Robert Greenwald, a renowned filmmaker, is the president of Brave New Films, a nonprofit organization he founded after a successful career in commercial television and film. The company's mission is to educate and motivate viewers on the most pressing issues of the day through the production and distribution of documentaries and exposés.
As the founder of Brave New Films, Greenwald has directed and produced numerous films and videos, including full-length documentaries, investigative documentary shorts, and shorter films. His latest documentary, Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, explores the issue of voter suppression in Georgia's 2018 midterm elections.
Greenwald's investigative documentary shorts have covered a range of topics, including Healing Trauma: Beyond Gangs and Prisons, which examines the work of Los Angeles' Homeboy Industries, 16 Women and Donald Trump, which highlights the allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, and Immigrant Prisons, which sheds light on the conditions of privately-run immigrant detention centers.
In addition to his work on documentary shorts, Greenwald has also produced several feature-length investigative documentaries, including Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA, Unmanned: America's Drone Wars, War on Whistleblowers, Koch Brothers Exposed, Rethink Afghanistan, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism, and Uncovered: The War on Iraq.
Greenwald's work has been widely recognized and featured in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Variety, and Hollywood Reporter. Prior to founding Brave New Films, Greenwald produced and/or directed over 65 TV movies, miniseries, and films, including Steal This Movie!, Breaking Up, A Woman of Independent Means, and The Burning Bed.
Throughout his career, Greenwald has received numerous awards and nominations, including 25 Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, the Peabody Award, and the Robert Wood Johnson Award. He was also awarded the 2002 Producer of the Year Award by the American Film Institute.
