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New York City, September 14, 2008 -- Internet celebrity and DIY guru Bre Pettis is teaming up with Emmy Award-winning JWM Productions to launch History Hacker. This exciting new program for History turns humankind’s greatest scientific achievements into off-the-wall, hands-on projects you won’t find in a high school textbook.

In the show’s pilot, he journeys back to the golden age of electricity, when a clash between two brilliant inventors – Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla – created the electrical world we live in today.
History Hacker introduces a brand-new style of storytelling to primetime. Filmed entirely in HD, its blend of hand-drawn animation, high-contrast cinematography, and reality-bending imagery looks like nothing else on television. “History Hacker” airs Friday, September 26th at 8PM EST on History™, with an encore presentation at 12AM EST.

About Bre Pettis
Bre Pettis produced and hosted the internet hit series “Weekend Projects” for Make: Magazine, and is one of the top authorities on DIY technology and recreational science. His website IMakeThings.com offers technology-centric podcasts, and garners upwards of 1 million downloads every week. He has presented short-form programs on everything from power-tool drag racing, to robots, to homemade electronic musical instruments. Bre is a frequent lecturer, and spent 7 years as a teacher in the Seattle Public School system.

JWM Productions is currently producing a feature length film about the untold story of Muslims that harbored Jews during the holocaust. We're proud to announce that our main character, Norman Gershman, is displaying his beautiful photographs at the Ann Loeb Brontman Gallery in downtown Washington, DC.