Morgan Spurlock
Biography
Morgan Spurlock was an American documentary filmmaker and television producer. Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and raised in Beckley, he was a playwright whose play The Phoenix earned recognition in 1999 from the New York International Fringe Festival and in 2000 from the Route 66 American Playwriting Competition. He co-founded the production studio Warrior Poets in 2004. Super Size Me (2004) brought him acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for documentary feature, plus the Writers Guild of America's first documentary screenplay prize. He went on to direct Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? (2008), Freakonomics (2010), The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011), Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011), One Direction: This Is Us (2013) and Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017). On television, he was executive producer and star of 30 Days from 2005 to 2008 and producer and host of CNN's Morgan Spurlock Inside Man from 2013 to 2016.
53years old at death
- Born Parkersburg
- Died upstate New York
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Morgan Valentine Spurlock
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 13 years2004 to 2017
Genres
- Documentary83%, 5 films
- Comedy67%, 4 films
- Drama17%, 1 film
- Horror17%, 1 film
- War17%, 1 film
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Behind the award
Spurlock won the first Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for Super Size Me, which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Behind the camera
Spurlock wrote plays. His play The Phoenix earned him awards at the New York International Fringe Festival in 1999 and at the Route 66 American Playwriting Competition in 2000.
Behind the camera
Spurlock created I Bet You Will for MTV. The show started as an Internet webcast of five-minute episodes in which ordinary people performed stunts in exchange for money.
Morgan Spurlock movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Morgan Spurlock shares two films with Daryl Isaacs, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Daryl Isaacs2 films together, 2004 to 2008
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All films by Alex Gibney
Heidi EwingDirector, 1 film, 2010
All films by Heidi Ewing
Seth GordonDirector, 1 film, 2010
All films by Seth Gordon
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2004 | Writers Guild of America Award | Won | |
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