John Pilger
Known for: Directing
Born: October 9, 1939
Died: December 30, 2023
Place of birth: Sydney, Australia
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.
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Filmography
60 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
6.0
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange
2024
8.5
Ithaka
2022
9.0
The Dirty War on the NHS
2019
6.6
The Coming War on China
2016
8.4
The Occupation of the American Mind
2016
5.7
Utopia
2013
7.8
The War You Don't See
2010
7.5
The War on Democracy
2007
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Lefties: A Lot Of Balls
2006
8.3
Stealing a Nation
2004
7.3
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
2003
7.4
Palestine Is Still the Issue
2003
6.6
The New Rulers of the World
2001
7.6
Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
2000NR
Welcome to Australia
1999
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The Timor Conspiracy (Update)
1999
6.0
Apartheid Did Not Die
1998
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Breaking The Mirror: The Murdoch Effect
19977.0
Inside Burma: Land of Fear
1996
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Vietnam: The Last Battle
1995
7.0
Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy
1994NR
Flying the Flag, Arming the World
1994
10.0
Cambodia: Return to Year Zero
1993
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War By Other Means
1992
6.0
Cambodia: The Betrayal
1990
8.0
Cambodia: Year Ten (Update)
1989
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Cambodia: Year Ten
1989
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Japan Behind the Mask
19879.0
The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back
1986
7.0
Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War
1984
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Frontline: The Search for Truth in Wartime
1983
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The Truth Game
1983
6.7
Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive
1983
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Heroes
1981
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Cambodia: Year One
1980
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The Mexicans
1980
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Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia
1979
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Do You Remember Vietnam
1978
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An Unjustifiable Risk
1977
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Dismantling a Dream
1977
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A Faraway Country
1977
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Street of Joy
1976
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Pyramid Lake Is Dying
1976
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Zap!! The Weapon Is Food
1976
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Pilger in Australia
1976
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A Nod and a Wink
1975
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To Know Us Is To Love Us
1975
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Smashing Kids
1975
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Mr Nixon's Secret Legacy
1975
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Nobody's Children
1975
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An Unfashionable Tragedy
1975
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One British Family
1974
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The Most Powerful Politician in America
1974
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Thalidomide: The Ninety-Eight We Forgot
1974
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Israel: After the Earthquake
1974
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent
1974
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Vietnam: Still America's War
1974
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Conversations With a Working Man
19718.2
Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny
1970
7.0
World in Action
1963NR
Health as a Luxury: When Greed Takes over Health Systems
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