John Pilger Bio | Wiki
John Pilger is a noted Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. Since 1962, he has been based in Britain. He gained recognition for his reports on the Cambodian genocide. Pilger has appeared in several movies since he began his filmmaker career in 1970 with The Quiet Mutiny made during one of his visits to Vietnam.
John Pilger Age
He was born in Bondi, New South Wales, Australia on October 9, 1939. Pilger is 83 years old.
John Pilger Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Pilger stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx. 1.75 m).
John Pilger Family
He was born to his hardworking parents in Bondi, New South Wales, Australia. Pilger holds Australian nationality with German descent from his father’s side and English, German, and Irish ancestry from his mother’s side. He is the son of Claude and Elsie Pilger. He had an older brother Graham who died in 2017 working as a disabled rights activist who later advised the government of Gough Whitlam. His maternal great-great-grandparents were Irish convicts transported to Australia. Pilger’s mother was a French teacher in a school.
John Pilger Wife
He was hitched to Scarth Flett. Scarth is a journalist and granddaughter of the physician and geologist Sir John Smith Flett. John and Scarth have a son, Sam a sports writer born in 1973. In addition, John is also the father of Zoe Pilger with journalist Yvonne Roberts. Zoe was born in 1984. Currently, she is an author and art critic.
John Pilger Education
He received his high school diploma from Sydney Boys High School along with her brother. During his time, he began a student newspaper, The Messenger. Pilger then joined a four-year journalist trainee scheme with the Australian Consolidated Press.
John Pilger Utopia
He wrote, produced, and documented a documentary film Utopia which is an Aboriginal homeland in the Northern Territory. The 2013 film explains the experiences of Indigenous Australians and what he termed “the denigrating of their humanity”.
John Pilger The Coming War on China
The Coming War on China is a 1 hour 53 minutes historical documentary he directed and wrote on December 5, 2016. On the show, he reveals that the world’s greatest military power, the United States, and the world’s second economic power, China, both nuclear-armed, are on the road to war.
John Pilger Documentaries | Movies
He has done over 50 documentaries since 1970. Moreoever, his documentaries have gained awards in Britain and worldwide, including multiple BAFTA honors. Some of his documentaries include:
- World in Action
- Guilty Until Proven Innocent
- One British Family
- Mr Nixon’s Secret Legacy
- To Know Us Is To Love Us
- An Unjustifiable Risk
- Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia
- Island of Dreams
- The Truth Game
- Japan Behind the Mask
- Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy
- Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
- Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
- The War You Don’t See
- The Coming War on China
- The Dirty War on the NHS
John Pilger Books | Book
He has authored several books including:
- The Last Day in 1975
- Aftermath in 1981
- The Outsiders in 1984
- Heroes in 1986
- A Secret Country in 1989
- Reporting the World in 2001
- Tell Me No Lies in 2004
- Freedom Next Time in 2006
John Pilger Journalist
He first worked as a copyboy with the Sydney Sun in 1958 and then moved to Daily Telegraph, where he was a reporter, sports writer, and sub-editor. Pilger was a freelancer working for the Sydney Sunday Telegraph. In 1962, he worked as a sub-editor joining British United Press and then Reuters on its Middle-East desk. Moreoever, he was recruited by the English Daily Mirror, again as a sub-editor.
After some time, he advanced to become a reporter, a feature writer, and Chief Foreign Correspondent. Pilger witnessed the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles during his presidential campaign in June 1968. He founded the News on Sunday tabloid in 1984 and was hired as Editor-in-Chief in 1986. However, he resigned before the first issue and had come into conflict with those around him.
In 2001, he returned to the Mirror after the 9/11 attacks, while Piers Morgan was editor. He stated “written journalism is no longer welcome” in the mainstream and that “probably its last home” was in The Guardian in 2018. In addition, his last column for The Guardian was in November 2019.
John Pilger Net Worth
Pilger is a noted Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker who has earned a net worth of $8 Million.
Who Is John Pilger
Pilger is a noted Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. Since 1962, he is based in Britain. He gained recognition for his reports on the Cambodian genocide. Pilger has appeared in several movies since he began his filmmaker career in 1970 with The Quiet Mutiny made during one of his visits to Vietnam.
How Old Is John Pilger
He is 83 years old born in Bondi, New South Wales, Australia on October 9, 1939.
Is John Pilger Married
He was married to Scarth Flett, a journalist and granddaughter of the physician and geologist Sir John Smith Flett. John and Scratch have a son , Sam born in 1973. He also shares a daughter, Zoe with journalist Yvonne Roberts.
John Pilger Social Media Account
Twitter – @johnpilger