Morgan Spurlock Biography

Occup.	Director
From	USA
Born	November 7, 1970
Age	54 years

Early Life as well as Education
Morgan Valentine Spurlock was born upon November 7, 1970, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA. He is an American docudrama filmmaker, writer, and also television producer recognized for his informative yet amusing docudrama strategy throughout various subjects. Spurlock's mother was a ballet instructor, while his papa operated in the insurance policy business, and he has two older bros, Michael and also Stephen Spurlock.

Spurlock attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley, West Virginia, as well as later enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts level in movie, in 1993.

Surge to Fame and also Notable Works
Morgan Spurlock got worldwide fame with his 2004 documentary film, "Super Size Me". The movie, which Spurlock routed, created, and also starred in, showed the impacts of eating nothing but McDonald's junk food for 30 days. "Super Size Me" was a vital and also industrial success, making over $11 million in the United States alone. The movie earned him the Directing Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature.

Complying with the success of "Super Size Me", Spurlock proceeded his job in documentary filmmaking and tv manufacturing. In 2005, he produced as well as held the FX television collection "30 Days", which included individuals living in significantly different settings and also scenarios than their typical lives for a month. The program checked out concerns such as racism, poverty, and also faith, and competed 3 periods.

In 2008, Spurlock guided and also created the documentary "Where worldwide Is Osama bin Laden?", which followed his journey to find the globe's most needed terrorist. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and received combined testimonials.

Spurlock continued to check out the world of documentaries with movies like "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" (2011), which took a look at the prevalent influence of product placement as well as advertising in enjoyment, and "Mansome" (2012), an expedition of the modern-day male grooming pattern.

He broadened his work into the world of show movies too, directing "One Direction: This Is United States" (2013), a documentary that followed the prominent British kid band on their world trip. The movie was a business success, transforming $68 million worldwide.

Personal Life
Morgan Spurlock has been married twice. He married his very first better half, Alexandra Jamieson, a vegan chef, and author, in 2006. They had a son called Laken James. The couple divorced in 2011.

Morgan later on married Sara Bernstein, a documentary producer, in 2016. They have 2 children together.

Later Years and also Controversy
In December 2017, in the middle of the surge of the #MeToo motion, Morgan Spurlock posted a statement on social media sites that thorough instances of sexual misbehavior, both in his individual life as well as workplace. He recognized his wrongdoings, apologizing to those impacted, and also stepped down from his production firm, Warrior Poets.

Following the controversy, Spurlock's documentary film "Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!" faced delays in distribution. The film, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, at some point obtained a minimal theatrical launch in September 2019 before becoming available for streaming on YouTube Premium.

Regardless of the troubles in his personal as well as specialist life, Morgan Spurlock remains to operate in the documentary field, checking out various topics and educating audiences through his distinct lens.

Our collection contains 9 quotes who is written / told by Morgan.

Related authors: Osama bin Laden (Criminal), Ed Wood (Director), Woodrow Wilson

9 Famous quotes by Morgan Spurlock

"I think, after about a week in, I started to get really down. I would feel better when I would eat"

"I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America"

"The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.'"

"I think that, I'm sure there are gonna be some teachers who are very entrenched in the system, who are going to buy in to what they're being told, as to what the kids are being fed"

"Well, even to this day, if I smell a Big Mac, I'm like Pavlov's dog. My mouth starts watering immediately, like, 'Man, that is so good,' but I can't take a bite of it"

"I don't know. I have incredible amounts of hope that things can change. It takes people who believe"

"I was starting to become impotent through this diet and couldn't perform. How many people who are taking the little blue pill, if they started to change what they are eating most of the time, could change the way their sex life is?"

"I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie"

"You know, why don't you take him off all this stuff you have him hopped up on, all this garbage that we're feeding him, all this sugar and caffeine, and then see what happens?"