Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1939-10-09
Day of Death
2023-12-30
Place of Birth
Sydney, Australia
John Pilger
Biography
John Richard Pilger was an Emmy Award winning Australian journalist based in London. Pilger lived in the United Kingdom from 1962. Since his early years as a war correspondent in Vietnam, Pilger was a strong critic of American, Australian and British foreign policy, which he considered to be driven by an imperialist agenda. Pilger also criticised his native country's treatment of indigenous Australians and the practices of the mainstream media. In the British print media, he had a long association with the Daily Mirror, and wrote a fortnightly column for the New Statesman magazine. Pilger twice won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award, in 1967 and 1979. His documentaries, screened internationally, have gained awards in Britain and worldwide. He also received several honorary doctorates, and was a visiting professor at Cornell University.
Filmography (57)
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange
2024
The Dirty War on the NHS
2019
The Coming War on China
2016
Utopia
2013
The War You Don't See
2010
The War on Democracy
2007
Lefties: A Lot Of Balls
2006
Stealing a Nation
2004
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
2003
Palestine Is Still the Issue
2003
The New Rulers of the World
2001
Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
2000Welcome to Australia
1999
The Timor Conspiracy (Update)
1999
