Michael Francis Moore started his career in journalism. He made his directorial debut in the documentary ‘Roger & Me’ (1989), expressing his outlook about closing of factories in his hometown.
Moore’s next documentary film ‘Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint’ (1992) was a follow-up of his first production. He wrote, produced, directed the comedy-satire ‘Canadian Bacon’ (1998), commenting upon US-Canadian relations.
Moore’s tour for publicizing his book ‘Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American’ was captured in the documentary film ‘The Big One’ (1997). Following the ‘Columbine High School Massacre' (1999), Moore put forward his views on ‘violence in US’ through the documentary ‘Bowling for Columbine’ (2002), which brought in several prestigious awards, major commercial success and recognition as one of the best documentary films of all time.
Moore’s ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ (2004) about the September 11 attacks became the first documentary-film since 1956 to win top honor, ‘Palme d’Or,’ at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and became the highest-grossing documentary of all time.
Moore’s film about health-care and pharmaceutical industries, ‘Sicko,’ (2007) was given standing ovation at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It earned ‘Academy Award' nomination for 'Best Documentary-Feature.’
Moore filmed ‘Captain Mike across America’ while touring across US university campuses prior to the 2004 Presidential elections, and released on internet ‘Slacker Uprising’ (2008). His documentary-film ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ (2009) was about the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
Moore’s 2015 documentary film, ‘Where to Invade Next,’ depicted his traveling experiences and the social policies in various countries. He covered the 2016 Presidential election campaigns in the documentary film ‘Michael Moore in Trumpland’ (2016). His 2018 documentary about Donald Trump, ‘Fahrenheit 11/9,’ received mixed reviews. The environmental documentary film ‘Planet of the Humans’ (2017) was executive-produced by Moore.
Moore was the host-director of the TV-series ‘TV Nation’ (1994-1995), which was broadcast in the US and the UK. He wrote, directed and hosted the satirical TV-series ‘The Awful Truth’ (1999-2000) winning accolades. The TV-series ‘Michael Moore Live’ (1999) was broadcast from the US but aired only in the UK.
Moore played a supporting role in the black-comedy film ‘Lucky Number’ (2000) and a cameo in the psychological drama-film ‘The Fever’ (2004). He also appeared as himself in some TV-series and other documentaries.
In this documentary film, filmmaker Michael Moore explores the various circumstances that had lead to the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, which eventually lead to the proliferation of guns.
Where to Invade Next is a documentary film in which filmmaker Michael Moore decides to visit various countries, to examine how Europeans view education, healthcare, work, equality, and other issues. He also takes a look at the schooling system in France, Finland and Slovenia. He tries to show how America is different from the rest of the world.
This political documentary film by Michael Moore uses humor to connect the dots and investigate as well as question the motives for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The film also tries to show that George Bush, former US President, along with his associates had exploited the 9/11 attacks, and used it to their advantage.
Filmmaker Michael Moore demands answers when General Motors suddenly closes the doors of its auto plants, leaving 30,000 people out of work. Moore attempts to track down General Motors CEO Roger Smith, in order to make him answer for this.
Directed by Michael Moore, this film talks about the successes as well as the failures of the American capitalist system, where the richest one percent have more than the bottom 95 percent combined. He tries to show how although the system claims to reward free enterprise, it is usually the greedy ones who profit.
When a television channel decides to telecast the daily life of an ordinary person they choose a video store clerk and begin filming his life 24X7. Very soon, the show becomes very popular and he becomes a celebrity. But it also invites complications in his life and he starts looking for ways to quit the show without breaching his contract.
Canadian Bacon is a comedy film which revolves around a US President who talks about starting a war with Canada, in an attempt to boost his approval rating.
