John Pilger

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

World in Action

The War on Democracy

Palestine Is Still the Issue

The Coming War on China

Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive

Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror

Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War

Japan Behind the Mask

All Movies (57)

• The Trust Fall: Julian Assange2024 · as Self
• The Dirty War on the NHS2019
• The Coming War on China2016
• Utopia2013 · as Himself
• The War You Don't See2010 · as Self
• The War on Democracy2007 · as Self
• Lefties: A Lot Of Balls2006 · as Self
• Stealing a Nation2004 · as Himself
• Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror2003 · as Self
• Palestine Is Still the Issue2003 · as Self - Presenter
• The New Rulers of the World2001
• Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq2000 · as Self
• Welcome to Australia1999 · as Self
• The Timor Conspiracy (Update)1999
• Apartheid Did Not Die1998
• Breaking The Mirror: The Murdoch Effect1997 · as Himself - Presenter
• Inside Burma: Land of Fear1996 · as Himself
• Vietnam: The Last Battle1995 · as Self
• Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy1994 · as Self
• Flying the Flag, Arming the World1994
• Cambodia: Return to Year Zero1993
• War By Other Means1992
• Cambodia: The Betrayal1990
• Cambodia: Year Ten (Update)1989
• Cambodia: Year Ten1989
• Japan Behind the Mask1987
• The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back1986 · as Presenter
• Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War1984
• Frontline: The Search for Truth in Wartime1983 · as Himself
• The Truth Game1983
• Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive1983
• Heroes1981
• Cambodia: Year One1980
• The Mexicans1980
• Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia1979 · as Self
• Do You Remember Vietnam1978
• An Unjustifiable Risk1977
• Dismantling a Dream1977
• A Faraway Country1977
• Street of Joy1976
• Pyramid Lake Is Dying1976
• Zap!! The Weapon Is Food1976
• Pilger in Australia1976
• A Nod and a Wink1975
• To Know Us Is To Love Us1975
• Smashing Kids1975
• Mr Nixon's Secret Legacy1975
• Nobody's Children1975 · as Presenter
• An Unfashionable Tragedy1975
• One British Family1974
• The Most Powerful Politician in America1974
• Thalidomide: The Ninety-Eight We Forgot1974
• Israel: After the Earthquake1974
• Guilty Until Proven Innocent1974 · as Presenter
• Vietnam: Still America's War1974
• Conversations With a Working Man1971 · as Siebie - Reporter
• Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny1970 · as Self

All TV Shows (1)

• World in Action1963