John Pilger | |
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Born | Bondi, New South Wales, Australia | 9 October 1939
Died | 30 December 2023 London, England | (aged 84)
Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer, documentary filmmaker |
Spouse | Scarth Flett (divorced) |
Partner | Yvonne Roberts |
Children | 2 |
Website | johnpilger |
John Richard Pilger (/ˈpɪldʒər/; 9 October 1939 – 30 December 2023) was an Australian journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker.[1]
Pilger was a strong critic of American, Australian, and British foreign policy. He was against imperialist and colonialist agenda.
He first drew international attention for his reports on the Cambodian genocide.[2]
His career as a documentary film maker began with The Quiet Mutiny (1970). Other works include Year Zero (1979), about the aftermath of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, and Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy (1993).
Pilger worked at the Daily Mirror from 1963 to 1986,[3] and wrote a regular column for the New Statesman magazine from 1991 to 2014.
Pilger won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award in 1967 and 1979.[4]
Pilger died in London on 30 December 2023, at the age of 84.[5]