Saul Landau is an internationally known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker on foreign and domestic policy issues. He has been a fellow at Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) since 1972 and at the Transnational Institute since 1974. He has written 13 books, thousands of newspaper and magazine articles and reviews, and made more than 40 films and TV programs on social, political, economic and historical issues. Among his numerous accolades, Saul received the George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting and an Emmy for his 1980 film, "Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang" (with Jack Willis), as well as the Letelier-Moffitt Award for his human rights work. He won a Golden Apple award for "The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas" as well as first prizes in many festivals with films about Fidel Castro, Salvador Allende and Subcomandante Marcos. He is Professor Emeritus at Cal Poly Pomona University.
His recent work includes the books The Business of America: How Consumers Have Replaced Citizens and How We Can Reverse the Trend (2004), The Pre-Emptive Empire: A Guide to Bush's Kingdom (2003) and the film "Syria: Between Iraq and a Hard Place" (2004). His latest book is A Bush and Botox World (2006, Counterpunch Press). Saul's new film, "We Don't Play Golf Here," which features poignant vignettes on Mexico and globalization, won the Roxie Award in 2007 for "Best Activist Video." It is available on DVD from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
