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.

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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

Director

America's Surveillance State
7.3
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 2014
Who Rules America
7.6
TV Series
- Director
- 2012
Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
6.7
- Director
- 2009
Barack Obama: People's President
5.3
Video
- Director
- 2009
Boob Tube: Sex, TV and Ugly George
8.5
Video
- Director
- 2008
In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts
7.1
- Director
- 2006
Recount Democracy
7.6
- Director
- 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'
5.8
- Director
- 2002
Falun Gong's Challenge to China
7.2
- Director
- 2001
Beyond Life: Timothy Leary Lives
Video
- Director
- 1998
The World of Elie Wiesel
TV Movie
- Director
- 1997
Prisoners of Hope
8.2
- Director
- 1996
Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa
6.1
- Director
- 1994

Producer

America's Surveillance State
7.3
TV Mini Series
- producer
- 2014
Who Rules America
7.6
TV Series
- producer
- 2012
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
5.3
Video
- producer
- 2009
In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts
7.1
- producer
- 2006
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
7.7
- executive producer
- 2004
Globalization & Human Rights
TV Movie
- executive producer
- 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
TV Series
- executive producer
- 1993–1996
Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy
6.7
TV Movie
- executive producer
- 1992
Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid
7.3
Video
- producer
- 1985
Five All Night Live
TV Series
- producer
- 1980

Writer

Plunder: The Crime of Our Time
6.7
- written by
- 2009
Barack Obama: People's President
5.3
Video
- written by
- 2009
In Debt We Trust: America Before the Bubble Bursts
7.1
- Writer
- 2006
Recount Democracy
7.6
- Writer
- 2004
Counting on Democracy: The Untold Story of 175,000 Missing Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election
- Writer
- 2002
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
6.1
- Writer
- 1994
Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television
TV Series
- writer
- 1993–1996

Personal details

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

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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