Eric Matthew Schlosser was born on August 17,1959 and is an American journalist and author known for his investigative journalism, such as in his books Fast Food Nation, Reefer Madness, and Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety.
12 Facts About Eric Schlosser
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Eric Schlosser's parents are Judith and Herbert Schlosser, a former Wall Street lawyer who turned to broadcasting later in his career, eventually becoming president of NBC in 1974 and later becoming a vice president of RCA.
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Eric Schlosser tried playwriting, writing two plays, Americans and We the People.
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Eric Schlosser is married to Shauna Redford, daughter of actor Robert Redford.
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Eric Schlosser started his career as a journalist with The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Eric Schlosser wrote Fast Food Nation, an expose on the unsanitary and discriminatory practices of the fast food industry.
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Eric Schlosser helped adapt his book into a 2006 film directed by Richard Linklater.
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Eric Schlosser has been working on a book on the American prison system, which has been over 10 years in the making.
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Eric Schlosser appeared in an interview for the DVD of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, having a one-on-one discussion with the filmmaker about the fast-food industry.
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Eric Schlosser was interviewed by Franny Armstrong in 2005 and is a feature interviewee in her film McLibel.
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Eric Schlosser served as co-executive producer on the 2007 film There Will Be Blood.
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Eric Schlosser shared a director credit for the multimedia installation entitled "the bomb", an experimental film about nuclear weaponry coupled with a live score by The Acid.