Dr Andrew Wakefield

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Writer & Director

Physician

Scientist

Andy Wakefield is a physician, author, and filmmaker. He graduated as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1985 and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2001. He has published over 150 original scientific articles, books, book chapters, and invited scientific commentaries.

In the pursuit of links between childhood vaccines, intestinal inflammation, and neurological injury in children, he lost his job in the Department of Medicine at London’s Royal Free Hospital, his country, career, Fellowships, and his medical license.

Wakefield re-invented himself as a filmmaker. He is the co-founder of the Autism Media Channel, and the founder of 7th Chakra Films. He has written two books including the national bestseller Callous Disregard (now optioned for a feature film). He produced, directed and co-wrote VAXXED: from cover-up to catastrophe, a CDC whistleblower story confirming the MMR vaccine-autism link, and one of the top US documentary features of 2016. VAXXED is his second movie. In 2020 he released 1986: The Act, a docudrama story of the corruption behind liability protection for vaccine manufacturers. In 2022 he released Infertility: A Diabolical Agenda with Robert Kennedy Jr. He is currently in pre-production on his first major narrative feature co-written with Terry Rossio (Aladdin, Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean, Godzilla vs. King Kong).