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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Lynn Milgrim to Rob Morrow
Michael Moore Biography (1954-)
Born April 23, 1954, in Flint (some sources cite Davison), MI; son of Frank (an automotive assembly-line worker) and Veronica (a secretary) Moore; marriedKathleen Glynn (a producer); children: Natalie. Addresses: Office: Dog Eat Dog Films, P.O. Box 831, Radio City Station, New York, NY 10101-0831.;Agent: Ariel Emanuel, Endeavor, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Producer, director, writer, actor
- Birth Details
- April 23, 1954
- Flint, Michigan, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
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Roger and Me, Warner Bros., 1989
- Interviewer, Blood in the Face (also known as Right Thinking), First Run Features, 1991
- Buffalo Joe, Canadian Bacon, Gramercy, 1994
- Narrator, The Big One, Miramax, 1997
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I Think I Cannes, 1997
- Panel member, Edtv (also known as Ed TV), MCA/Universal, 1999
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The Insider, Buena Vista, 1999
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Trade Off, Wright Angle Media, 2000
- Walter, Lucky Numbers (also known as Le bon numero), Paramount, 2000
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Fever Pitch, 2001
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Last Party 2000, ID Distribution, 2001
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Bowling for Columbine, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2002
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Film Work
- Producer and director, Roger and Me, Warner Bros., 1989
- Producer and director, Canadian Bacon, Gramercy, 1994
- Producer and director, The Big One, Miramax, 1997
- Director, And Justice for All, 1998
- Producer and director, Bowling for Columbine, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2002
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Anchor, TV Nation (also known as The Naked Eye), NBC, 1994,then Fox, 1995
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The Awful Truth, Bravo, beginning 1999
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Specials
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Pets or Meat: Return to Flint, PBS, 1992
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Rock the Vote, Fox, 1992
- Host and correspondent, TV Nation: Year-in-Review Special, NBC, 1994
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Norman Jewison on Comedy in the 20th Century: Funny Is Money, Showtime, 1999
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Episodic
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Late Night with David Letterman, 1990
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1990
- "The Birth," Mad about You, NBC, 1996
- Himself, "Pal Joey," Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Network,1998
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The View, 2002
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Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, 2002
- Also appeared in an episode of Independent Focus.
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Television Work
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Series
- Creator, executive producer, and director, TV Nation, NBC, 1994, then Fox, 1995
- Creator, executive producer, and director, The Awful Truth, Bravo,beginning 1999
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Pilots
- Executive producer, Better Days, CBS, 1998
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Specials
- Producer and director, Pets or Meat: Return to Flint, PBS, 1992
- Director, Rock the Vote, Fox, 1992
- Executive producer and director, TV Nation: Year-in-Review Special, NBC, 1994
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Stage Appearances
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Michael Moore Live! (solo show), Roundhouse Theatre, London, 2002
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Radio Appearances
- Commentator, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, 1985
- Host of Radio Free Flint (series).
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Radio Work
- Producer of Radio Free Flint (series).
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
- Executive producer, TV Nation (collected television episodes), 1995
- Executive producer, TV Nation 2 (collected television episodes), 1995
- Director of videos, including "All the Way to Reno (You're Still Gonna Bea Star)" by R.E.M. and "Sleep Now in the Fire" and "Testify" by Rage againstthe Machine.
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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Roger and Me, Warner Bros., 1989
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Canadian Bacon, Gramercy, 1994
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The Big One, Miramax, 1997
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Bowling for Columbine, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2002
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A Brief History of the United States of America, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2002
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Television Series
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TV Nation, NBC, 1994, then Fox, 1995
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Television Specials
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Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint, PBS, 1992
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TV Nation: Year-in-Review Special, NBC, 1994
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Nonfiction
- (With Kathleen Glynn) Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American, 1996
- (With Glynn) Adventures in a TV Nation, HarperCollins, 1998
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Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!, 2002
- Past columnist for Mother Jones. Contributor to periodicals, including Columbia Journalism Review,
Detroit Free Press,
Los Angeles Times,
Nation, and Newsday.
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
- The television special Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint was included as a segment of the documentary film Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright, 1992. The book Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State ofthe Nation! was released as an audio book in 2003.
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Newsmakers 1990, Issue 3, Gale, 1990
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St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000
Periodicals
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Dollars & Sense, September-October, 1998, p. 9
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Entertainment Weekly, July 15, 1994; October 25, 2002, p. 43; December 20, 2002, pp. 42-43
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Esquire, January, 1993, p. 44
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Film Comment, November-December, 1989, p. 16
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Fortune, May 11, 1998, p. 28
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Interview, September, 1994, p. 70
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Library Journal, January, 2002, p. 76
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Multichannel News, November 16, 1998, p. 20
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Newsweek, March 30, 1998, p. 40
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New Yorker, November 6, 1989, p. 133; October 12, 1992, p. 44
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New York Times, July 15, 1990
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Playboy, July, 1999, pp. 124-25, 152-56
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Progressive, June, 1996, p. 40
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Publishers Weekly, November 25, 1996, p. 12
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Tikkun, November-December, 1998, p. 25
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U.S. News & World Report, September 22, 1997, p. 48
Electronic
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Michael Moore, http://www.michaelmoore.com, March 17, 2003
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