Barry Ptolemy
Barry Ptolemy was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on January 24th, 1969 and is the American Film Director. At the age of 55, Barry Ptolemy biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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In 2006, Ptolemy read Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near and was inspired to make the film, Transcendent Man in February 2007. Along with his wife Felicia, Ptolemy followed Kurzweil around the world to roughly 25 cities in five countries while documenting his ideas about the concept of the singularity. After working closely together, Ptolemy considers Kurzweil a friend. In 2010, Ptolemy directed the "We Are The World for Haiti" video which premiered during the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics with Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie.
In an interview with High School Rejects, Ptolemy said his next project would be a science fiction film.
As of this writing Ptolemy is scheduled to produce and appear in a panel discussion called Transcendent Man LIVE with Ray Kurzweil, Steve Wozniak, Deepak Chopra, Dean Kamen, Michio Kaku, Tan Le with special appearances by Vice President Al Gore, Bill Maher, Quincy Jones and Elon Musk. The event will be broadcast to 500 theaters nationwide as a Fathom Event live from the Lincoln Center in New York City on August 3, 2011. Ptolemy has been quoted as saying he assembled this panel to "start a grand discussion about the future."