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Nació en Flint, Michigan, en 1954. Con tan sólo dieciocho años, aprovecha un resquicio legal y se convierte en el director más joven que jamás haya conocido una junta escolar en Estados Unidos. En los años ochenta irrumpe en el mundo de la televisión con la serie TV Nation, que a la postre serÃa galardonada con un premio Emmy. En 1989 dirige la pelÃcula Roger & Yo, obra inspirada en el cierre de una planta de la General Motors en su ciudad natal.
En The Big One (1997), Moore puso en jaque a las grandes multinacionales, y contribuyó a detener la explotación laboral infantil en el Tercer Mundo. Pero su definitiva consagración internacional como cineasta lo obtiene con Bowling for Columbine (2002), un duro alegato contra la tenencia de armas que fue galardonado con un Oscar y el premio César de la Academia de la CinematografÃa francesa a la Mejor PelÃcula Extranjera. En el Festival de Cannes 2004 se alza con la Palma de Oro con su última producción cinematográfica: Fahrenheit 9/11.
En su faceta como escritor ha publicado, entre otros, Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American, Adventures in a TV Nation y Estúpidos hombres blancos.
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Michael Moore
born: 23-04-1954
birth place: Flint, MichiganAn unlikely political figure, bumbling along in glasses, cap and baggy jeans, Michael Moore is America’s most fearless and populist political commentator. A passive aggressive, Moore’s style is to hurl himself into major issues with wit and humour, and hope his energy captures public opinion. He believes fervently in the common man’s stand against the State.
Moore’s politics is home grown. Born in Flint, a town then dominated by General Motors car plants, he saw his Irish father and grandfather earn their livelihood at the factories, and then watched as a town of men like them were sacked, as GM relocated to cheaper labour pools in Mexico. The town was left destitute as GM and its shareholders’ profits fattened.
Moore’s lust to reveal cooperate injustice and misdemeanour began when he was an Eagle Scout and made a slide show exposing all the businesses that polluted Flint. At 18, Moore won a seat on the Flint school board, making him one of the youngest people in the US to hold public office.
Preferring activism to study, Moore became a journalist on the ‘Flint Voice’ and, in time he became editor, and the paper expanded into the ‘Michigan Voice’. The outspoken writer graduated to editor of ‘Mother Jones’, the leftist political journal in 1986, though frequent arguments with the publishers made the partnership a short one.
Moore used his ‘Mother Jones’ settlement money as the seed for ‘Roger & Me’ – a documentary film describing GM’s part in the economic collapse of Flint. Determined to get the story on the air, Moore had to sell his house and host bingo evenings to finish the film. It was one of the most financially successful documentaries ever.
Moore then dabbled in TV, but could not get his ratings up, so in 1996 he wrote ‘Downsize This’ – a political commentary. It was a best seller. Since then, Moore has continued to write and make successful documentaries – ‘Bowling For Columbine’ (2002) won a Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Moore is a fierce and very public critic of George W Bush, his administratiion and the US invasion of Iraq. His hard hitting documentary, ‘Fahrenheit 9/11′, an attack on Bush’s ability to run the US, has become a worldwide blockbuster, becoming the highest grossing documentary of all time.
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