Michael Moore

Described as

American filmmaker and author (born 1954)

Other names

Michael Francis Moore

Born

April 23, 1954 · 8 references

Born in

Flint

Name at birth

Michael Francis Moore

Citizen of

United States · 1 reference

Occupation

film director; television presenter; journalist; comedian; autobiographer; writer; screenwriter · 1 reference; film actor

Political party

Democratic Party

Education

University of Michigan–Flint; University of Michigan–Dearborn

Member of

Democratic Socialists of America

Awards

Writers Guild of America Award; Emmy Award; Palme d'Or (2004); Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film (2002); César Award for Best Foreign Film (2003); Eagle Scout · 1 reference

Field

gun control

Spouse

Kathleen Glynn (1991–2014)

Religion

Catholic Church

Website

https://www.michaelmoore.com/

Wikipedias with a page

75

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Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Moore's work frequently addresses various social, political, and economic topics from a progressive standpoint. He first became publicly known for his award-winning debut documentary Roger & Me, a scathing look at the downfall of the automotive industry in 1980s Flint and Detroit.
Moore followed up and won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Bowling for Columbine, which examines the causes of the Columbine High School massacre and the overall gun culture in the United States. He directed and produced Fahrenheit 9/11, a critical look at the early presidency of George W. Bush and the war on terror, which earned $119,194,771 to become the highest-grossing documentary at the American box office of all time. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and was the subject of intense controversy. His documentary Sicko examines health care in the United States, and is one of the top ten highest-grossing documentaries as of 2020. In September 2008, he released his first free film on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, which documents his personal quest to encourage Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has written and starred in TV Nation, a satirical news-magazine television series, and The Awful Truth, a satirical show. In 2018, he released his latest film, Fahrenheit 11/9, a documentary about the 2016 United States presidential election and the first term of Donald Trump. He was executive producer of Planet of the Humans (2019), a documentary about the environmental movement.
Moore's works criticize topics such as globalization, big business, assault weapon ownership, Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump, the Iraq War, the American health care system, and capitalism overall. In 2005, Time named Moore one of the world's 100 most influential people. Some right-wing critics have criticized and labeled Moore a "propagandist" and his films propaganda.

Born, in its opening lines

April 23, 1954

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