Louis Theroux
Louis Sebastian Theroux ˈlui θəˈru LOOee thəROO born 20 May 1970 is a BritishAmerican journalist broadcaster and author He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award After graduating from Magdalen College Oxford Theroux moved to the United States and worked as a journalist for Metro Silicon Valley and Spy He moved into television as the presenter of offbeat segments on Michael Moores TV Nation series Theroux is known for his numerous documentaries with the BBC beginning with Louis Therouxs Weird Weekends 19982000 followed by When Louis Met 20002002 and 50 BBC Two specials 2003present His work includes studies of unusual and taboo subcultures crime and the justice system and celebrities The majority of his documentaries are set in the United States but he has also studied cultures in South Africa Israel Nigeria and the UK The New Yorker described Therouxs work as a piercingly humane slyly funny guide through the funkier passages of American culture Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis Theroux licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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