Michael Moore is an American director born in Flint, Michigan, one of the most commercially successful and politically provocative documentary filmmakers in American cinema. Roger & Me, his confrontational debut examining General Motors' devastating plant closures in his hometown, established his signature style of first-person, provocateur-driven advocacy journalism. Bowling for Columbine, examining American gun culture in the wake of mass shootings, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, while Fahrenheit 9/11, a scathing critique of the Bush administration's response to the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War, became the highest-grossing documentary of all time and one of the most politically consequential films ever released in an American election year. Sicko and Capitalism: A Love Story extended his advocacy journalism into healthcare and economic inequality. Moore's confrontational, first-person political filmmaking has made him one of the most commercially successful and controversial documentarians in film history.
Michael Moore
72 years (Apr 23, 1954)Flint, Michigan, USA
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Michael Moore is an American director born in Flint, Michigan, one of the most commercially successful and politically provocative documentary filmmakers in American cinema. Roger & Me, his confrontational debut examining General Motors' devastating plant closures in his hometown, established his signature style of first-person, provocateur-driven advocacy journalism. Bowling for Columbine, examining American gun culture in the wake of mass shootings, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, while Fahrenheit 9/11, a scathing critique of the Bush administration's response to the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War, became the highest-grossing documentary of all time and one of the most politically consequential films ever released in an American election year. Sicko and Capitalism: A Love Story extended his advocacy journalism into healthcare and economic inequality. Moore's confrontational, first-person political filmmaking has made him one of the most commercially successful and controversial documentarians in film history.
Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author and liberal political commentator. He is the director and producer of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and Capitalism: A Love Story, four of the top ten highest-grossing documentaries of all time. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, documenting his personal crusade to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth. Moore criticizes globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the Iraq War, and the American health care system in his written and cinematic works.