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Danny Schechter(1942-2015)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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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.
BornJune 27, 1942
DiedMarch 19, 2015(72)
BornJune 27, 1942
DiedMarch 19, 2015(72)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 3 nominations

Known for

WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
7.7
  • Director
  • 2004
Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television (1993)
Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television
TV Series
  • Producer
  • 1993
Barack Obama: People's President (2009)
Barack Obama: People's President
5.3
Video
  • Director
  • 2009
Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa (1994)
Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa
6.1
  • Director
  • 1994

Credits

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Director

  • America's Surveillance State (2014)
    America's Surveillance State
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Who Rules America (2012)
    Who Rules America
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2012
  • Plunder: The Crime of Our Time (2009)
    Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
    6.7
    • Director
    • 2009
  • Barack Obama: People's President (2009)
    Barack Obama: People's President
    5.3
    Video
    • Director
    • 2009
  • Momexx Mould Making Experts & Ancra Systems (2010)
    Boob Tube: Sex, TV and Ugly George
    8.4
    Video
    • Director
    • 2008
  • In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts (2006)
    In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts
    7.1
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Recount Democracy (2004)
    Recount Democracy
    7.6
    • Director
    • 2004
  • WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
    WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
    7.7
    • Director
    • 2004
  • Counting on Democracy: The Untold Story of 175,000 Missing Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election
    • Director
    • 2002
  • The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002)
    The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
    5.8
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Falun Gong's Challenge to China
    7.2
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Timothy Leary in Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives (1998)
    Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives
    Video
    • Director
    • 1998
  • The World of Elie Wiesel
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Prisoners of Hope (1996)
    Prisoners of Hope
    8.2
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa (1994)
    Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1994

Producer

  • America's Surveillance State (2014)
    America's Surveillance State
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Who Rules America (2012)
    Who Rules America
    7.8
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 2012
  • Plunder: The Crime of Our Time (2009)
    Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
    6.7
    • producer
    • 2009
  • The Battle of Durban II: Israel, Palestine & the United Nations
    • senior producer: Globalvision
    • 2009
  • Barack Obama: People's President (2009)
    Barack Obama: People's President
    5.3
    Video
    • producer
    • 2009
  • In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts (2006)
    In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts
    7.1
    • producer
    • 2006
  • WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
    WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
    7.7
    • executive producer
    • 2004
  • Charlayne Hunter-Gault in Globalization & Human Rights (1998)
    Globalization & Human Rights
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1998
  • Timothy Leary in Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives (1998)
    Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives
    Video
    • producer
    • 1998
  • The Stargate Saga
    8.0
    TV Short
    • producer
    • 1997
  • The World of Elie Wiesel
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1997
  • Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television (1993)
    Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1993–1996
  • Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy (1992)
    Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1992
  • Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (1985)
    Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid
    7.0
    Video
    • producer
    • 1985
  • Five All Night Live
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1980

Writer

  • Plunder: The Crime of Our Time (2009)
    Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
    6.7
    • written by
    • 2009
  • Barack Obama: People's President (2009)
    Barack Obama: People's President
    5.3
    Video
    • written by
    • 2009
  • In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts (2006)
    In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • Recount Democracy (2004)
    Recount Democracy
    7.6
    • Writer
    • 2004
  • Counting on Democracy: The Untold Story of 175,000 Missing Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election
    • Writer
    • 2002
  • Charlayne Hunter-Gault in Globalization & Human Rights (1998)
    Globalization & Human Rights
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1998
  • The Stargate Saga
    8.0
    TV Short
    • Writer
    • 1997
  • The World of Elie Wiesel
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1997
  • Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa (1994)
    Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 1994
  • Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television (1993)
    Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1993–1996

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Born
    • June 27, 1942
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 19, 2015
    • USA(pancreatic cancer)
  • Children
    • Sarah Schechter
  • Other works
    Book: The More You Watch, The Less You Know. Published 1997, Seven Stories Press. Media critique and personal memoir.

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He worked in 1971 WBCN-FM rock Boston where he had a broadcast that gave him his nickname "Danny Schechter, the News Dissector." In 198, he joined CNN and later worked for ABC.
  • Nickname
    • The News Dissector

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