and universities became the Internet that changed the world.

Virtual Reality

Dr. Thomas Furness explains how experimental fighter‑jet simulations evolved into the virtual reality we experience today.

Social Media

Biz Stone reveals how an SMS side project turned into Twitter, reshaping how the world communicates in real time.

Computer Tech

Discover the story behind the innovations that brought voice control, accessibility tools and life‑saving computers to millions.

An Urgent, Production-Ready Opportunity

The Digital Discoverers is a partially packaged premium nonfiction series with a defined eight-episode first season and multi-season potential. William Shatner has agreed by email to participate, six featured speakers are confirmed, extensive interviews and project materials already exist, and the creator is seeking a legitimate producer who believes in the project and has the relationships to take it through production and into distribution or streaming.

Designed for Efficient Premium Production

Most featured participants are willing to appear without talent fees and control much of the intellectual property, photography, video, and historical material needed to tell their stories. Principal photography is designed around approximately two hours with each featured innovator, including William Shatner, while the narrative, archival integration, graphics, sound, and finishing can be completed efficiently in post-production.

This structure gives an experienced producer the opportunity to create a premium documentary series for a fraction of the usual production cost without sacrificing historical importance, emotional impact, or worldwide distribution potential.

Seeking a Producer With Distribution and Streaming Relationships

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Vinton G. Cerf

Innovator & "Father of the Internet"
Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his colleague, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Kahn and Cerf were named the recipients of the ACM Alan M. Turing award in 2004 for their work on the Internet protocols. The Turing award is sometimes called the “Nobel Prize of Computer Science.” In November 2005, President George Bush awarded Cerf and Kahn the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their work. The medal is the highest civilian award given by the United States to its citizens. In April 2008, Cerf and Kahn received the prestigious Japan Prize. Vinton G. Cerf has served as vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google since October 2005. In this role, he is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies to support the development of advanced, Internet-based products and services from Google. He is also an active public face for Google in the Internet world.