Morgan Spurlock


Director

Biography

Life Events

1996

Worked as announcer for extreme sports on ESPN

1999

Directed the full-length play "The Phoenix"; won the Audience Favorite Award at the NY International Fringe Festival

2000

Helmed the corporate image piece for the Sony Corporation "Do You Dream in Sony?"; won the Chicago Film Festival for Corporate Production and the U.S. Film and Video Festival for top Multi-Image Production

2000

Created an online reality show "I Bet You Will"; aired on MTV (2002), becoming the first show to go from the Web to TV

2004

Helmed and starred in the award-winning documentary "Super Size Me" featuring the ill-health effects of McDonalds food

2005

Published first book Don¿t Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America, a companion to his movie

2005

Created the reality series "30 Days" (FX) where he and others spend thirty days living someone else's life

2008

Helmed the documentary "Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?"

2010

Executive-produced "The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice!" for Fox, which earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Nonfiction Special

2011

Wrote, directed, and produced the documentary "Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope"

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