"In the words of my grandmother: ''What else should we be doing?'' I have four children who affect every decision I make, and the thought of not doing everything I possibly can to affect the most important time in history -- well, I would not be able to look at myself in the mirror if I didn''t do all I am capable of to stop the destruction of my country."
Greenwald, in a Novermber 2003 BuzzFlash.com interview
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After Steal This Movie!, Greenwald says he found his true calling: making issue-oriented documentary films. His most notable one is Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch''s War on Journalism (2004), which takes the view that media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch''s Fox News, now control virtually all media and have great influence on the American public. Greenwald directed and produced Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005), a documentary that reveals the retail giant''s impact on American communities. Most recently, Greenwald directed and produced Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (2006), which uncovers the connections between private corporations allegedly profiteering from Iraq reconstruction contracts (Blackwater, Halliburton/KBR, CACI and Titan) and the decision makers who allow them to do so.
Greenwald is also the executive producer of a trilogy of political documentaries: Unprecedented: The 2000 Election (2002), Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2003) and Unconstitutional (2004).
Greenwald is founder of two production companies. His first is Robert Greenwald Productions (RGP), which has been around for 20 years. RGP describes itself as having "a history of creating powerful and entertaining films with a strong social conscience," producing feature films including both Breaking Up and Steal This Movie!. He later ventured into Brave New Films, which states that it is a "new media website that uses cutting-edge new internet video campaigns to create a quick-strike capability that challenges corporate media with the truth while empowering political action nationwide." Organizations such as MoveOn.org have supported Greenwalds efforts.
Greenwald, while a dedicated political activist who works hard to get his message out to the American public, encourages his readers to follow suit and do the same . YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and Flickr are all prominent social networks that Greenwald himself is active with, and hopes that these outlets will be used to spread his findings as well. Greenwald has both strong support and criticism for his views, but negative feedback only pushes him harder to prove his point. He is currently promoting Fox Attacks and The REAL Rudy on Brave New Films, compilations of viral videos that the company claims were seen "online by more than 840,000 people within weeks of distribution, and have collectively garnered over 7.5 million views."
Greenwald''s films have garnered 25 Emmy nominations, four cable ACE Award nominations, two Gold Globe nominations, the Peabody Award, the Robert Wood Johnson Award, and eight Awards of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board. In 2002, he was awarded Producer of the Year by the American Film Institute. For his activism, Greenwald has been honored by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, the Liberty Hill Foundation, the L.A. chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Consumer Attorney''s Association of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and the Office of the Americas.