Power On: The Story of Xbox (2021)
Power On: The Story of Xbox (2021)
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Plot.
Xbox almost didn't happen. Find out why in this behind-the-scenes, six-part series that takes you back to the scrappy beginnings of Microsoft's video game console. It's the untold story of the people behind the box, glitches and all.
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Cast & Crew.
Laura Bailey
Narrator (voice)
Sam Broadwin
Other
William Cooper, Jr
Post Production Assistant
Vin D'Anton
Clearances Coordinator
Jeff Hannan
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Editor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Editor
Alina Artoonian
Production Accountant
Sterling McGarvey
Thanks
David Valjalo
Thanks
Titan Lee
Thanks
Ted Hase
Thanks
Debbie Kaumans
Thanks
Justin Fay
Other / Additional Camera / Editor
Jason Heilig
Other
Stuart White
Additional Camera
Chris Merrell
Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician / Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera
Victor Blanco
Thanks
Troy Kaumans
Thanks
Alastair McKevitt
Director of Photography
Steven Jones, Jr
Animation
Doug Gately
Other
Jordan Mancuso
Other
Tyler Adams
Additional Camera
Cico Silva
Sound Supervisor
Adam King
Sound Supervisor
Ryan Gladstone
Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician
Herman Esau
Health and Safety
Sarah Davies
Makeup & Hair
Leah Roberts
Makeup & Hair
Dustin Post
Production Assistant
Lee Brownstein
Online Editor
Reeve Baily
Thanks
Andrew Stephan
Executive Producer / Director
Brian Giberson
Co-Executive Producer / Editor
Paige Ferrari
Other
Elliot Katz
Assistant Editor
George Chappell
Gaffer
Billy Bannister
Sound Supervisor
Charles Steen
Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician / Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera
Kelly Greer
Makeup & Hair
Joe Juba
Thanks
Bobby Sithimorada
Thanks
Brittany Boutwell
Thanks
Suzanne R. Vaughan
Thanks
Arash Ghadishah
Supervising Producer
Mark Newton
Post Production Producer / Other
Teodora Totoiu
Additional Camera
Isaac Lane
Gaffer
Arthur Yee
Gaffer
Adam Johnson
Sound Supervisor
Ernie Munoz
Sound Supervisor
Chris Duerkopp
Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera
Christopher Talbott
Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician / Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera
Amerlia Dray
Makeup & Hair
Aline Mayerhoffer
Production Assistant
Jalal Stephan
Thanks
Jason King
Thanks
Stefanie Malone
Thanks
Kristin Durante
Makeup & Hair
Zareh Bandari
Production Accountant
Vann Liu
Thanks
Bob Bragman
Thanks
Cy Christiansen
Editor
Renee Goodwin
Makeup & Hair
Rebecca Lynne
Makeup & Hair
Greg Kibler
Colorist
Tom Bramwell
Thanks
Ashley Esqueda
Thanks
Yiju Chiang
Thanks
Tyler Davis
Thanks
Andrew Leubner
Thanks
Daniel Monreal
Assistant Editor
Sarah Mustelin
Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician / Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera
Daniel Emilov Svilenov
Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera
Brittany Peyatt
ADR Coordinator
Rob Semsey
Thanks
Michael Hammond
Thanks
Emmy Summerford
Thanks
Stacey Schuman
Executive In Charge Of Production
Mike Sommer
Post Production Supervisor
Jose Lopez
Assistant Editor
Dillon Scheps
Additional Camera / Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera / Additional Camera / Assistant Camera / Digital Imagi...
Joshua Gow
Gaffer
Ash Reid
Gaffer
Michael Silvestri
Gaffer
Phoenix SImon
Gaffer
Dylan Stipek
Thanks
Joe Fulcher
Thanks
Oliver Fitzgerald
Director of Photography
Eric Frith
Editor / Other
Erin Oxford
Line Producer
Jon LaFollette
Gaffer
Jorgen Anderson
Production Assistant
Franchesco Ramos
Production Assistant
Jesse Stipek
Thanks
Bridget Vander Schaaf
Post-Production Manager
Jeremy Long
Post Production Coordinator
Roger Jackson
Other
Satoshi Yagi
Thanks
Todd Kaumans
Producer
Audrey Schuberg
Post-Production Manager
Andrew Vona
Assistant Editor
Nick Odmark
Production Manager
Pete Verando
Sound Supervisor
Spencer Kabelac
Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician / Assistant Camera / Digital Imaging Technician
Randi Rogers
Makeup & Hair
Lewis Brindle
Production Assistant
Quinn Edamura
Thanks
Hilary Smith
Thanks
Ben Cox
Additional Camera
Sally Kite
Makeup & Hair
Emmanuel Gutierrez
Production Assistant
Mark Renaudin
Production Assistant
Matthew Kallen
ADR Mixer
Sergio Matt
Thanks
Heather Abell
Editor
Neil Bestwick
Gaffer
Marlon Haas-Savinelli
Production Assistant
Elizabeth Thai
Thanks
Becky Nine
Thanks
Kelly Dorsey
Thanks
John Dorsey
Executive Producer
Neil Holcomb
Gaffer
Chuck Kraft
Sound Supervisor
Zach Perry
Production Assistant
Barbara Busfield
Online Editor
Matt Hovland
ADR Mixer
Tanner Lear
Thanks
Chris King
Editor
Ali Soleimani Noori
Original Music Composer
Taylor Stoaks
Post Production Supervisor
Nick Bertram
Gaffer
David Wexler
Gaffer
Kelsey Hayes
Makeup & Hair
Jason Lorig
Other
Justin Blankenship
Thanks
Jimmy Simak
Thanks
Casey Schreiner
Writer
Bill Gates
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rick Thompson
Self - Hardware: Microsoft, 1987-2000
Guy Welch
Self - Marketing: Xbox, 2007-Present
Ed Fries
Self - Head of Microsoft Game Studios, 1995-2005
Albert Penello
Self - Marketing: Xbox, 2000-2018
N'Gai Croal
Thanks / Self - Senior Writer: Newsweek, 1995-2009
Otto Berkes
Self - Direct X: Microsoft, 1995-2000
Sherry McKenna
Self - Co-Founder/CEO: Oddworld Inhabitants, 1994-Present
Nat Brown
Thanks / Self - Software Architect: Microsoft, 1991-1999
Dean Takahashi
Self - Author: 'Opening The Xbox'
Kiki Wolfkill
Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 1998-2007
David Hufford
Self - Communications: Xbox, 1999-Present
Kevin Pereira
Self - Host: Attack of the Show!, 2005-2013; 2021-2022
Ted Kummert
Self - Windows CE: Microsoft, 1993-1999
Steve Ballmer
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robbie Bach
Self - Home and Retail Division: Microsoft, 1997-1999 / Self - Chief Xbox Officer, 2000-2010
Phil Spencer
Thanks / Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 2001-2014 / Self - Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios, 2001-2014 / Self - Consumer Divi...
Tom Russo
Self - Video Game Journalist, 1995-2011 / Self - Video Game Journalist, 1995-2001
Don Coyner
Self - Marketing: Xbox, 1999-2001
J. Allard
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kevin Bachus
Self - Direct X: Microsoft, 1997-1999 / Self - 3rd Party Relations: Xbox, 1999-2001
Alison Stroll
Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 2000-2008 / Self (uncredited)
George Peckham
Self - Head of 3rd Party Games: Xbox, 2002-2017
Jack Tretton
Self - CEO: Sony Computer Entertainment America, 2006-2014 / Self (uncredited)
Lorne Lanning
Self - Co-Founder/CCO: Oddworld Inhabitants, 1994-Present
Kirk James
Self - CCO: Cinco Design, 1998-Present
Chanel Summers
Self - Advanced Technology Group: Xbox, 2000-2002
Adam Sessler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeff Henshaw
Self - Software Design: Xbox & XBL, 1999-2006 / Self - Software Design: Microsoft, 1990-1999
Dan Duncalf
Self - CEO: Pipeworks Software, 1995-2005
Cliff Bleszinski
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stacey Glaesmann
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Seamus Blackley
Self - Advanced Technology Group: Xbox, 1999-2002 / Self - Direct X: Microsoft, 1998-1999 / Self (uncredited)
Mike Nichols
Thanks / Self - Marketing: Xbox, 2014-2019
Rusel DeMaria
Self - Author: 'Game of X'
Shannon Loftis
Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 1995-2019 / Self - Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios, 1995-2019 / Self - Microsoft Game Studios...
Laura Fryer
Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 1995-2000 / Self - Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios, 2004-2008 / Self - Advanced Technology Gr...
Geoff Keighley
Self - Video Game Journalist and TV Host / Self - Founder: The Game Awards
Todd Holmdahl
Self - Head of Hardware Development: Xbox, 1999-2014
Joseph Staten
Self - Bungie, 1998-2013
Orlando Jones
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Drew Angeloff
Self - Advanced Technology Group: Xbox, 1999-2004 / Self - ATI Technologies, 2004-2008
Carl Ledbetter
Self - Industrial Design: Microsoft, 1995-2005
Alan Hartman
Self - Dreamworks Interactive, 1995-1997 / Self - Forza Franchise Head, 2005-Present
Dwayne Johnson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tina Summerford
Executive Producer / Self - G4 TV, 2000-2005 / Self - Programming: Xbox, 2006-Present
Leo Del Castillo
Self - Hardware Engineering Group: Xbox, 1999-Present
Bonnie Ross
Self - Microsoft Game Studios, 1994-2007 / Self - Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios, 1994-2007 / Self - Head of 343 Industries...
Frank O'Connor
Self - Editor in Chief: Imagine Media, 1997-2004
Scott Porter
Self - Actor, Xbox Gamer, 2001-Present
Peter Moore
Self - President and COO: Sega of America, 2000-2003 / Self - Head of Xbox, 2003-2007
Ryan McCaffrey
Self - Video Game Journalist, 2002-Present
Snoop Dogg
Self
Chris Charla
Self - Next Gen Magazine, 1995-2001 / Self - Backbone Entertainment, 2001-2006 / Self - Head of ID@Xbox, 2013-Present
Peyton Manning
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Matt Hasselbeck
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Horace Luke
Self - Creative Director: Xbox, 1999-2001 / Self (uncredited)
Aaron Greenberg
Self - Marketing: Xbox, 2000-Present / Self - Chief of Staff: Don Mattrick, 2010-2014
Kurtwood Smith
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Mika
Self - Studio Head: Backbone Entertainment, 2000-2008 / Self - Studio Head: Ocean/Digital Eclipse, 2008-Present
Wilmer Valderrama
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harjit Singh
Self - Hardware Engineering Group: Xbox, 1999-2014
Larry Hryb
Self - Xbox Live's Major Nelson, 2003-Present
Jen Martin
Self - Communications: Xbox, 2001-Present
Tim Stuart
Self - Finance: Microsoft, 2002-Present
Donald Faison
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rod Fergusson
Self - Epic Studios, 2005-2012 / Self - Epic Games, 2005-2012
Karen Leonard
Self - Hardware Engineering Group: Xbox, 2002-Present
Edward Glucksman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) / Self - Xbox Superfan
Kaz Hirai
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chris Grant
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Matt Booty
Self - Head of Xbox Game Studios, 2018-Present / Self - Studio Head: Midway Games, 2001-2008
Don Mattrick
Self - Head of Xbox, 2007-2013
Reggie Fils-Aimé
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alex Kipman
Self - Incubation: Xbox, 2008-2014
Helen Chiang
Self - Minecraft: Microsoft / Head of Minecraft, 2014-Present
Marc Whitten
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andrew House
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Daemon Hatfield
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ashley Jenkins
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Destin Legarie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sarah Bond
Self - Head of Game Creator Experiences and Ecosystem: Xbox
Liz Hamren
Self - Gaming Devices: Microsoft, 2017-Present
Mike Matei
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brendan Castner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 13, 2021
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes6
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
Miniseries
miniseries
video game development
video games
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