Michael Francis Moore (innate April 23, 1954) is an American film director, author and social commentator. He is widely known for his outspoken, critical views of corporations and the Bush administration.

Early life

Michael Moore's at home town, Davison, Michigan, is neighbor to Flint, Michigan home to many General Motors' factories, where his mother was the secretary, & each his father & granddaddy were listed. His uncle was one of a founders of the United Automobile Workers labor union and was part of the noted sitdown strike.

Moore, an Irish-American, was brought up the Roman Catholic and attended a Diocesan seminary at age 14. He so attended Davison High School, graduating around 1972. That equivalent month, he run & win a seat on the Davison board of education on the platform according to firing the senior high school's principal, John B McKenna, & vice principal, Kanje Cohen. Per prevent of his term two got resigned. Michael Moore is besides an Eagle Scout, which is the highest rank awarded per Boy Scouts in the United States, and an accomplishment of which he is however gallant. For his Eagle Task, he filmed the docudrama pointing out various safety hazards & issues in his community.

Fallowing dropping away from University of Michigan-Flint, at 22 he founded a guide each week magazine A Flint Voice (which presently changed its title to The Michigan Voice). Inside 1986, when Moore became a editor of Mother Jones, a liberal political magazine, he moved to California and the Voice was shut down. When 5 months at Mother Jones, he was fired after he refused to publish an article by Paul Berman that was mildly critical of the Sandinistas' human rights record. Explaining how come he did non publish a article, Moore stated that "(Ronald) Reagan could easily hold it up", locution, "See, even Mother Jones agrees with me" [http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/880242/posts]. He afterwards sued for wrongful dismissal, shopping for $2 million, & settled a outbreak for $58,000, which provided unfair funding for his foremost film task, Roger and Me.

Moore is married to Kathleen Glynn (natural April 10, 1958 in Flint). Inside 1981, the few gave birth to the girl known as Natalie.

Directing

Films

Roger & Me: Moore first became famous for his controversial 1989 film Roger & Me, a documentary about what happened to Flint, Michigan, after General Motors closed its factories and opened new ones in Mexico, where the workers were paid much less. Since so Moore has been known as a critic of the neoliberal view of globalization. "Roger" is Roger B. Smith, former CEO and president of General Motors. A docudrama was an extremely challenging undertaking for even somebody world health organization got never attended film school or worked in any capacity in the screenland. Moore was largely taught a craft of filmmaking by his cameraman Kevin Rafferty, who is ironically too the number one cousin of President George W. Bush. A influence of Rafferty, world health organization co-directed a 1982 cult classic documentary film The Atomic Café, can be seen within Moore's satiric utilize of archival footage taken from either vintage B-movies, television commercials, & newsreels that has since become the hallmark of his infotainment.

American Bacon: Around 1995, Moore released the satiric film, Canadian Bacon, which featured a fictional US president (played by Alan Alda) engineering a war with Canada in order to boost his popularity.

A Large Of these: Around 1997, Moore directed The Big One, which documents the tour publicizing his book Downsize This! Random Threats from either an Unarmed Western, in which he criticized mass layoffs despite record corporate success. Among others, he targeted Nike for outsourcing shoe production to Indonesia.

Bowling for Aquilegia: Moore's 2002 film Bowling for Columbine, probes the culture of guns & violence in the States. Bowling for Aquilegia won a Day of remembrance Prize at a Cannes Film Festival and France's Cesar Award as the Right Foreign Film. In a United States, it won the 2003 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. It besides enjoyed low commercial message & critical profits for the film of its nature & severity and became, at a instance, the greatest-grossing mainstream-freed infotainment (a record nowadays held by Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11). It was praised by virtually all critics for illuminating the subject slighted per mainstream media, however it was attacked by a select few opponents world health organization claim these are erroneous & shoddy within its presentations & recommended interpretations of cases.

Fahrenheit 9/11: Fahrenheit 9/11 examines America in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, particularly a record of the Bush administration & alleged links between the families of George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden. Fahrenheit was awarded a ''Palme d'Or, the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival; it was the first documentary film to win the prize since 1956. Moore late announced that Fahrenheit 9/11'' would non become around consideration for the 2005 Academy Award for Documentary Feature, but instead for the Academy Award for Best Picture. He stated he wanted a motiin picture to become seen by two or three million additional population, sooner on television, bye election day. Since November 2 was less than nine months after a film's release, it would exist as disqualified for the Infotainment Oscar. Moore besides said he wanted to exist as supportive of his "teammates in non-fiction film." Yet, Fahrenheit received there are no Oscar nomination for Right Picture. A title of the film alludes to the classic book Fahrenheit 451 (about a first totalistic state where books come banned; paper begins to burn at 451 degrees Fahrenheit) & a pre-release subtitle of the film confirms the allusion: "The temperature at which freedom burns." At a pack professional, Fahrenheit 9/11 remains by far the greatest-grossing documentary film ever, ingesting more or less $200 million worldwide, including domestic box office revenue of $120 million.

'''Sicko (cinematography)': Moore is presently working in a film just about a Our contries health care patterns from either a viewpoint of mental health care, focusing particularly on the managed-care & pharmaceutical industries, under the working title Sicko''. At least 2 major pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, have ordered their employees does'nt to grant any interviews to Moore. [http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/9794410.htm?1c] [http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/business/9824781.htm]

'''Fahrenheit 9/11½ (pre-production)': In November 11, 2004 Moore told the Hollywood trade publication Daily Kind that he is besides planning the sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11''. He said, "Fifty-one percent of the American people lacked information [in this election], and we want to educate and enlighten them. They weren't told the truth. We're communicators, and it's up to us to start doing it now."[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117913377?categoryid=2&cs=1] A sequel, such as a original, may concern a war inside Iraq and terrorism. Moore expects to complete Fahrenheit 9/11½ in 2006 or 2007.

'''Untitled Hurricane Katrina Project (concept)''' Moore has recently said that he is "seriously" looking for a plan all about a aftermath of the Katrina disaster & the Bush administration's treating of the disaster.

Moore's documental style is an required, essayed form, when much just just about Moore himself & his opinion as it is about a subject at a heart of the film. This occurs as expected criticism from either other hidebound documental makers, world health organization like a extra experimental style, a movie maker hidden behind the camera. A feature-length essayed form was pioneered by Nick Broomfield and was adopted by documentarians such as Louis Theroux, who himself worked by having Moore in ''Michael Moore's TV Nation''.

Moore's style has besides are under attack from either victims world health organization claim that once making his films, he below a belt edits & re-sequences cases sequentially to twist or even even misrepresent the words of his targets or interviewees. Dave Kopel has compiled a [http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-inside-Fahrenheit-911.htm list of alleged deceits] in Fahrenheit 9/11, & Slate.com's Christopher Hitchens compiled a [http://slate.msn.com/id/2102723/ similar list]. A caustic tone one criticisms quickly drew counter-criticisms from either OpEdNews.com articles like [http://www.opednews.com/wade_071004_deception.htm Deception; Desperate Right Wing Attacks on Fahrenheit 9/11] & [http://opednews.com/wade_070404_hitchens.htm How Many Lies Can Christopher Hitchens Tell?] also as an eFilmCritic article [http://efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=1150 Defending Truth: Slate's Chris Hitchens does a hatchet job on Michael Moore] and the [http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/17/2004/719 Columbus Free Press editorial].

Television shows

Between 1994 and 1995 he directed and hosted a television series TV Nation, which followed a format of news magazine shows however covered topics it refrain from. A series was aired in NBC in 1994 for 9 episodes & over again for Viii episodes in FOX in 1995.

His more series was The Awful Truth, which satirized actions by big corporations & politicians. It aired around 1999 and 2000.

A second 1999 series, Michael Moore Live was aired in the UK only in Channel 4, though it was broadcast from Future York. This indicate got the similar format to The Awful Truth however likewise incorporated phone-ins & the survive stunt every week. the indicate was performed around high noon local instance, which due to the period difference processed it a late-nighttime indicate in the UK.

Within 1999 Moore won the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award in Arts and Entertainment, for being the executive producer and host of The Awful Truth, where he was also described as "muckraker, author and documentary filmmaker."

Music videos

Moore has directed many music video cd, including 2 for Rage Against the Machine for songs from "The Battle of Los Angeles": "Sleep Now in the Fire" and "Testify". He was threatened using arrest in a period of the shooting of "Sleep Now in the Fire", which was filmed in Wall Street; the city of Up to date York experienced denied a b& permission to play there, possibly though a band and Moore got secured a federal permit to perform. [http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2000/397/397p24c.htm]

He besides directed a music on line videos for System of a Down's "Boom!" and "All the Way to Reno" from R.E.M..

Writings and political views
Moore has authored tercet right-selling books: Downsize This! (1996), about politics and corporate crime in the United States, Stupid White Men (2001), a critique of U.s. domestic help & foreign policy, and ''Dude, Where's My Country?'' (2003), an examination of the Bush family's relationships with Saudi royalty, the Bin Laden family, and the energy industry, and a call-to-action for liberals in the 2004 election.

Fallowing Moore's departure from either Mother Jones, he became an employee of Ralph Nader. He left Nader's employment in bad terms, however Moore vociferously supported Nader's campaign for the United States presidency inside 2000.

Around exchange for jumping in the indicate's "traveling mosh pit," Republican Alan Keyes won the endorsement of Moore's television series The Awful Truth in 2000, although Moore does not endorse Keyes' views.

Moore became the life member of the National Rifle Association after the Columbine Massacre. He has said around an locate that his intention was to run president of the organization & dismantle it fallowing winning. In the 2004 election, Moore urged Nader not to run, so as not to split the vote for ousting Bush. (Moore joined Bill Maher on the latter's television show within kneeling prior to Nader to plead by having him to stay away from a race.) In January 14, Moore endorsed General Wesley Clark for the Democratic nomination. Moore drew attention once charging publicly that Bush was AWOL during his service in the National Guard (see George W. Bush military service controversy). Besides, inside the period of an October 27 prevent in Portland, Or even, Moore known as the personal telephone number of radio persons Lars Larson, given to him by a member of the audience.

Moore was the high-profile guest at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, conspicuously sitting around a pack using previous President Jimmy Carter & his married woman. Moore as well attended a 2004 Republican National Convention, where he was criticized around the speech by Senator John McCain as "a disingenuous film-maker". Moore wrote the day-to-day column chronicling his impressions of the convention inside USA Today.

within the period of September & October 2004, Moore spoke at universities & colleges in swing states during his "Slacker Uprising Tour". A tour gave away ramen and underwear to population world health organization promised to vote. This provoked public denouncement from either a Michigan Republican Party and attempts to convince the food and drug administration that Moore should become arrested for buying votes, however da refused for exposed. A "Underwear" tour was the popular profits. Heavy many immature adults registered to vote, & by the hard percentage voted for John Kerry (Kerry 54%, Bush 44%). Nevertheless, a typically increased turnout around a election ensured that the percentage of youth ballot was little different than in 2000, albeit at a higher numerical level. John Kerry in time won a state of Michigan by 3%.

Quite even a virtually all controversial prevent around a period of the tour was Utah Valley State College in Orem, Utah. The fight for his correct to speak ensued inside massive debate & the media blitz. Demise threats, payoff & case ensued. A event was chronicled in the documentary film [http://www.thisdividedstate.com This Divided State.]

Using a 2004 election complete, Moore continues to collect references on a War around Iraq & the Bush administration.

Controversy and criticism

Moore's work has attracted much of criticism & praise, especially when a release of his film Fahrenheit 9/11 around 2004. When it gathered usually favorable reviews from either pic critics [http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/fahrenheit911], a select few opponents described a film as a deceptive & erroneous portrayal of the U.S. government. Moore install the rebuttal "war room" [http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/index.php] to trend lines the content within Fahrenheit 9/11 & counter criticisms [http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm].

Similar accusations of deceptive redaction, staging or even even scripting scenes, or altering a original intent of the speaker in the streaming own likewise been manufactured just about Moore's film Bowling for Aquilege [http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel040403.asp]. Inside Bowling for Aquilege, within-screen text was allegedly altered in the Bush-Quayle campaign ad, & footage edited into it from either the non-campaign ad, sequentially to produce it seem racist. Moore denied that this was waste a film, however is said to use at times slightly corrected the text for the DVD release. [http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2003_08_31_archive.html#10624779059990811]

Ray Bradbury has also complained just about Moore's adaptation of his Fahrenheit 451 title without permission [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5324876/], calling him the "screwed asshole." But, such permission is non legally compulsory & Bradbury himself is the creator of many books whose titles come taken from either works by more writers.

2 of Moore's previous associates, the previous employee & the previous manager, claim he is "false in all his dealings" & "money-obsessed" [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1222496,00.html]. He has been criticized for the big public speaking fees he receives. Around of these easily-publicized time, Moore received the $10,000 honorarium for an appearance at Cornell University [http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/02/4.11.02/Michael_Moore.html]. A single previous Cornell student world health organization was critical of Moore presented him using an oversize fake sign in that total fallowing his speech as a publicity stunt. He so shouted to the audience that Moore experienced processed additional money bump off of this a single speech than numerous teaching paraprofessionals produce inside an entire month, which prompted an angry response from either Moore: "Motherfucker ... You come down with your check making a big-ass statement. ... I give this money away to organizations I support" [http://www.cornelldailysun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2002/04/04/108143300540755badd4cd6?in_archive=1]. a second cease he mass produced within Utah was met sustaining similar fervor, the cause was filed to prevent him from either either getting his $50,000 payment from school funds & a payoff was offered to find all the tickets back & cancel the event. Each a causa & a payoff was chronicled in the docudrama [http://www.thisdividedstate.com This Divided State.] Moore late received big speaking fees from either a University of Texas ($25,000) & Kansas University ($30,000) for which he was extremely criticized by campus Republican groups [http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/oct/30/possible_moore_visit/]. Defenders of Moore call for these accusations hypocritical, pointing out that name of Moore's stature (including a select few of his critics) come typically paid similar honorariums by sponsors for their appearances and super couple of a children get on record when with donated the money to the induces it trend lines [http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/sportspeakers/Celebrity_Personal_Appearance.php].

Moore has too been criticized for his alleged insensitiveness to the 9-11 terrorist attacks. He known as the plane rider world health organization died in the attacks "a bunch of scaredy-cats" [http://www.rightwingnews.com/reader/mooreclue.php]. Moore's defenders maintain that his comments were taken away from context.

Using Moore's profits, there use at times been numerous works criticising his books & films. These include a films Michael Moore Hates America, Celsius 41.11, and FahrenHYPE 9/11.

A select few groups, like a conservative evangelical Christian group Focus on the Family, urged the letter writing campaign directed at Michael Moore & published his at home location around a July 2004 newssheet.

In September 12th, 2001, a day after a September 11th terrorist attacks against New York City & Wash., DC, Michael Moore posted a message in his web places that involved a passage (since redacted from either the message on the site): "Many families have been devastated tonight. This just is not right. They did not deserve to die. If someone did this to get back at Bush, then they did so by killing thousands of people who DID NOT VOTE for him! Boston, New York, DC, and the planes' destination of California — these were places that voted AGAINST Bush!" This hwhen been interpreted by a few critics as Moore implying that an attack against areas that experienced voted for Bush would keep close at hand been justifiable. These equivalent critics develop pointed out that, at once whenever a population of a United States, including each major political parties, were coming together below the attacks, Moore was however revolve about the electoral politics of 2000.

The recent arguing surrounds Michael Moore's public comments all about a Iraq insurgence & terrorists. Around the [http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2004-04-14 memo] freed in his private internet site, Moore said "The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy'. They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush?" The Minutemen were a class action of elect militia within the 18th century that participated in the Western Revolution likewise when more conflicts in pre-Revolution United states unofficially of the British.

In their book Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man, David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke criticize Moore for, they allege, being untruthful in his film productions, especially with respect to Bowling for Columbine (the book's release predated Fahrenheit 9/11). Their allegation is that he primarily includes interviews & speeches that come heavy edited to produce the veto image of the subject existence portrayed & present shoddy or even traitorously information. [http://www.hardylaw.net/hestonfilming.html] It as well devote the chapter to their assertion, according to Moore's public behavior, that he has Narcissistic Personality Disorder, though it admit that they "have neither a background in psychiatry nor an opportunity to interview the patient". [http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=14207]

Oscar acceptance speech
After Moore accepted a Oscar for Bowling for Aquilegia, he created a stir after he took the chance to state his point of look at in President George W. Bush having started the 2003 invasion of Iraq:

a televised speech was met using a mixture of razzing & hand clapping from either the audience. Within a backstage locate sustaining Moore later, he claimed that the majority of the audience was cheering. Moore repeated a a share of his speech that got been cut short due to a orchestra starting to play music & his mike existence sour polish off, & gave the cause "I'm an American" inside defense of his selection of acceptance speech. Within comment involved on the DVD for Aquilegia, Moore indicated that a majority of the audience were cheering for even him, prompting 1 or ii razz from either audience members, & that farther booing was actually Moore's supporters responding to the 1 or even deuce depreciator world health organization got be vocal in the audience.

After a unsuspecting hosts, Steve Martin, returned to the stage after Moore's speech, he joked: "It was so sweet backstage, the Teamsters are helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo." [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/03/23/state2309EST0088.DTL]

Depictions of Moore
In the 2004 satire film Team America: World Police, a marionette representation of Moore surfaces as a suicide bomber who blows up Team United states's headquarters within Mount Rushmore. He is late described as a 'gargantuan socialist weasel'. One of a makers of the film, Matt Stone, later stated that this representation was within response to Moore's placement of the South Park-style animation after an locate by having Stone within Moore's film Bowling for Columbine. It opined that this created the treasonably impression that Stone (& his colleague Trey Parker, who together come popular largely across existence a creators of South Park) created the animation, which he saw as "retarded." Stone down the road states that he doesn't "really hate the guy". [http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/01/13/matt_stone_team_america_interview.shtml]

Within an episode of the television indicate Arrested Development, 'The Of these In which Michael Leaves', an unidentified weighty documentary film maker approaches Lucile request whenever she would enlist her boy in the armed forces. Michael Moore asked a equivalent wonder around Fahrenheit 9/11, except the reactions he received were "no".

A 2004 Academy Awards opened with a satiric short film where the carrier, Billy Crystal, re-enacted the virtually all memorable scenes of 2004. Moore was depicted holding a camerthe amidst a battle (the Battle of the Pelennor Fields from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King film), and shouting, "Stop this war. Shame on you hobbits, shame on you. This is a fictitious war. This war was not elected by the populace."

MADtv comedian Paul Vogt is noted for his impersonations of Moore. Within the 2003 skit, entitled "Bowling for Christmas", [http://www.slimindustries.com/mary_exmus/moore/] Vogt as Moore angrily accuses Christmas shoppers of supporting terrorism & Santa Claus of exploiting child labor. Inside both scene a inscriptiin on Moore's jockey cap gets increasingly extra self-holier-than-thou: "Hero", "Saint", "Martyr".

Moore lent his voice to the parody of himself on The Simpsons; he was depicted as showing as much as Springfield Elementary School in support of a student strike. Whilst interviewed by Kent Brockman, he offered cost comparisons then had belligerent after Brockman asked him for the statistics' source when proof of their accuracy. [http://download.lardlad.com/sounds/season15/president31.mp3]

A British television programme Dead Ringers featured a section around its 2004 "US election special" entitled "Michael Moore takes on Michael Moore," where the Michael Moore imitator satirises Moore's documental style & approach.

Despite a contestation surrounding Moore & his act, he has experienced swell critical & fiscal profits as a film producer & writer. His films Bowling for Aquilege & Fahrenheit 9/11 debuted when a greatest-grossing feature-length non-music nonfictional prose films ever, a latter making above $120 million. Bowling for Aquilege won a Oscar for Best Documentary too when a foremost unanimous Grand Jury Prize at a Cannes, and Fahrenheit 9/11 won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture (an unprecedented honor for a documentary film), as well as the Palme d'Or Best Picture at the Cannes Film Festival.

Around 2005, Moore's at home town Davison, MI was therefore against a disceptation behind Moore's function, it decided to close a Davison Hall of Fame to stay away from with to allow Michael Moore around. This sparked trend lines for Moore, ordinarily sequent within the total of 'City of Michael Moore' check in Davison. A City has voiced dissent one signs, & occasionally residents keep around replaced the two by having "Davison City Limit" signs.

His published work
List of books
Moore, Michael (1996). Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American. Perennial (Harpist Edition). ISBN 0060977337. Moore, Michael; & Glynn, Kathleen (1998). Adventures In A TV Nation. Perennial. ISBN 0060988096. Moore, Michael (2002). Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!. Regan Books. ISBN 0060392452. Moore, Michael (2003). ''Dude, Where's My Country?. Warner Books. ISBN 0446532231. Moore, Michael (2004). Will They Ever Trust Us Again?. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743271521. Moore, Michael (2004). The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743272927.

List of films
Roger & Me (1989) Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint (1992) (TV) Canadian Bacon (1995) The Big One (movie) (1997) And Justice for All (1998) Lucky Numbers (2000) Bowling for Columbine (2002) Fahrenheit 9/11'' (2004) "Palme d'Or" in Cannes Sicko (projected for 2005) Fahrenheit 9/11 1/2 (projected for 2006)

List of TV series
TV Nation (1994) The Awful Truth (1999)

Quotes

"Our young people who go off to war and who join the service, we need to honor them because they're willing to risk their lives to protect us, to defend us, so we can have this way of life. And the agreement that they make with us is that we never send them into harm's way unless it is absolutely necessary. I think most Americans — I just saw the latest poll today — 54% now believe that [invading Iraq] wasn't the wisest thing to do — it wasn't certainly in self-defense. You weren't threatened; I wasn't being threatened, and that's the only time, because ultimately if it was your child…would you give up your child to secure Fallujah?"
— On the television program ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', June 25, 2004

"We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don’t know about anything that’s happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing."
— A Wa Dispatch, June 26, 2004

"The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win."