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Morgan Spurlock Biography

Birth Name:Morgan Valentine Spurlock

Birth Place:Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States

Profession Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Soundtrack, Camera department

Fast Facts

Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Documentary Screenplay for "Super Size Me" in 2005
Won a Documentary Directing Award for "Super Size Me" at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival
Graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1993
Started out as a playwright and comedian in the early 2000s, when he created the web series "I Bet You Will" for MTV
Made his debut in the entertainment industry in the mid-1990s as a production assistant for the films "Leon: The Professional," "Bullets Over Broadway" and "Kiss of Death․"
Best known as the director of the documentaries "Super Size Me," "Where In the World is Osama Bin Laden," and "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold․"
Cites "Scanners," "It Happened One Night" and "The Shawshank Redemption" as his favorite films
His 2011 documentary "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold," about product placement in films, was funded entirely by advertisers
Gained 25 pounds while filming his documentary "Super Size Me․"

2004New Director's Award-: winner
2004MTV>News:Docs:Prize-: winner
2004Pare Lorentz Award-: nominated
2004Directing Award-Documentary: winner
2004Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
2005Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: nominated
2005OFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Picture: nominated
2005OFTA Television Award-Best Host of a Game, Competition or Reality Show: nominated
2005Documentary Screenplay Award-: winner
2006PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: nominated
2008Most Popular Documentary-: winner
2009Genesis Award-Outstanding Unscripted Television Series: winner
2009OFTA Television Award-Best Host or Performer of a Game, Reality, or Competition Show: nominated
2009Television Academy Honors-Recipient: winner
2010Best Documentary-: nominated
2011Miami Beach Visitor & Convention Authority Innovation in Industry Award-: winner
2011Grand Jury Prize-Knight Dox Competition: nominated
2011New Media Film Festival Award-Best Feature: winner
2011Best Documentary-: nominated
2012Best Documentary-: nominated
2013IDA Award-Best Limited Series: winner
2014IDA Award-Best Episodic Series: nominated
2015IDA Award-Best Short Form Series: nominated
2015IDA Award-Best Episodic Series: nominated
2016Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director (TV/Streaming): nominated
2017People's Choice Award-Documentary: nominated
2018Emmy-Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary: nominated