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Who is Michael Moore?
Michael Moore is a left-wing activist, author, and documentary filmmaker from the United States. Michael Moore frequently discusses globalization and capitalism in his work. Bowling for Columbine earned him the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2002.
Early Life and Childhood
Michael Moore was born on April 23, 1954, in Davison, Michigan, United States of America. Michael’s age is 67.
He was born outside of Flint, Michigan, and grew up in Davison. Helen Veronica (née Wall), his mother, worked as a secretary. Her birth year was 1921, and she died in 2002.
Francis Richard “Frank” Moore, his father, was an automotive assembly-line worker who died in 2014.
Michael grew up in Flint, which was home to many General Motors factories where his parents and grandfather worked. Michael’s uncle was one of the founders of the United Automobile Workers labor union known as LaVerne.
LaVerne participated in the Flint sit-in strike. Michael was raised as a devout Catholic. He is of Irish descent, with minor amounts of Scottish and English ancestry. Michael’s ancestors included Quakers.
Education Details
Michael Moore attended the parochial St. John’s Elementary School for his primary education. He later enrolled at St. Paul’s Seminary in Saginaw, Michigan, for a year before attending Davison High School.
Michael was very involved in drama and debate in high school. In 1972, he graduated from high school.
As a member of the Boy Scouts of America, Michael earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
At the age of 18, he was elected to the Davison school board. Michael became the youngest person elected to office in the United States since the minimum age for holding public office was recently reduced to 18.
Professional Career
Moore has been the host of the RUMBLE with Michael podcast since 2019. In December 2019, he launched the podcast.
Michael’s written and cinematic works as a writer criticize capitalism in general, the American health care system, the Iraq War, assault weapon ownership, large corporations, globalization, and Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump.
In 2015, Time named Michael one of the world’s 100 most influential people.
Michael created the documentary Sicko, which looks at health care in the United States. Sicko is one of the top ten highest-grossing documentaries as of 2020.
In September 2008, he released Slacker Uprising, his first free internet film. Michael’s personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections was documented in the film.
Aside from that, he has written and starred in two TV shows: The Awful Truth, a satirical news magazine show, and TV Nation, a satirical news-magazine show. Michael’s most recent film, Fahrenheit 11/9, was released in 2018.
Fahrenheit 11/9 is a documentary about the 2016 United States presidential election and Donald Trump’s subsequent presidency.
In 2016, he produced the documentary Michael in TrumpLand. The documentary is about the 2016 presidential election campaign in the United States.
The film is based on Michael’s desire to perform a one-man show at the Midland Theatre in Newark, Ohio on October 7, 2016. However, the Midland Theatre’s management chose not to honor a rental contract.
Michael eventually held the show at the Murphy Theatre in Wilmington, Ohio. The film was based on a recording of that performance, which took place over two nights in October of that year.
He was the executive producer of the documentary Planet of the Humans. Jeff Gibbs directed the documentary, which was released on July 31, 2019.
The premiere of Where to Invade Next took place at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film investigates the advantages of progressive social policies in various countries. Michael wrote and directed this documentary film.
Net Worth and Salary
Michael Moore earns an annual salary of $80,276.
He has a net worth of $4 million as an American podcaster, left-wing activist, author, and documentary filmmaker.
Relationship Status
Michael Moore married his ex-wife, Kathleen Glynn, a film producer on October 19, 1991. Michael filed for divorce on June 17, 2013, and the divorce was finalized on July 22, 2014.
Despite his Catholic upbringing, Michael disagrees with church teaching on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. When asked if there was a God in an interview with The A.V. Club, Michael replied, “Yes, there is. I’m not sure how you define it, but yeah.”
Following the Columbine High School massacre, he became a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Michael revealed that his initial plans were to become president of the NRA in order to dismantle the organization.
He later dismissed the plan as being too difficult.
In 2005, he founded the Traverse City Film Festival, which is held annually in Traverse City, Michigan.
He also co-founded the Traverse City Comedy Festival in 2009, which is held every year in Traverse City. Michael assisted in the renovation of the historic downtown State Theater during the festival.
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Body Measurements
He is a man of average height. Michael has a height of 5 ft 7 in ( Approx 1.7m).
Social Media
His social media is not known.
Trivia
- Michael is a podcaster, author, and documentary filmmaker from the United States.
- Michael has been the host of a podcast called RUMBLE since 2019. In his work, he frequently discusses globalization and capitalism.
- Michael’s age is 67. On April 23, 1954, he was born in Davison, Michigan, United States of America.
- On October 19, 1991, he married his ex-wife, Kathleen Glynn, a film producer.
- Michael filed for divorce on June 17, 2013, and the divorce was finalized on July 22, 2014.
