Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa

My colleague, computer historian David Greelish, has started work on a documentary about a seminal Apple computer which changed the world. Not the Macintosh, but Before Macintosh: the Apple Lisa. The Lisa was the first commercially available computer to bring the Graphical User Interface (GUI) outside of the laboratory, with windows, menus, a mouse and fonts in documents. The story of its development, the people behind it, and the legacy of this groundbreaking machine will be the focus of the production.

As the curator of the Vintage Mac Museum, I have been interviewed for the film to provide perspective on the system’s history and development. Some of my vintage Mac collection is included as well (this always makes the equipment happy), and a teaser trailer for the film has just been released:

Check back periodically at theapplelisafilm.com for additional trailers and information about the film.