Birthplace: Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States
biography
Though it took him fourteen months to recover from eating McDonald’s for thirty days after making his documentary “Super Size Me” (2004), filmmaker Morgan Spurlock gained more than just twenty five pounds and a forty percent increase in his cholesterol count—he earned critical kudos, comparisons to Michael Moore, the Best Director award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and an Oscar nomination. Though documenting the progression from healthy, active individual to overweight slob with high blood pressure and low sex drive had its risks, nothing prepared Spurlock for the praise—and flak—that
