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Michael Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American documentary film director and author known for his satirical advocacy of social democrat views. Moore became famous for his film Roger & Me, a documentary about what happened to his hometown Flint, Michigan, near Detroit, after General Motors closed its factories and opened new ones in Mexico, where the workers were paid much less. His work has been branded Chomsky for children.
In 1995, Moore released a satirical film, Canadian Bacon, which featured a US politician (played by Alan Alda) engineering a war with Canada in order to boost his popularity.
Moore's 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine, probes the culture of guns and violence in the United States. Bowling for Columbine won the 2003 Academy Award for Documentary Feature, got special notice at the Cannes Film Festival and won France's Cesar Award as the Best Foreign Film.
He has also directed two television series, TV Nation and The Awful Truth, both with a vicious satirical wit.
Moore has authored two bestselling books: Downsize This!, about politics and corporate crime in the United States, and Stupid White Men, a critique of American domestic and foreign policy.
Moore was previously a columnist for and briefly the editor of Mother Jones magazine and an employee of Ralph Nader. He left Nader's employment on bad terms, but they remained friends, with Moore vociferously supporting Nader's campaign for the US presidency in 2000.
Books
- Downsize This!, 1996 ISBN 0330419153
- Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!, New York, 2001 ISBN 0060392452
- Dude, Where's My Country?, New York, 2003 ISBN 0446532231
External link
See Mike Moore for the New Zealand politician and World Trade Organization director.