Harold Crooks


Harold Crooks is a Canadian-American filmmaker. He began his career as an investigative journalist covering environmental issues in Canada during the 1980s and 90s. His films cover the subjects of political economy and the impact humans have on their environment through technology and capitalism. Most recently he co-directed a documentary with the art writer Judd Tully about the artist David Hammons.

Works

Dirty Business: the Inside Story of the New Garbage Agglomerates, J. Lorimer, 1983Giants of garbage: the Rise of the Global Waste Industry and the Politics of Pollution Control, James Lorimer & Company, 1993

Filmography

The Champagne Safari, 1995The Corporation, 2003Surviving Progress, 2013The Price We Pay, 2014The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art and Times of David Hammons, 2022