Genius (disambiguation) explained

A genius is a person who has exceptional intellectual ability, creativity, or originality.

Genius may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film, television and radio

• The Genius (1948 film), a Mexican comedy film
• Genius (1991 film), a Russian drama
• Genius (1999 film), a Disney Channel Original Movie
• Genius (2012 film), a Telugu film
• Genius (2016 film), a biographical drama about Max Perkins
• Genius (2018 Hindi film), an Indian action thriller
• Genius (2018 Tamil film), an Indian drama film
• Genius (radio series), a British comedy gameshow 2005–08
• Genius (British series), a TV version of the radio show 2009–10
• Genius (American TV series), an anthology period drama from 2017
• The Genius (TV series), a South Korean reality game show
• Genius by Stephen Hawking, a 2016 TV documentary series
• "Genius", a Series G episode of the television series QI (2010)

Literature

• Genius (literature), a concept in literary theory relating to inspiration
• The "Genius" (novel), by Theodore Dreiser, 1915
• The Genius, a 2008 novel by Jesse Kellerman
• Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds, a 2003 book by Harold Bloom
• "The Genius", a 1955 short story by Randall Garrett as Ivar Jorgensen
• "The Genius", a story by Donald Barthelme in his 1987 collection Forty Stories
• Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman, a 1992 biography by James Gleick

Music

• Genius (Krizz Kaliko album), 2009
• , a 2002 album
• "Genius" (LSD song), 2018
• "Genius" (Pitchshifter song), 1997
• "Genius", a 2021 song by Pop Smoke from the album Faith

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Genius (comics), a Scottish newspaper cartoon series 1978–1983
• , a 2005 computer game
• Genius, a fictional character in TV sitcom Herman's Head

Businesses

• Genius Brands International, an American entertainment company
• Genius Products, or Genius Entertainment, a former American entertainment company
• Genius (company), an American digital media company
• Micro Genius, a brand name of Famicom clone consoles in several countries
• Genius mouse, a brand name of computer peripherals manufactured abroad by Taiwanese manufacturer KYE Systems
• TV Genius, a British software company
• Genius Bar, a tech support station in Apple's retail stores

Mythology

• Genius (mythology), the divine element of a person, place or thing
• Genius loci, the protective spirit of a place
• The emperor's genius, an element of the ancient Roman Imperial cult
• The Minoan Genius, a legendary creature in Minoan and Mycanean mythology

People

• The Genius, or GZA (Gary E. Grice (born 1967), an American rapper
• The Genius, a nickname of musician Ray Charles (1930–2004)
• The Genius, a ring name of wrestler Lanny Poffo

Science and technology

• Genius (iTunes), an Apple software feature
• Genius (mathematics software), a numerical computing environment and programming language

See also

• Genie (disambiguation)
• Genii (disambiguation)
• Evil genius (disambiguation)
• Mastermind (disambiguation)
• Gaon (Hebrew), literally 'genius'
• Geniusze, a village in Poland
• MacArthur Fellows Program, commonly known as a "Genius grant"