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Danny Schechter

Danny Schechter

Actor, Director, Producer

Born June 27, 1942 in New York, New York, U.S.

Died March 19, 2015

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Danny Schechter was born on 27 June 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004), Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television (1993) and Barack Obama: People's President (2009). He died on 19 March 2015 in the USA.

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1 wins and 2 nominations

Filmography

Actor

18

Type

Year

Orwell: 2+2=5 Poster

Orwell: 2+2=5 Feature Film2025Self - Former CNN and ABC News Producer

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple Poster

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple Feature Film2024Self - Filmmaker, Co-Founder, Artists United Against Apartheid

WBCN and the American Revolution Poster

WBCN and the American Revolution Documentary2019Self

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Poster

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Documentary2017Self - Director & News Dissector

GrowthBusters Poster

GrowthBusters Documentary2011Self

Broadcast Blues Poster

Broadcast Blues Documentary2009Self

Keiser Report Poster

Keiser Report TV Series2009Self - Author, 'The Crime of Our Time'

Boob Tube: Sex, TV and Ugly George Poster

Boob Tube: Sex, TV and Ugly George Documentary2008Self

Interview Poster

Interview Feature Film2007Political Pundit

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts Poster

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts Documentary2006Self

Independent Intervention Documentary2006Self - Independent Filmmaker, Globalvision

Electile Dysfunction Documentary2005

The Peace! DVD Poster

The Peace! DVD Documentary2005Self

Deadline Iraq: Uncensored Stories of the War Documentary2003Self - Executive Producer, Globalvision

Orwell Rolls in His Grave Poster

Orwell Rolls in His Grave Documentary2003Self - Author

XXI Century Poster

XXI Century TV Series2003Self - Journalist

Democracy Now! Poster

Democracy Now! TV Series2001Self

PBS NewsHour Poster

PBS NewsHour TV Series1975Self - Former News Magazine Producer

Director

16

Type

Year

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Poster

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Documentary2017

America's Surveillance State Poster

America's Surveillance State Mini-Series2014

Who Rules America Poster

Who Rules America TV Series2012

Barack Obama: People's President Poster

Barack Obama: People's President Documentary2009

Boob Tube: Sex, TV and Ugly George Poster

Boob Tube: Sex, TV and Ugly George Documentary2008

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts Poster

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts Documentary2006

Recount Democracy Poster

Recount Democracy Documentary2004

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception Poster

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception Documentary2004

Counting on Democracy: The Untold Story of 175,000 Missing Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election Documentary2002

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' Poster

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' Documentary2002

Falun Gong's Challenge to China Documentary2001

Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives Poster

Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives Documentary1998

The World of Elie Wiesel Documentary1997

Prisoners of Hope Poster

Prisoners of Hope Documentary1996

Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa Poster

Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa Documentary1994

Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy Poster

Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy Documentary1992

Producer

15

Type

Year

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Poster

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Documentary2017

America's Surveillance State Poster

America's Surveillance State Mini-Series2014

Who Rules America Poster

Who Rules America TV Series2012

Barack Obama: People's President Poster

Barack Obama: People's President Documentary2009

The Battle of Durban II: Israel, Palestine & the United Nations Poster

The Battle of Durban II: Israel, Palestine & the United Nations Documentary2009

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts Poster

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts Documentary2006

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception Poster

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception Documentary2004

Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives Poster

Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives Documentary1998

Globalization & Human Rights Documentary1998

The Stargate Saga TV Short1997

The World of Elie Wiesel Documentary1997

Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television Poster

Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television TV Series1993

Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy Poster

Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy Documentary1992

Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid Poster

Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid Documentary1985

Five All Night Live TV Series1980

Writer

10

Type

Year

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Poster

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time Documentary2017

Barack Obama: People's President Poster

Barack Obama: People's President Documentary2009

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts Poster

In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts Documentary2006

Recount Democracy Poster

Recount Democracy Documentary2004

Counting on Democracy: The Untold Story of 175,000 Missing Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election Documentary2002

Globalization & Human Rights Documentary1998

The Stargate Saga TV Short1997

The World of Elie Wiesel Documentary1997

Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa Poster

Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa Documentary1994

Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television Poster

Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television TV Series1993

Thanks

3

Type

Year

Miss Sharon Jones! Poster

Miss Sharon Jones! Documentary2015

Pan Feature Film2015

Yellow Wasps Poster

Yellow Wasps Documentary1995

2nd Unit / Asst Director

1

Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Poster

Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Documentary2004

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