Michael Moore

Michael Moore is an American film maker, most famous for his documentaries. You may wonder why I chose to research this particular director, when his work is all politically based (and my idea is clearly not) but I have two main reasons: 


1) He is the director and producer of the highest grossing documentary of all time, 'Fahrenheit 11', so he is pretty much about as successful as  you can get
2) Although his documentaries are all politically themed, this is clearly what he is passionate about, which is perhaps why he makes such good documentaries about it. He has lots of questions that he wants answering, and lots of ideas that he wants to portray, about a subject he really cares about. While researching him, I read on IMDB that 'Michael is known for having the guts to give his opinion in public, which not many people are courageous enough to do, and for that is respected by many.' Reading this definitely made me think that he was a good person to draw inspiration from.


TRADEMARKS

• Often uses classic film clips and music for juxtaposition
• Narrates all of his documentaries in the first person
• Often mentions or shows his home town in his films
• Being tremendously outspoken about anything he believes to be a 'social wrong'