John Pilger
Born
October 9, 1939
Died
December 30, 2023 (84 years old)
Known For
Directing
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.
Known For
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange
Self
2024
The Dirty War on the NHS
2019
The Coming War on China
2016
Utopia
Himself
2013
The War You Don't See
2010
The War on Democracy
Self
2007
Lefties: A Lot Of Balls
Self
2006
Stealing a Nation
Himself
2004
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
2003
Palestine Is Still the Issue
Self - Presenter
2003
The New Rulers of the World
2001
Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
2000
Welcome to Australia
1999
The Timor Conspiracy (Update)
1999
Apartheid Did Not Die
1998
Breaking The Mirror: The Murdoch Effect
Himself - Presenter
1997
Inside Burma: Land of Fear
Himself
1996
Vietnam: The Last Battle
1995
Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy
1994
Flying the Flag, Arming the World
1994
Cambodia: Return to Year Zero
1993
War By Other Means
1992
Cambodia: The Betrayal
1990
Cambodia: Year Ten (Update)
1989
Cambodia: Year Ten
1989
Japan Behind the Mask
1987
The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back
Presenter
1986
Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War
1984
Frontline: The Search for Truth in Wartime
Himself
1983
The Truth Game
1983
Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive
1983
Heroes
1981
Cambodia: Year One
1980
The Mexicans
1980
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia
1979
Do You Remember Vietnam
1978
An Unjustifiable Risk
1977
Dismantling a Dream
1977
A Faraway Country
1977
Street of Joy
1976
Pyramid Lake Is Dying
1976
Zap!! The Weapon Is Food
1976
Pilger in Australia
1976
A Nod and a Wink
1975
To Know Us Is To Love Us
1975
Smashing Kids
1975
Mr Nixon's Secret Legacy
1975
Nobody's Children
Presenter
1975
An Unfashionable Tragedy
1975
One British Family
1974
The Most Powerful Politician in America
1974
Thalidomide: The Ninety-Eight We Forgot
1974
Israel: After the Earthquake
1974
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Presenter
1974
Vietnam: Still America's War
1974
Conversations With a Working Man
Siebie - Reporter
1971
Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny
1970