Robert Greenwald
Film director
1943 –
Who is Robert Greenwald?
Robert Greenwald is an American television, feature film and documentary filmmaker, and political activitst. Greenwald is founder and president of Brave New Films He has produced and/or directed more than 65 TV movies, miniseries and films as well as major theatrical releases. His early body of work includes Steal This Movie, starring Vincent D'Onofrio as 60s radical Abbie Hoffman; Breaking Up, starring Russell Crowe and Salma Hayek;A Woman of Independent Means with Sally Fields; The Burning Bed with Farah Fawcett; and Xanadu.
With BNF, he has made investigative documentaries such as Uncovered: The War on Iraq, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, Rethink Afghanistan, Koch Brothers Exposed, and War on Whistleblowers, as well as many short investigative films and internet campaigns. His eighth feature-length documentary, Unmanned: America's Drone Wars, was released in October 2013.
His work has earned him 25 Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, the Peabody Award and the Robert Wood Johnson Award. He was awarded the 2002 Producer of the Year Award by the American Film Institute.
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- Born
- Aug 28, 1943
New York City - Also known as
- Robert G. Greenwald
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- High School of Performing Arts
- Lived in
- New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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