Aaron Russo

Production

1943-02-14

Died: 2007-08-24

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Films

6.0

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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.

Filmography

4 credits

2009Reflections and Warnings: An Interview with Aaron Russoas Self

6.3

2006America: Freedom to Fascismas Himself/Narrator

As Director

2 films

7.3

America: Freedom to Fascism

2006

4.5

Rude Awakening

1989