Michael StipeAKA:
Michael Valentine
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John Michael Stipe
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John Michael Stipe
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
01/04/1960 Birthplace:
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biography
An influential and highly respected musician, R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe began moonlighting in the production end of film in the 1980s, and went on to produce some of the highest profile independents in the late 1990s. Likening the contemporary independent film scene to the 1970s punk rock movement, Stipe saw a bustling untapped creativity that he wished to foster and decided to don a producer's cap in addition to his roles as singer, songwriter, photographer and activist. He formed C-00 (C-Hundred) Film Corp in the late 1980s with producer-director Jim McKay. The 1988 politically charged
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milestones
Year
Milestone
As a child lived on an army base in Germany
By age eight, was playing the guitar, the accordian and the piano
1975
Formed band Bad Habits, while still in high school
While attending the University of Georgia, met musicians Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry and formed the band R.E.M.
1980
Dropped out of school to pursue music full time; played first live gig
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