Roger G. Gilbertson

Associate Producer

On “Who Killed the Electric Car?” Roger contributed content development, story structure, research, technical writing, graphic and animation design, camera work and more.

As co-founder (with Chris Paine) and CEO at Mondo-tronics, Roger created robotic and electronic products and services for the Smithsonian Museum, NASA (supplying a key component for a device now on the surface of Mars), US Air Force, Industrial Light & Magic, television’s “Robot Wars” and “BattleBots” robot competitions, prominent professional magicians, and many others. Their creations earned the “Most Innovative New Product” award from the Western Association of Visual Merchandisers“, and the “Best of What’s New Top 100” award from Popular Science magazine.

At USC, Roger majored in Aerospace Engineering, and spent significant time with film studies, production, and screenwriting. At Hampshire College he studied screenwriting, wrote and produced numerous short videos, and pioneered computer graphics using fractal mathematics to create life-like plants and walking animal gaits.

In addition to being Associate Producer on “Revenge of the Electric Car”, Roger works at SpaceX creating a diverse range of media content, and writing, producing and directing live webcast coverage their rocket launches and spacecraft missions.

He lives in the Los Angeles area.