May 04 2011
Morgan Spurlock
American Documentary Filmmaker, Academy Award®-nominated Director, Humourist, TV Producer, Screenwriter & Journalist
Morgan Spurlock is the Creator and host of the reality program 30 Days on the FX Network. He became his own guinea pig in the Academy Award nominated 2004 hit documentary, Super Size Me. As writer, director, and producer of the film, he shed light on the epidemic of obesity in America, making one of the highest-grossing documentaries in history. His latest film, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
“The film and the book continue to make an impact on the way the world sees fast food”
Morgan Spurlock graduated with a BFA in film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1993. He has an amazing career spanning film, non-fiction literature, television and, theatre. His second feature documentary, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. His popular documentary celebration of The Simpsons, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice! was nominated for a 2011 Writer’s Guild award. He was also one of the celebrated directors behind the film adaptation of the best-selling book, Freakonomics. [/expand]
Morgan Spurlock makes documentary film and TV that is personal, political and, above all, deeply empathetic. With humour and persistence, he provides fascinating insights into how he dived into the hidden but influential world of brand marketing, on his quest to make a completely sponsored film about sponsorship. [/expand]
With fun and sobering humour, Morgan gives global audiences a look at the legal, financial, and physical costs of America’s hunger for fast food, having left an impact on US culture. Scathingly funny, subversive, and deceptively smart, Morgan’s newest lecture shines the definitive light on our branded future.[/expand]
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Topics
The Greatest Lecture Ever Presented
Super Size Me
Brand Marketing
Awards & Recognition
His first feature film, Super Size Me, was released in 2004 and went on to become the sixth highest grossing box office documentary of all time.
This comedic and telling documentary centering on Spurlock’s experiment to eat only fast food for a month was named to more than 35 Top Ten lists in 2004 and received an Oscar nomination, the Writers Guild of America Best Documentary Screenplay Award and Best Director prizes at the Sundance Film Festival and the Edinburgh Film Festival. The DVD was voted Best Documentary of the Year by the Video Software Dealers Association in 2005
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