From Bedrooms to Billions

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From Bedrooms to Billions
From Bedrooms to Billions movie poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Anthony Caulfield
  • Nicola Caulfield
Starring Peter Molyneux
Ian Livingstone
Matthew Smith
David Braben
David Darling
David Perry
Jeff Minter
Simon Nicol
Chris Anderson
Mel Croucher
Jon Hare
Music by Rob Hubbard
Ben Daglish
  • Max Hall
  • the British IBM
Release dates
 3 October 2014
Running time
 124 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

From Bedrooms to Billions is a 2014 documentary film by British filmmakers Anthony and Nicola Caulfield that tells the story of the British video games industry from 1979 to the present day. The film focuses on how the creativity and vision of a relatively small number of individuals allowed the UK to play a key, pioneering role in the shaping of the billion dollar video games industry which today dominates the modern world's entertainment landscape. The film features interviews with major British game designers, journalists and musicians from across the last 30 years.

The filmmakers originally conceived of the project as a three-part television series,[1] but were unable to garner interest from either the BBC or Channel 4, both of which considered the project "too niche."[1] So the team, inspired by earlier success with their 2010 film Burlesque Undressed, turned instead to crowd funding.

The Caulfields raised approximately £80,000 through two rounds of crowd funding with Indiegogo[2] and Kickstarter[3] generating donations of $37,000 and £60,000 respectively. Further funds have been raised through direct donations, pre-orders for DVDs and soundtrack CDs via the From Bedrooms To Billions website which has allowed them to produce the film independently.[1]

From Bedrooms to Billions was originally scheduled for release on 30 May 2014. The digital version was eventually launched on 3 October 2014.[4] with DVD & Blu-ray versions released in March 2015.

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