Director

Aaron Russo

Production

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 18165

IMDb ID: nm0751567

Known for: Production

Born: February 14, 1943

Died: August 24, 2007

Age: 64

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1976 - 2009

Years active: 34

Average TMDB rating: 6

Wikidata: Q302634

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Biography

Aaron Russo was an entertainment businessman, filmmaker, libertarian political activist, and a 9/11 truther. He was best-known for producing Trading Places, Wise Guys, and The Rose. Later in life he created the documentaries Mad as Hell, which calls into question the current state of governmental affairs and America: Freedom to Fascism, which investigates the breadth of the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Federal Reserve System. After a six year battle with bladder cancer, Russo died on August 24, 2007.

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