Meet Charles Ferguson, one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People 2011

Political Scientist, Filmmaker

Political scientist and filmmaker

Charles Ferguson is the writer and director of the film Inside Job, which chronicled the financial crisis of 2008. During his Academy Awards acceptance speech for best documentary in 2011, he made a call for indictments for those responsible.

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“Inside Job” Filmmaker Charles Ferguson Hopes to Help Send Bankers to Jail

“This has cost the American people trillions of dollars,” Ferguson tells Fast Company. If only he were talking about his film and not the deception behind the financial crisis.

Charles Ferguson

Political Scientist, Filmmaker

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“Inside Job” Filmmaker Charles Ferguson Hopes to Help Send Bankers to Jail

“This has cost the American people trillions of dollars,” Ferguson tells Fast Company. If only he were talking about his film and not the deception behind the financial crisis.

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