Noam Chomsky

Q: Has Noam Chomsky won any awards?

Yes, Chomsky has received numerous awards including the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences in 1988 and the Ben Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science in 1995.

Q: What was Noam Chomsky's first major work?

Chomsky's first major work was 'Syntactic Structures,' published in 1957, which laid the foundation for his theories in linguistics and transformed the field.

Q: What is Noam Chomsky's stance on media?

Chomsky is critical of mainstream media, arguing that it serves the interests of powerful elites. His book 'Manufacturing Consent' explores this concept in depth.

Q: What is Noam Chomsky's educational background?

Chomsky earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and later received his PhD in linguistics from the same institution, where he developed his theories.

Q: What are some of Chomsky's famous documentaries?

Chomsky has been featured in several documentaries, including 'Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media' and 'In the Eye of the Storm: The Political Odyssey of Yanis Varoufakis.'

Q: What is Chomsky's estimated net worth?

Noam Chomsky's estimated net worth is reported to be around $10 million, reflecting his successful career as a linguist, author, and activist.

Q: How has Chomsky influenced modern thought?

Chomsky's ideas have profoundly influenced fields such as linguistics, cognitive science, and political activism, making him a pivotal figure in contemporary intellectual discourse.

Known for

The Corporation (2003)

IMDb 8 / 10

2003 / Documentary, History / 121mins

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic,...

Name

Noam Chomsky

Height

5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Born

7 December 1928, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Spouses

Valeria Chomsky (1949–present)

Children

3 children, Aviva, Harry, and Diane Chomsky

Parents

William Chomsky, Elsie Simonofsky

Estimated Net Worth

$10 million

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2024	Movie Os Mortos Resistirão Para Sempre Cinepoem about the current Palestinian tragedy, with Brazilian films from 1922 and 1932 (the indigenous catastrophe), documentaries from 2023/2024, essays...	Unknown character	Not rated
2023	Movie Utopia Tropical Brazilian professor, academic and diplomat Celso Amorim and North American linguist and activist Noam Chomsky reflect on the political, social...	Self	Not rated
2023	Movie After Work Kuwait’s constitution says that every person has the right to a job, so in some places 20 people are employed...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	Movie Israelism When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the mistreatment of Palestinians, they battle the old guard...	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
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2022	Movie MIT: Regressions A documentary on the history of the Institute and America, spanning from World War 2 to COVID-19. Features AI-enhanced archival...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2022	Movie The Book of Harth A New York City-based conceptual artist embarks on a 20-year art project asking culturally significant people to sign his copy...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2022	Movie Salvia Divinorum: A Western Approach Salvia Divinorum is an often misunderstood and powerful psychedelic plant used by the Mazatec shamans in southern Mexico for centuries....	Self	Not rated
2021	Movie 2020: The Dumpster Fire A documentary about the raging dumpster fire which was 2020.	Contributor	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2021	Movie Better Left Unsaid The premise behind Better Left Unsaid, lies in the unconfined analysis of the often violent extremism of today's Western political...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2021	TV Konuşmamız Lazım	Noam Chomsky	Not rated
2020	Movie Symphony Of The Invisible "Symphony of the Invisible" is a reflection on creation and how through art, poetry and images you can break the...	Self (voice)	Not rated
2020	Movie Her Socialist Smile The memory of a particular moment in early 20th century history when, in 1913, Helen Keller (1880-1968), a deaf-blind writer,...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2020	Movie The Invisible Class From the people in the streets, to it's root causes, The Invisible Class will forever change your perception of homelessness...	Himself	Not rated
2019	Movie I Am (Not) a Monster A journey to find the origins of knowledge.	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie The Weight of Chains 3 Boris Malagurski explains how the military-industrial complex, big business and political interest groups endanger peoples' health and existence, focusing on...	Himself	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2019	Movie WBCN and the American Revolution The amazing untold story of the radical underground radio station WBCN-FM set against the profound social, political and cultural changes...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2019	Movie Noam Chomsky: Internationalism or Extinction Noam Chomsky confronts the Anthropocene. He describes the avoidable but lethal realities of climate change, nuclear weapons, and our democratic...	Himself	Not rated
2019	Movie The Era of Neoliberalism This film shows how four decades of neoliberal policies have resulted in a widespread of social injustice, economic inequality and...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Edward Said: Out of Place A look at the life and career of the influential post-colonial writer and champion of the Palestinian cause in the...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2018	Movie In the Name of My People This a documentary film on Afghanistan and the effects of wars of the last 38 years. Malalai Joya, Afghan activist...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Propaganda: Engineering Consent How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of...	Self - Linguist	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2018	TV Explained This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	Movie Post Truth Times	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2018	Movie ¡Las Sandinistas! ¡Las Sandinistas! uncovers the disappearing stories of women who shattered barriers to lead combat and social reform during Nicaragua’s 1979...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2018	Movie Die grüne Lüge Environmentally friendly electric cars, sustainably produced food products, fair production processes: Hurray! If everything the corporations tell us is true,...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2017	Movie Citizen Clark... A Life of Principle For fifty years, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark has challenged the abuses of U.S. power and championed the causes...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2017	Movie The World Awaits "The World Awaits" is a documentary feature depicting the effects of nuclear weapons and the urgent need for the nuclear...	Self	Not rated
2017	Movie Accidental Anarchist Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside...	Himself	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2017	Movie PIIGS PIIGS is a documentary that challenges prevalent European budgetary policies and the austerity dogma. It does so by bringing in...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie Brexitannia A sociological portrait of the United Kingdom after the historic Brexit vote of 2016. A funny, sometimes terrifying and non-judgemental...	Himself	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2017	Movie Freedom Besieged Freedom Besieged is a feature-length documentary concerning the economic and political climate of Greece and specifically how such has impacted...	Unknown character	Not rated
2017	Movie The Great Irish Sell Off A documentary exploring the effect of international investment firms ("vulture" funds) on the Irish economy and housing crisis.	Himself	Not rated
2016	Movie All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone,...	Self - Professor Emeritus, MIT	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	Movie Vincennes, l'université perdue Recounts the epic of Vincennes Experimental University Center, from its creation after the events of May 68 until its demolition...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2016	Movie The Occupation of the American Mind Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have...	Self - Professor Emeritus, MIT	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2015	Movie The Divide The Divide tells the story of 7 individuals striving for a better life in modern day US and UK -...	Himself	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	Movie Noam Chomsky: Knowledge and Power An in-depth look at the work and views of the man described as 'one of the greatest minds in human...	Himself	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie Best of Enemies A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore...	Self (archival)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2015	Movie The Brainwashing of My Dad A filmmaker examines the rise of right-wing media through the lens of her father, whose immersion in it radicalized him...	Himself	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2015	Movie Requiem for the American Dream Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2015	Movie A Walk Through the Tenderloin: The Invisible Class A WALK THROUGH THE TENDERLOIN is a short film out of THE INVISIBLE CLASS, a feature length documentary about America's...	Himself	Not rated
2014	Movie The Weight of Chains 2 'The Weight of Chains 2' is a documentary film largely dealing with the effects of the Washington Consensus economic doctrine...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	TV Capitalism Capitalism has been the engine of unprecedented economic growth and social transformation. With the fall of the communist states and...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2014	Movie We Are Many The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2014	Movie Split : A Deeper Divide The USA is in the grips of a rancorous partisanship the like of which has not been seen in nearly...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2013	Movie Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	Movie Project Censored the Movie 'Project Censored: The Movie' explores media censorship in our society by exposing important stories that corporate media fails to report/under...	Self	Not rated
2012	Movie Four Horsemen Documentary about the modern apocalypse caused by a rapacious banking system. 23 leading thinkers – frustrated at the failure of...	himself	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2011	Movie The Last Days of the USSR From 1989 to 1991 a string of unpredictable events happened that brought to light the rivalry between two men: Gorbachev,...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2011	Movie The Kingdom of Survival The Kingdom of Survival explores modern skepticism in America, challenges the status quo and uncovers provocative links between survivalist philosophy,...	Himself	Not rated
2011	Movie Programming the Nation? Programming the Nation? takes an encompassing look at the history of subliminal messaging in America. According to many authorities, since...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2011	Movie Anima Mundi: Permaculture, Deep Ecology & the Soul of the World An independent, unique and interesting feature on peak oil, climate change, permaculture and Gaia theory	Unknown character	Not rated
2011	Movie I Am I AM is an utterly engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2011	Movie Ethos Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, Ethos lifts the lid on a Pandora's box of systemic...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2010	Movie Human Resources Documentary film exploring the rise of mechanistic philosophy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarchical systems. Topics covered...	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2010	Movie Psywar This film explores the evolution of propaganda and public relations in the United States, with an emphasis on the elitist...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	Movie Noam Chomsky: The Mafia Principle of Global Hegemony Renowned scholar and tireless critic of America's international policies and military behavior, Noam Chomsky delivers a lecture on the history...	Himself	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2010	Movie Teenage Paparazzo A documentary that examines the relationship between celebrity and society.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	Movie ReGeneration ReGeneration is a 2010 U.S. documentary film written and directed by Phillip Montgomery that looks at the issues facing today's...	Himself	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2010	Movie Standing Army Standing Army, directed by Enrico Parenti and Thomas Fazi, is an award-winning documentary film about the global network of U.S....	Self	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2010	Movie Theory and Practice: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn This timely, bold set of one-on-one interviews presents two of the most venerable figures from the American Left—renowned historian Howard...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Politics Based on Thomas Ferguson's book Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems...	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	Movie American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein American academic Norman Finkelstein discusses foreign policy toward Israel and the Middle East.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	Movie Modern Slavery There's 27 million slaves in the world today. We find them in the sex industry, as child soldiers, as unpaid...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie Falsos Positivos The "Falsos Positivos" scandal that exploded on October 2008 revealed how and why ranks of the Colombian Army started to...	Self	Not rated
2009	Movie Freeing Silvia Baraldini Documents the life of former, U.S. political prisoner Silvia Baraldini who after 15 years as an activist in the United...	Self	Not rated
2009	Movie Chomsky et le pouvoir	Unknown character	Not rated
2008	Movie Chomsky & Cie At a time when powerlessness and resignation carry the day, Noam Chomsky's work is a radical antidote for all those...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2008	Movie Encirclement - Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy Using the reflections and analysis of many renowned intellectuals, this documentary draws a portrait of neoliberal ideology and examines the...	Himself	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2008	Movie Noam Chomsky on the World: The Chomsky Sessions Profiling prolific author and educator Noam Chomsky -- widely recognized as the father of modern linguistics -- this thought-provoking collection...	Himself	Not rated
2008	Movie American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals This documentary fulfills a unique niche by taking a non-partisan, unbiased approach to the history of Liberalism and Conservatism in...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2008	Movie Walking with Pasolini A documentary about Pier Paolo Pasolini and his film 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.	Himself	Not rated
2008	Movie Free for All! One Dude's Quest to Save Democracy. A FilmBuff Presentation.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie I Need That Record! Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes I NEED THAT RECORD! THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE, "an...	Himself	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2008	TV Speaking in Tongues: The History of Language Currently there are more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world. This five-part series traces the history and evolution of...	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie Balkan Rhapsodies: 78 Measures of War 2008 Documentary	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie In Prison My Whole Life William Francome is a fairly typical, white middle-class guy. Typical except for the fact that he is about to embark...	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Ever Again Ever Again examines the sweeping resurgence of antisemitism in 21st century Europe and its connection to global terrorism.	Self - Author (archive footage)	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2006	Movie Greasy Rider Filmmakers Joey Carey and J.J. Beck pack up their vegetable oil-powered 1981 Mercedes-Benz and set off on a cross-country road...	Unknown character	Not rated
2006	Movie Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said Documentary filmmaker Makoto Sato offers this reflection on the life and career of Edward Said, the deeply influential literary and...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2006	Movie The U.S. vs. John Lennon A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	Movie Lake of Fire An unflinching look at the how the battle over abortion rights has played out in the United States over the...	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie Global Haywire Documentary about the state of the modern world.	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie American Zeitgeist American Zeitgeist is a feature length documentary by filmmaker Rob McGann that offers an historical look at the War on...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2006	Movie Noam Chomsky: Imperial Grand Strategy In two lectures and a 45-minute interview, intellectual and political activist Noam Chomsky -- credited as the father of modern...	Himself	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Our Own Private Bin Laden Terrorism is the new millennium's greatest threat, and Osama Bin Laden is the ultimate icon of modern-day fear. But how...	Unknown character	Not rated
2005	Movie The Peace! Amid an escalating war in Iraq, rising terror levels and the threat of nuclear attack, a growing body of intellectuals,...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2005	Movie Internationally Speaking People from all over the world share their opinion of America, its government, its foreign policy, and its people. In...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Rush to War In today's post-9/11 world, director Robert Taicher searches for the rationale behind the war in Iraq, exploring the failed policies...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie On Power, Dissent, and Racism: A Discussion with Noam Chomsky	Unknown character	Not rated
2004	TV Kulturplatz	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	Movie Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train You Can't Be Neutral documents the life and times of the historian, activist and author of the best selling classic...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2004	Movie Preventive Warriors Preventive Warriors examines George W Bush's foreign policy -- specifically in the National Security Strategy of 2002. The NSS states...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Discordia In the fall of 2002, it was announced that Benjamin Netanyahu would deliver a speech at Concordia University in Montreal,...	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie Hidden in Plain Sight This documentary takes a bold, unflinching look at the nature and consequences of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2003	Movie Plan Colombia: Cashing In on the Drug War Failure Ed Asner narrates this documentary about U.S. involvement in Colombia's drug trafficking and civil unrest. The film examines the impact...	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie The Corporation Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2003	TV Real Time with Bill Maher Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	Movie Stupidity An exploration into the nature of stupidity in Western society and its history of our perception of it.	Self	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2003	Movie Noam Chomsky: Distorted Morality In this remarkable documentary, Noam Chomsky offers a riveting but devastating critique of America's current war on terror arguing, in...	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2003	Movie Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause Linguist, intellectual and activist, Noam Chomsky discusses and reflects on the state of world events including the War in Iraq,...	Himself	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2002	Movie Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times This documentary compiles a series of Noam Chomsky's interviews and lectures that address the events of 9/11.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2001	Movie Last Party 2000 Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2000	Movie This Is What Democracy Looks Like This film, shot by 100 amateur camera operators, tells the story of the enormous street protests in Seattle, Washington in...	Himself	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	Movie Zapatista "Zapatista" is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. It is the story of a Mayan peasant rebellion armed...	Self - Professor, MIT	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1999	Movie Public Enemy: Reflections of The Black Panthers A documentary film about The Black Panther Party as told by its four former members.	Self	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1997	Movie State of Fear Seven hundred and seventy one words from Orwell, Chomsky, Shakespeare and others. Seven hundred and seventy one people off the...	Unknown character	Not rated
1995	TV Kulturzeit	self	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1994	Movie Noah Chomsky: Personal Influences This video focuses on the formative influences in Noam Chomsky's life--those factors which enable him to become a politically engaged...	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	Movie A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1993	Movie The Revenge of the Dead Indians This is a full-length documentary honoring the life and work of American composer and artist John Cage. Cage is considered...	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1992	Movie Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1987	Movie The CIA's War Against Cuba "The CIA's War Against Cuba" - a briefing of the past ten years of CIA activities in Cuba, and the...	Unknown character	Not rated
1978	TV Men of Ideas A captivating voyage into the world of intellectual exploration, where host Bryan Magee engages in illuminating dialogues with some of...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1971	Movie The Chomsky - Foucault Debate: On Human Nature The Chomsky–Foucault debate was a debate about human nature, between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault in the Netherlands, in November...	Himself	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1968	Movie Resist with Noam Chomsky (Newsreel #1) This short film offers a rare look at Noam Chomsky in the late 1960s as he speaks candidly about the...	Self	Not rated
1965	TV aspekte A 30-minute weekly cultural magazine program. The head of aspekte, Wolgang Herles, describes the program as follows: "For 40 years,...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
TBA	Movie Article 12 Presents a sharp look at the current state of privacy and debates around the rights and desires of individuals, governments,...	Self	Not rated
TBA	TV Reading the Media Founded by a collective of radical media makers in 1981, Paper Tiger Television pioneered edutainment. Broadcast on public access television,...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Haiti: Killing the Dream A documentary focusing on the the events in Haiti following the coup of September 30, 1991. The program includes interviews...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2016	Movie Shadow World A detailed investigation into the political and economic interests that, since the beginning of the 20th century, have pulled the...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2015	Movie Requiem for the American Dream Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 7.7 / 10

Os Mortos Resistirão Para Sempre

2024

Utopia Tropical

2023

After Work

2023 / TMDB 6.2

Israelism

2023 / TMDB 8.3

De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?

2022

MIT: Regressions

2022 / TMDB 10.0

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