Gavin MacFadyen
| Gavin MacFadyen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gavin Hall Galter January 1, 1940 Greeley, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | October 22, 2016 (aged 76) London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Investigative journalist |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Daum (div.) Susan Benn (m. 2010) |
| Children | one son, three stepdaughters |
Gavin Hall MacFadyen (né Galter; January 1, 1940 – October 22, 2016) was an American investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. He was the Director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) at Goldsmiths, University of London, Co-Founder with Eileen Chubb of the UK whistleblower support group The Whistler, and a Trustee of the Courage Foundation.
MacFadyen was born Gavin Hall Galter on January 1, 1940, in Greeley in Colorado, and grew up in Chicago. His mother was a pianist. He adopted the surname of his stepfather, a medical researcher. He studied at several high schools and universities before working as a union organizer with trade unions. He was jailed for participating in civil rights demonstrations. He moved to England, joined the International Socialist Organization and graduated from the London School of Film Technique (now the London Film School). He founded a documentary film group to chronicle the political turmoil in the United States during the late 1960s for the BBC. He covered the anti-Vietnam War protests, race riots and the police clash with demonstrators at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968, where tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters battled police in the streets, while the Democratic Party fell apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam. He went on to report from the Nicaraguan Revolution, a war between the right-wing Contras and the Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front in the 1980s, and Iran-Contra, neo-Nazi violence, Watergate, the history of CIA.
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