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"Now more than ever, Michael’s appetite for the truth is crucial."
— Harvey Weinstein in 2017

Michael Moore leapt into public awareness with "Roger & Me", his 1989 documentary film blasting the chairman of General Motors for destroying the economy of Flint, Michigan (Moore's home town). He had previously been managing editor at Mother Jones Magazine.
His 2002 film "Bowling For Columbine" won an Oscar for Best Documentary feature.

The very controversial documentary film "Fahrenheit 9/11" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2004, and then got even more free publicity when Disney Studios told subsidiary Miramax Films not to distribute the movie, for fear of interference in Bush's re-election. A deal was made and Miramax bought the film outright, then signed with independents Lionsgate & I.F.C. for distribution.
After the record-setting opening of "Fahrenheit 9/11" in June 2004, Moore made the cover of Time Magazine – see two online articles from that July 12th issue: "The World According To Michael" by Richard Corliss & others, and "The Moore Method" sidebar. And he also was listed as one of the Time Magazine 100 (April 2005).

          Not one to avoid the spotlight, Moore revealed in early 2007 that the I.R.S. was going to audit his income tax records because of his trip to Cuba to film parts of "Sicko" – a revelation nicely timed for the opening of that film.
          Moore's sequel project called "Fahrenheit 9/11½" seems to be abandoned.
          Moore's next project was described as "a look at the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy during the transition between the incoming Obama Administration and the outgoing Bush Administration", which was released as "Capitalism: A Love Story" in October 2009.
          Moore's "Where To Invade Next" was released to theaters in December 2015 and on DVD/Blu-ray in May 2016.
          "Fahrenheit 11/9" was announced at the May 2017 Cannes Festival as being sold for distribution by The Weinstein Company and that foreign rights were available.

won a shared Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series for "TV Nation" [1994]

Michael Moore won an Emmy for "TV Nation" [1994]
and the Best Feature Documentary Oscar®
for "Bowling For Columbine" [2002]

He has also received
two International Documentary Association Awards (1990 & 2004)
two Producers Guild of America Awards (1995 & 2008)
three other Emmy Award nominations (1996-2001)
three awards at Cannes (2002 & 2004)
two Audience Choice Award at Chicago International Film Festival (2002 & 2015)
César Award for Best Foreign Film (2003)
the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary (2003)
W.G.A. Award for Best Original Screenplay (2003), plus 4 nominations (2000-2010)
Gotham Filmmaker Award (2004)
the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Language Film Director (2004)
two awards at the Venice Film Festival (2009)

"Roger & Me: A Humorous Look
At How General Motors Destroyed Flint, Michigan"
[Dog Eat Dog / Warner Bros. Dec 1989]
Produced, written & directed by Michael Moore • full credits from IMDb

"Pets or Meat: The Return To Flint"
[Dog Eat Dog Films Sept 1992]
full credits from IMDb

"Canadian Bacon" comedy [Dog Eat Dog / Maverick Sept 1995]
Co-produced, written & directed by Michael Moore • full credits from IMDb

"The Big One" documentary
[Dog Eat Dog/Miramax April 1997]

The Big One documentary film by Michael Moore

While crossing the nation on an escorted book tour (for "Downsize This!"), Moore can't help but seek out corporate execs to ask the burning question of Middle America: "If Fortune 500 companies are posting record-setting profits, why do they continue laying off thousands of American workers?" • Written & directed by and starring Michael Moore; featuring footage of Bill Clinton, Congressman Robert Dornan, Steve Forbes, Garrison Keillor, Nike Chairman Phil Knight, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Jerry Springer & Studs Terkel; won awards at Aspen & Denver film festivals
Miramax Home Ent. color DVD [9/2004] for $24.95
Walt Disney Video color VHS [9/99] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"The Awful Truth" TV series
[United Broadcasting / Bravo Cable 1999-2000]
full credits from IMDb

"The Fever"
[on festival circuit 2005; H.B.O. airdate 13 June 2007]

A woman of the privileged class travels to a country torn by civil war. Suddenly ill, she becomes delirious and confronts her internal chorus and the conflict between the desire for comfort and the reality of oppression • Co-produced & directed by Carlo Gabriel Nero; adapted by Wallace Shawn from his play; starring Michael Moore, Vanessa Redgrave, Angelina Jolie & Joely Richardson
H.B.O. Home Video widescreen color DVD [12/2007] for $9.99
full credits from IMDb

"The Fever" play [1991] by Wallace Shawn
Dramatists Play Service pb [1/98] for $6.50
FS&G hardcover [5/91] out of print/used

"Sicko" documentary [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein June 2007]

Moore compares the failed American health care system with that of Canada & Cuba. Official tagline: "A comedy about 45 million people with no health care in the richest country on earth." • Co-produced, written & directed by and starring Michael Moore; won ACE & PGA Awards, nominated for WGA Award & for Best Documentary Feature Oscar
Weinstein Company color DVD [11/2007] for $19.99
full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Fahrenheit 9/11½ The Sequel"
[Dog Eat Dog/Miramax; abandoned?]
pre-production info no longer showing on IMDb (10/2008)

"Michael Moore's Slacker Uprising" documentary
aka "Captain Mike Across America" [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein Sept 2008]

Gadfly filmmaker Michael Moore toured the U.S. to increase voter registration among post-high school youth ('slackers') for the important 2004 Presidential election, and he took his camera crew with him. This film is a record of that ultimately-failed effort (Dubya won), with the omission of death threats and attempts on Moore's life during the tour. In a radical marketing move, Moore made the entire film available online for free, immediate download for three weeks in September & October (after signup; available in U.S. & Canada only), as well as the standard DVD edition • Co-produced, written, directed & narrated by Michael Moore; includes performances or appearances by Roseanne Barr, Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Tom Morello (of Rage Against The Machine band), Viggo Mortensen, R.E.M. band, and Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam band)
Brave New Films widescreen color DVD [10/2008] for $9.95 includes 7 short films and other extras
full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Capitalism: A Love Story"
documentary [Dog Eat Dog/Weinstein Oct 2009]

Capitalism, A Love Story documentary by Michael Moore

Back in 2008, Michael Moore's next film was described as being about 'the wonders of capitalism'. However, fate provided him with the 'G.O.P. Meltdown', the still-rolling collapse of the U.S. and worldwide economy. The American Dream is looking like a nightmare for more and more ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down, as families pay the price each day with their jobs, their homes and their savings – the disastrous impact of unregulated corporate dominance and scared politicians seeking re-election over mystified & angry citizens across America. Co-produced, written & directed by & starring Michael Moore; interviewees include Cong. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, Cong. Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Wallace Shawn & Elizabeth Warren, with archive footage of Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan & Franklin Delano Roosevelt; won 2 awards at the Venice Film Festival
Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] for $24.99
Starz / Anchor Bay widescreen color DVD [3/2010] for $17.99
full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Michael Moore on WikiLeaks: Leaks Don't Kill People, Secrets Do" [Dec 2010]
interview by Keith Olbermann on MSNBC's Countdown program
watch news segment [10:43] online at YouTube

"Fahrenheit 11/9" [in production 2017]
Announced 5/2017 at the Cannes Festival: Bob and Harvey Weinstein have bought worldwide rights to Michael Moore’s documentary on President Donald Trump; the film is still in production, with members of his team from "Fahrenheit 9/11" director-producers Meghan O'Hara, Tia Lessin, and Carl Deal • not yet listed at IMDb

"Michael Moore Presents: Planet of The Humans" 4/2020

[Huron Mountain Films/Rumble Media 4/2020]
"The takeover of the environmental movement by capitalism is now complete." ~~~ filmmaker Jeff Gibbs

Planet of The Humans documentary feature on YouTube

This film is a wake-up call, a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle to stop climate change through well-meaning but disastrous choices - because we are following leaders who have taken us down the wrong road by selling out the green movement to wealthy interests and corporate America • CAVEAT: While the intention of the film is a pro-environment warning, the methods used include false information and even 'downright lies' – see annotated reviews at 'Get Energy Smart NOW!' blogsite
Exec produced by gadfly filmmaker Michael Moore; co-produced by Valorie Gibbs, Christopher Henze, David Paxson, Ozzie Zehner; co-produced, written & directed by Jeff Gibbs; featuring Al Gore, Jr., Denis Hayes (founder of Earth Day), activist Van Jones, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., eco-activist Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva, Ozzie Zehner, Kristin Zimmerman (General Motors), Jeff Gibbs; with archive footage of Michael Bloomberg, Richard Branson, Rachel L. Carson, Vinod Khosla & Elon Musk (Tesla Motors)
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site
watch full movie [4/2020 upload; 1:40:01] FREE for 30 days online at YouTube - still there 9/2021!
watch next-day Stephen Colbert interview of Michael Moore [7:29] online at YouTube

"The Terms of My Surrender" one-man theater piece 8/2016

[Broadway Aug-Oct 2017]

Michael Moore 'The Terms of My Surrender' one-man show on Broadway

Tagline: “Can a Broadway show take down a sitting President?” • Previews in July, then twelve weeks only at the Shubert Belasco Theater • Written by & starring Michael Moore; produced by Carol Shorenstein Hays & IMG Original Content; directed by Tony award-winner Michael Mayer; set design by David Rockwell
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available •
credits at Internet Broadway Database • official website
watch 5/1/2017 interview with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC [8:55] online at YouTube

	"Downsize This!: Random Threats From An Unarmed American" [1996] Harper 8x5¼ pb [9/97] for $11.86 Pan Books 7½x5 pb [11/2002] out of print/used Crown hardcover [9/96] out of print/many, many used Random House audio [9/96] out of prodn/used
	"Stupid White Men . . . and Other Sorry Excuses For The State of The Nation!" [2002] largest selling non-fiction book in America for 2002 Regan Books 8x5¼ pb [5/2004] for $11.86 Regan Books 9x5¾ hardcover [2/2002] for $19.72 Phoenix Audio UNABR audio CD [10/2006] 7 disks for $26.56 New Millennium UNABR audio CD [5/2002] out of print/used New Millennium UNABR audio [5/2002] for $24.47
	"Dude, Where's My Country?" [2003] Grand Central Publng 9x5¾ pb [8/2004] for $11.66 Warner 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2003] out of print/many, many used Hachette UNABR audio CD [10/2003] 8 disks for $30.09 Hachette UNABR audio [10/2003] for $32.98
	"Will They Ever Trust Us Again?: Letters From The War Zone - Soldiers, Veterans & Their Families Write To Michael Moore" [2004] S&S 7½x5 pb [10/2004] for $16.95 Penguin 7½x5 pb [7/2005] out of print/used S&S 8¾x5¾ hardcover [10/2004] out of print/many used
	"Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life" [2011] Grand Central Publng 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2011] for $14.99

	"Michael Moore Hates America" [Allumination Filmworks Sept 2004] Co-produced, written & directed by Michael Wilson; featuring Michael Wilson, Andrew Breitbart, propagandist Dinesh D’Souza, Michael Eisner (CEO at Walt Disney Corp.), Sandra Froman (VP at National Rifle Assn.), author David Hardy, Penn Jillette of 'Penn & Teller', then-Congressman Mark Kennedy, docu-mentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, Jerry Taylor (energy expert at Cato Institute), and former U.S. Con-gressman J.C. Watts; with archive footage of Joe Scarborough, Raymond Teller & Michael Moore FilmRise color DVD [7/2014] for $5.99 FilmRise digitally-remastered color DVD [10/2014] for $14.99 Amazon Instant Video [2013] rental $3.99, purchase $5.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [2/2009 upload; 1:30] online at YouTube watch full movie [7/2014 upload; 1:33:33] online at YouTube
	"Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man" [6/2004] by David T. Hardy & Jason Clarke authors fire back at Michael Moore, who they describe as the 'fervent prophet of the far left' and 'his incendiary, ill-founded polemics' • BALDERDASH!! DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK
	"The World According To Michael Moore: A Portrait In His Own Words" [2004] by Ken Lawrence Andrews McMeel Publng 6¾x5 pb [9/2004] for $9.95
	"Moore and Us: One Man's Quest For A New World Order" [2005] by Jesse Larner Sanctuary Publng 7¾x5¼ pb [5/2005] out of print/used
	"Michael Moore: A Biography" [2005] by Emily Schultz light-weight content, mixed reviews; included here but hoping a better bio comes along soon E.C.W. Press 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $18.96
	"Forgive Us Our Spins: Michael Moore & The Future of The Left" [2006] by Jesse Larner Wiley & Sons 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2006] for $18.21

	Co-directed by Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar; co-written by Harold Crooks from Joel Bakan's book; interviewees include Noam Chomsky, Peter Drucker, Milton Freidman, Ray Anderson, and Michael Moore Zeitgeist Video color DVD [4/2005] 2 disks for $22.49 full credits from IMDb • official movie website
	"The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit & Power" [2004] by Joel Bakan Free Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $17.00

	The highest-grossing documentary feature film of all time; made more in its opening weekend than the former record-holder (Moore's own "Bowling For Columbine" [2002]) did in its entire run; nominated for DGA Best Documentary Award & César Award Best Foreign Film • Written & directed by Michael Moore Columbia/TriStar widescreen DVD [10/2004] for $18.82 Columbia/TriStar VHS [10/2004] priced for rental market Rhino soundtrack CD [10/2004] for $12.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie website
	"The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader" [2004] Edited by Michael Moore S&S 9¼x6 pb [10/2004] for $11.20
	"Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11: How One Film Divided A Nation" [2006] by Robert Brent Toplin Univ KS Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2006] for $16.97

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