Immanuel Wallerstein was born on September 28, 1930 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for his work on Independent Lens (1999), Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle (2001) and Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire (2004). He was married to Beatrice Friedman. He died on August 31, 2019 in the USA.