Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art - how did Dutch master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarks on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.

• 1 hr 20 min
• Directed by

  Teller
• Written by Penn Jillette, Teller

• Starring

  Tim Jenison

  ,

  Martin Mull

  ,

  Penn Jillette

  ,

  David Hockney

  ,

  Colin Blakemore

  ,

  Philip Steadman