About

Saul Landau was an internationally known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker who worked for forty years on social, political, and human rights issues. Landau produced over forty films, and won several awards, including an Emmy for “Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang” and the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Assassination on Embassy Row, an investigation into the 1976 murders of Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier and his colleague, Ronni Moffitt. Landau wrote fourteen books including a book of poems, My Dad Was Not Hamlet. He won the George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting, the First Amendment Award, and the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award. In 2008, the Chilean government presented him with the Bernardo O’Higgins Award for his human rights work, and the Cuban government gave him the “Amistad” award in 2013.

His most recent work includes award-winning film “Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up” and a detective novel “Stark in the Bronx”

Gore Vidal once said, “Saul Landau is a man I love to steal ideas from”

We are sad to announce the loss of Saul Landau. He passed away the evening of September 9th surrounded by family.

We are planning a memorial service with details to come. If you are interested in contributing to the memorial event you can donate via paypal via paypal glandau2@gmail.com
or you can send a check to

Greg Landau
c/o IPS
1112 16th St. NW, Suite 600
Washington DC 20036

Gore Vidal says, “Saul Landau is a man I love to steal ideas from”

Saul Landau with Peter Coyote and Danny Glover