Traceroute (film)

Traceroute
Directed byJohannes Grenzfurthner
Written byJohannes Grenzfurthner
Produced byJohannes Grenzfurthner, Andreas Reisenbauer, Heather Kelley, Guenther Friesinger
Narrated byJohannes Grenzfurthner
CinematographyEddie Codel
Production
companies
monochrom, Reisenbauer Film
Distributed bymonochrom, Reisenbauer Film
Release date
  • April 28, 2016 (2016-04-28) (NYC Independent Film Festival)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesAustria, United States
LanguagesEnglish, German

Traceroute is a 2016 Austrian-American documentary film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner. The autobiographical documentary and road movie deals with the history, politics and impact of nerd culture. Grenzfurthner calls his film a "personal journey into the uncharted depths of nerd culture, a realm full of dangers, creatures and more or less precarious working conditions", an attempt to "chase the ghosts of nerddom's past, present and future." The film was co-produced by art group monochrom and Reisenbauer Film. It features music by Kasson Crooker, Hans Nieswandt, and many others.