2014Winner
Best Performance
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz
Actor
Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 8, 1986
Biography
Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer and Internet hacktivist who was involved in the development of the web feedformat RSS and the Markdown publishing format, the organization Creative Commons, the website framework web.py and the social news site, Reddit, in which he became a partner after its merger with his company, Infogami. He committed suicide while under federal indictment for data-theft, a prosecution that was characterized by his family as being "the product of a criminal-justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach".
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2007Nominee
Best Performance
Steal This Film II
2006Nominee
Best Performance
Steal This Film
Career Highlights
2015Highlight
Best Performance
Killswitch
2005Highlight
Best Performance
Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks
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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Steal This Film II
Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks