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    Meet the Speakers

    Andy Wakefield, M.D., FRCS

    Author, Screenwriter & Director, Physician, Scientist

    Andy Wakefield is a physician, author, and filmmaker. 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, his career changed.

    Wakefield re-invented himself as a filmmaker. 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, one of the top US documentary features of 2016. In 2020 he released 1986: The Act, the story of liability protection for vaccine manufacturers. In 2022, he released Infertility: A Diabolical Agenda His latest release is PROTOCOL 7, a major narrative feature co-written with his longtime friend Terry Rossio (Aladdin, Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean, Godzilla vs. King Kong).