John Pilger
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 9, 1939
- Died
- December 30, 2023 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Sydney, Australia
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.
Known For
The War on Democracy
The War You Don't See
The Coming War on China
Stealing a Nation
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
Utopia
The Occupation of the American Mind
Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy
The New Rulers of the World
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia
Ithaka
Palestine Is Still the Issue
Filmography
Network First
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Trust Fall: Julian Assange
Movie · as Self
The Dirty War on the NHS
Movie
The Coming War on China
Movie
Utopia
Movie · as Himself
The War You Don't See
Movie · as Self
The War on Democracy
Movie · as Self
Lefties: A Lot Of Balls
Movie · as Self
Stealing a Nation
Movie · as Himself
Palestine Is Still the Issue
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
Movie · as Self
The New Rulers of the World
Movie
Democracy Now!
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
Movie · as Self
The Timor Conspiracy (Update)
Movie
Welcome to Australia
Movie · as Self
Apartheid Did Not Die
Movie
Breaking The Mirror: The Murdoch Effect
Movie · as Himself - Presenter
Inside Burma: Land of Fear
Movie · as Himself
Vietnam: The Last Battle
Movie · as Self
Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy
Movie · as Self
Flying the Flag, Arming the World
Movie
Cambodia: Return to Year Zero
Movie
War By Other Means
Movie
Cambodia: The Betrayal
Movie
Viewpoint '90
TV · 1 ep
Cambodia: Year Ten (Update)
Movie
Cambodia: Year Ten
Movie
Viewpoint '89
TV · 2 eps
Japan Behind the Mask
Movie
The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back
Movie · as Presenter
Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War
Movie
The Truth Game
Movie
Frontline: The Search for Truth in Wartime
Movie · as Himself
Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive
Movie
Heroes
Movie
The Mexicans
Movie
Cambodia: Year One
Movie
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia
Movie · as Self
Do You Remember Vietnam
Movie
A Faraway Country
Movie
An Unjustifiable Risk
Movie
Dismantling a Dream
Movie
Pilger in Australia
Movie
Zap!! The Weapon Is Food
Movie
Street of Joy
Movie
Pyramid Lake Is Dying
Movie
A Nod and a Wink
Movie
To Know Us Is To Love Us
Movie
Mr Nixon's Secret Legacy
Movie
Smashing Kids
Movie
An Unfashionable Tragedy
Movie
Nobody's Children
Movie · as Presenter
Thalidomide: The Ninety-Eight We Forgot
Movie
The Most Powerful Politician in America
Movie
Vietnam: Still America's War
Movie
One British Family
Movie
Israel: After the Earthquake
Movie
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Movie · as Presenter
Conversations With a Working Man
Movie · as Siebie - Reporter
Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny
Movie · as Self
World in Action
TV · 3 eps