Madeleine Sackler

Madeleine Sackler
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
EducationDuke University (BS)
OccupationFilmmaker
Notable work
FamilySackler
WebsiteOfficial website

Madeleine Sackler is an American filmmaker and Sackler family heiress. She received an Emmy Award in 2015[1] and was nominated for a second in 2020.[2] Her grandfather, Raymond, was one of the three Sackler brothers who created and owned Purdue Pharma, infamous for its role in the Opioid epidemic.[3] She has received criticism for her family fortune, which derives mostly from the sale and manufacture of the highly addictive pharmaceutical opioid Oxycontin, the central drug in the opioid crisis.[4]

The Sackler family, including Madeleine Sackler, is profiled in various media, including the documentary Crime of the Century on HBO and in the book Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe. As outlined in the book, she has scrupulously denied her family’s role in one of America’s largest public health crises, which has claimed the lives of over 600,000 people.

  1. ^ "Film about struggle against dictatorship in Belarus wins Emmy Award". charter97.org. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
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  3. ^ Paumgarten, Nick (22 January 2018). "A Prison Film Made in Prison". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. ^ [1] The Guardian