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Matthew Simmons(1943-2010)

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An award-winning film which TheOilDrum.com called "a terrific film... the best documentary I have seen on the subject." This feature film explores the interconnection between human domination of the planet, and the discovery and use of oil.
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Crude Impact (2006)
Matthew Simmons was born on 7 April 1943 in Layton, Maine, USA. He died on 8 August 2010 in North Haven, Maine, USA.
BornApril 7, 1943
DiedAugust 8, 2010(67)
BornApril 7, 1943
DiedAugust 8, 2010(67)
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Known for

How to Boil a Frog (2010)
How to Boil a Frog
7.2
  • Self - Energy Expert
  • 2010
Fuel (2008)
Fuel
7.3
  • Self - Former Advisor to President Bush
  • 2008
Houston We Have a Problem (2009)
Houston We Have a Problem
7.3
  • Self - Chairman, Simmons & Co.
  • 2009
Crude Impact (2006)
Crude Impact
7.6
  • Self
  • 2006

Credits

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Self

  • How to Boil a Frog (2010)
    How to Boil a Frog
    7.2
    • Self - Energy Expert
    • 2010
  • Opération lune (2002)
    Les mercredis de l'histoire
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 2010
  • Paul Levinson, Dylan Ratigan, and Jose Antonio Vargas in The Dylan Ratigan Show (2010)
    The Dylan Ratigan Show
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 2010
  • Houston We Have a Problem (2009)
    Houston We Have a Problem
    7.3
    • Self - Chairman, Simmons & Co.
    • 2009
  • Fuel (2008)
    Fuel
    7.3
    • Self - Former Advisor to President Bush
    • 2008
  • Escape from Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream (2007)
    Escape from Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream
    6.7
    Video
    • Self - Author, Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy (as Matt Simmons)
    • 2007
  • Crude Impact (2006)
    Crude Impact
    7.6
    • Self
    • 2006
  • The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006)
    The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
    8.1
    • Self
    • 2006
  • A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006)
    A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
    7.7
    • Self - Energy Adviser to US President George W. Bush
    • 2006
  • The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)
    The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
    7.4
    • Self
    • 2004

Videos2

A Crude Awakening - The Oil Crash
Trailer 1:56
A Crude Awakening - The Oil Crash
Crude Impact
Trailer 2:33
Crude Impact
Crude Impact
Trailer 2:33
Crude Impact

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Matt Simmons
  • Born
    • April 7, 1943
    • Layton, Maine, USA
  • Died
    • August 8, 2010
    • North Haven, Maine, USA(heart attack)

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    Founder of energy investment bank Simmons & Company. Advisor to then-president George W. Bush on energy issues.

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