Person
Aaron Russo
Production · 1943–2007 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known for
Trading Places
Producer
The Rose
Producer
Off and Running
Producer
Wise Guys
Producer
Teachers
Producer
Missing Pieces
Producer
Rude Awakening
Voice of fish
Partners
Producer
Reflections and Warnings: An Interview with Aaron Russo
Self
The Bette Midler Show
Producer
Filmography
- 2009Reflections and Warnings: An Interview with Aaron RussoSelf
- 2006America: Freedom to FascismSelf - Narrator
- 1992Missing PiecesProducer
- 1991Off and RunningProducer
- 1991Aaron Russo's Mad As HellHost
- 1989Rude AwakeningVoice of fish
- 1986Wise GuysProducer
- 1984TeachersProducer
- 1983Trading PlacesProducer
- 1982PartnersProducer
- 1979The RoseProducer
- 1976The Bette Midler ShowProducer
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