Birth name
     Morgan Valentine Spurlock
Date of birth
     November 7, 1970 Parkersburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Date of death
     May 23, 2024, New York, U.S.

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Morgan Spurlock _{(November 7, 1970 - May 23, 2024)}

Morgan Valentine Spurlock (November 7, 1970 – May 23, 2024) was an American documentary filmmaker, playwright, screenwriter, and television producer.

He directed 23 films and was the producer of nearly 70 films throughout his career. He received acclaim for directing the documentary Super Size Me (2004), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.

He produced What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) and directed Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? (2008), POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011), Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011), and One Direction: This Is Us (2013).

Spurlock was executive producer and star of the reality television series 30 Days (2005–2008). In June 2013, he became the producer and host of the CNN show Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013–2016). He was also the co-founder of the short-film content marketing company Cinelan, which produced the Focus Forward campaign for GE.

The documentary Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! was set to be released in 2017, until Spurlock wrote a social media post saying that he had a history of sexual misconduct and referring to himself as "part of the problem", leading to a distribution drop and his resignation from the production company. The film was instead distributed in 2019 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.

Spurlock's marriages to Priscilla Sommer, Alexandra Jamieson, and Sara Bernstein ended in divorce. He had two children.

Although Spurlock was raised Methodist, he stated in an interview with TV Guide in 2014 that he was agnostic.

Spurlock died from complications of cancer on May 23, 2024, at the age of 53. Variety said he died in upstate New York, while The New York Times said he died in New York City.

Director - Selected filmography

1. Super Size Me (2004)