The Creative Brain

Neuroscientist David Eagleman taps into the creative process of various inventors, while exploring brain-bending, risk-taking ways to spark creativity

Cast

Tim Robbins

as Self

Kelis

as Self

Michael Chabon

as Self

Grimes

as Self

D. B. Weiss

as Self

Nick Cave

as Self

Phil Tippett

as Self

Bjarke Ingels

as Self

Michelle Khine

as Self

Nathan Myhrvold

as Self

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