Naomi Klein
Born: 1970-05-08 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Naomi Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses, support of ecofeminism and organized labour, and criticism of corporate globalization, fascism, and capitalism. Klein first became known internationally for her alter-globalization book No Logo (1999). The Take (2004), a documentary film about Argentine workers' self-managed factories, written by her and directed by her husband Avi Lewis, further increased her profile. The Shock Doctrine (2007), a critical analysis of the history of neoliberal economics, solidified her standing as a prominent activist on the international stage and was adapted into a six-minute companion film by Alfonso and Jonás Cuarón, as well as a feature-length documentary by Michael Winterbottom. Klein's This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (2014) was a New York Times nonfiction bestseller and the winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. In 2016, Klein was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize for her activism on climate justice. Klein frequently appears on global and national lists of top influential thinkers, including the 2014 Thought Leaders ranking compiled by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, Prospect magazine's world thinkers 2014 poll, and Maclean's 2014 Power List. She was formerly a member of the board of directors of the climate activist group 350.org. In 2021, Klein took up the UBC Professorship in Climate Justice, joining the University of British Columbia's Department of Geography. She has been the co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice since it was launched in 2021.
Filmography
2025
- The Six Billion Dollar Man as Self
2024
- Norita ... (Executive Producer)
2023
2020
- Generation Green New Deal as Self
- The Big Scary “S” Word as Self
2019
- The Era of Neoliberalism as Self
2017
- The Russell Howard Hour as Self
2015
- Laissez-faire as Self (archive footage)
- This Changes Everything as Self
- Agora: From Democracy to the Market as self
2014
2013
- The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich ... (Thanks)
- Do the Math as Self
2012
- Catastroika as Self
2011
- Capitalism Is the Crisis as Self
2009
- The Shock Doctrine as Self
- The Rise of Disaster Capitalism as Herself
2008
- Q&A as Self - Panellist
2007
2004
- Tout le monde en parle as Self
- This Land Is Your Land
- The Take ... (Writer)
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- No Logo as Herself
2002
- Backlight as Self
2001
- Democracy Now! as Self
1989
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin as Self