Perelman and Media
Perelman has avoided journalists and other members of the media. Masha Gessen, the author of Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century, a book about him, found it challenging to write about a person she never met.
A recent Russian documentary about Perelman in which his work is discussed by several leading mathematicians including Mikhail Gromov was released in 2011 under the title "Иноходец. Урок Перельмана", "A man following a different path. A lesson from Perelman".
In April 2011 Aleksandr Zabrovsky, producer of "President-Film" studio, claimed to have held an interview with Perelman and agreed to shoot a film about him, under the tentative title The Formula of the Universe. Zabrovsky says that in the interview, Perelman explained why he rejected the one million dollar prize. A number of journalists believe that Zabrovky's interview is most likely a fake, pointing to contradictions in statements supposedly made by Perelman.
The writer Brett Forrest briefly interacted with Perelman in 2012.
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