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Robert Greenwald

American filmmaker · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1945 · age 81

Robert Greenwald is an American filmmaker, and the founder of Brave New Films, a nonprofit film and advocacy organization whose work is distributed for free in concert with nonprofit partners and movements in order to educate and mobilize for progressive causes.

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A life in dates

2014We Are ManyFilm2008The Brothers WarnerFilm2005Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low PriceFilm, Director, Producer2003The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About EnronFilm, Producer2001And Never Let Her GoSeries, ProducerBlondeSeries, 2001Producer2000Sharing the SecretFilm, Producer1998The Day Lincoln Was ShotFilm, Producer1996An Occasional HellFilm, Producer1995A Woman of Independent MeansSeries, Director, Producer1991Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart StoryFilm, Producer1988Sweet Hearts DanceFilm, Director, Producer1986Shattered SpiritsFilm, Director, Producer1984The Burning BedFilm, Director1981Golden Raspberry Award for Worst DirectorAwardMiracle on IceFilm, 1981Producer1979Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady TruckersFilm, Director197621 Hours at MunichFilm, Producer1945Born28 August 1945

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  • Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism 2004
  • The Burning Bed 1984
  • Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price 2005
  • The Audrey Hepburn Story 2000
  • Xanadu 1980

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Filmography 40

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Television 3

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director1981

About this person

With Brave New Films, Greenwald has made investigative documentaries such as Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004), Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004), Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005), Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006), Rethink Afghanistan (2009), Koch Brothers Exposed (2012), and War on Whistleblowers (2013), Suppressed 2020: The Fight to Vote (2020), Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote (2022), Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote (2024), Beyond Bars (2023), as well as many short investigative films and internet videos.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 81

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Larry DrakeAlso in Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991)Tony RobertsAlso in Our Sons (1991)Richard EdsonAlso in An Occasional Hell (1996)Michael CristoferAlso in Breaking Up (1997)Evan JonesAlso in The Book of Ruth (2004)Terri NunnAlso in Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978)