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Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American liberal filmmaker, author, social critic, and activist.[4] He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or.[5] His films Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Sicko (2007) also placed in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries,[5] and the former won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections.[6] He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth.
Moore's written and cinematic works criticize globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton[7] and George W. Bush, the Iraq War, the American health care system, and capitalism.
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[hide] 1 Personal life
2 Career 2.1 Directing/producing
2.2 Writing
2.3 Acting
2.4 Television
2.5 Music videos
2.6 Appearances in other documentaries
3 Political views
4 Published work 4.1 Bibliography
4.2 Filmography
4.3 Television series
5 References
6 External links
[edit] Personal life
Moore was born in Flint, Michigan,[1] and raised in Davison, a suburb of Flint, by parents Veronica (n?e Wall), a secretary, and Frank Moore, an automotive assembly-line worker.[8][9][10] At that time, the city of Flint was home to many General Motors factories, where his parents and grandfather worked. His uncle LaVerne was one of the founders of the United Automobile Workers labor union and participated in the Flint Sit-Down Strike
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