Morgan Spurlock, the Academy Award-nominated documentarian, has died at the age of 53 due to complications from cancer.
Spurlock is perhaps best known for his 2004 film Super Size Me in which he consumed only McDonald’s food for a period of 30 days. The documentary was nominated for an Oscar and won Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. It also grossed more than $20 million at the box office, making it one of the most commercially successful documentaries of all time.
Spurlock initially began his career as a playwright after attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Prior to helming Super Size Me in 2004, he created the dare show I Bet You Will, which initially began as a webseries and was then picked up by MTV.
The success of Super Size Me led Spurlock to become of the Hollywood’s most in-demand documentarians. In the years that followed,...
Spurlock is perhaps best known for his 2004 film Super Size Me in which he consumed only McDonald’s food for a period of 30 days. The documentary was nominated for an Oscar and won Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. It also grossed more than $20 million at the box office, making it one of the most commercially successful documentaries of all time.
Spurlock initially began his career as a playwright after attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Prior to helming Super Size Me in 2004, he created the dare show I Bet You Will, which initially began as a webseries and was then picked up by MTV.
The success of Super Size Me led Spurlock to become of the Hollywood’s most in-demand documentarians. In the years that followed,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Morgan Spurlock, a documentary filmmaker who captured his own psychological and physical symptoms from eating McDonald’s every day for a month in the Oscar-nominated 2004 feature “Super Size Me,” died Thursday in upstate New York due to complications of cancer. He was 53.
Spurlock’s family confirmed his death.
“It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,” says Craig Spurlock, who worked with his brother on several projects. “Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas and generosity. Today the world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so proud to have worked together with him.”
Spurlock rose to prominence for “Super Size Me,” in which he conducted an experiment involving consuming only food from McDonald’s for a 30-day stretch. The rules also included the stipulation that Spurlock could not refuse the “super-size” option if prompted during the transaction. The filmmaker...
Spurlock’s family confirmed his death.
“It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,” says Craig Spurlock, who worked with his brother on several projects. “Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas and generosity. Today the world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so proud to have worked together with him.”
Spurlock rose to prominence for “Super Size Me,” in which he conducted an experiment involving consuming only food from McDonald’s for a 30-day stretch. The rules also included the stipulation that Spurlock could not refuse the “super-size” option if prompted during the transaction. The filmmaker...
- 5/24/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Host and producer of CNN’s “Morgan Spurlock Inside Man” is coming forward about his inappropriate behaviour towards women. Morgan Spurlock confessed to sexual misconduct in a bombshell extended tweet on Wednesday titled, “I am the problem”. “Over my life, there have been many instances that parallel what we see everyday in the news,” he wrote. Related: Salma […]...
- 12/14/2017
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
A&E Network has ordered Cultureshock, an eight-hour original pop culture-focused docuseries, from Morgan Spurlock and his Warrior Poets and Time Inc.’s Entertainment Weekly, for premiere in 2018. Cultureshock looks at the untold stories behind watershed moments in pop culture according to producers. Each episode will be helmed by a noted director, including Spurlock (Morgan Spurlock Inside Man), W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America) and Brent Hodge (I Am Chris…...
- 8/17/2017
- Deadline TV
“The Hunger Games” and “Divergent” film series may have finished, but pop culture hasn’t seen the last of coming-of-age post-apocalyptic stories. Matthew Ogens’ new film “Go North” examines a world ruled by teenagers and children after a global catastrophe wiped out every single adult.
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Executive produced by Morgan Spurlock, the film follows a young boy named Josh (Jacob Lofland) who decides to flee the dangerous confines of his abandoned city and embark on a journey with his classmate and neighbor Jessie (Sophie Kennedy Clark) to the last safe haven in the world. Though they don’t know how to get there or if it even exists, they strive to migrate to the place safe from disaster. The film co-stars Patrick Schwarzenegger (“Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”), James Bloor...
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Executive produced by Morgan Spurlock, the film follows a young boy named Josh (Jacob Lofland) who decides to flee the dangerous confines of his abandoned city and embark on a journey with his classmate and neighbor Jessie (Sophie Kennedy Clark) to the last safe haven in the world. Though they don’t know how to get there or if it even exists, they strive to migrate to the place safe from disaster. The film co-stars Patrick Schwarzenegger (“Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”), James Bloor...
- 1/5/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Los Angeles, CA (October 10, 2016) . The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) have announced the nominees for the inaugural Critics. Choice Documentary Awards. The winners will be presented their awards at a gala event on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Bric, in Brooklyn, New York.
.It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,. said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin.
.This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism. We look forward to celebrating all these fine and important achievements at the first Critics. Choice Documentary Awards gala on November 3rd..
13th, 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America...
.It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,. said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin.
.This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism. We look forward to celebrating all these fine and important achievements at the first Critics. Choice Documentary Awards gala on November 3rd..
13th, 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America...
- 10/11/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) have announced the nominees for their inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, taking place next month at a first-time gala event in Brooklyn, New York. Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America” and Clay Tweel’s “Gleason” lead the pack of nominees, with five nominations each. Other nominees include Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” the gob-smacking “Weiner” and recent Netflix features “Amanda Knox” and “Audrie & Daisy.”
“It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,” said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin. “This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism.
“It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,” said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin. “This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism.
- 10/10/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Though Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me”) keeps himself busy with his CNN documentary series “Morgan Spurlock Inside Man,” he still avidly directs and produces films, such as a documentary about the “Patriot” movement in the United States. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Spurlock has signed on to produce the so-far untitled doc for First Look Media, the financier for the Best Picture-winning film “Spotlight.” The documentary is directed by David Byars, who went inside the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon by Ammon Bundy and a group of armed militants.
Read More: Watch: Morgan Spurlock Wants You to ‘Call Bullsh*t’ on the Presidential Debates
“From the first moment I saw the raw footage David captured in Oregon, I knew I had to make this movie,” said Spurlock. “Audiences will be blown away. It’s so timely and beyond powerful.”
The documentary will look at the causes of the movement’s rise,...
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“From the first moment I saw the raw footage David captured in Oregon, I knew I had to make this movie,” said Spurlock. “Audiences will be blown away. It’s so timely and beyond powerful.”
The documentary will look at the causes of the movement’s rise,...
- 9/10/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
TV Picks: Morgan Spurlock’s hit CNN series Morgan Spurlock Inside Man is back for a third season. The compelling eight-episode season includes Spurlock’s take on Trash, Bitcoins, Modern Dating and Medical Tourism.The series, which is hosted and produced by the Oscar-nominated filmmaker, premieres on Thursday, January 22 at 9pm Et on CNN. In his trademark style, Spurlock tells compelling stories from an insider’s perspective and moves to Thursday nights in its third season on CNN, beginning January 22 at 9pm Et with an inside look at the mystery of robots and artificial intelligence.In his inimitable, inquisitive style, and with a […]...
- 1/13/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Wednesday morning, the International Documentary Association announced its nominees and select winners for the 2014 Ida Awards, an annual tribute to the best-of-the-best of non-fiction film and television. Pertinent to award season are the Best Feature contenders, including Lara Poitras’ recent hit “Citizenfour” “Point and Shoot,” an American filmmaker’s look inside Libyan prisons, “Finding Vivian Maier,” a portrait of the posthumously legendary photographer, Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado's artist profile “The Salt of the Earth,” and Nick Broomfield’s verite serial killer investigation, “Tales of the Grim Sleeper.” Unlike years past, all five films look like viable Best Documentary candidates come Oscar time, making the Ida Awards even more influential. Past winners include “The Square” (2013), “Searching for Sugar Man” (2012), “Nostalgia for Light” (2011), and “Waste Land” (2010). For his work founding the Sundance Institute and producing documentaries through Sundance Productions, the Ida Awards will honor Robert Redford with its career achievement award.
- 10/29/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
The International Documentary Association (Ida) announced nominations for the 2014 Ida Documentary Awards today, with awards being bestowed December 5th at the Paramount Theatre on the studio lot. The top films nominated in the best feature category include the critically-acclaimed Citizenfour from filmmaker Laura Poitras about Edward Snowden and the state of surveillance of civilians post 9/11 which has been enjoying a theatrical run and Nick Broomfield’s Tales Of The Grim Sleeper about the serial killer who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over 25 years. In the limited series category is Playtone’s CNN doc The Sixties, among others. Best episodic include Oprah Winfrey’s Master Class and HBO’s Vice exec produced by Bill Maher (and others). In addition, Robert Redford will receive the Career Achievement award from the Ida.
Winners in the Best Feature and Best Short categories are selected by Ida’s international membership. Screening committees of industry professionals based in New York City,...
Winners in the Best Feature and Best Short categories are selected by Ida’s international membership. Screening committees of industry professionals based in New York City,...
- 10/29/2014
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline
Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Productions and Morgan Spurlock's Cinelan are making their short film series We the Economy available for free on TV and digital platforms on Oct. 21. The 20 five- to eight-minute films were directed by James Schamus, Adam McKay, Catherine Hardwicke and Adrian Grenier, among others, and explore big questions about the economy, such as "What is money?", "What is globalization?" and "What causes inequality?" Read more Morgan Spurlock Previews 'Morgan Spurlock Inside Man' Season Two: A Lot More Travel and Living Out of a Bag The films will be released on more
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- 10/14/2014
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (2005's "Super Size Me") and exec producer Paul G. Allen of Vulcan Productions have announced a new partnership to produce and distribute a series of 20 short films that will investigate the current state of the Us economy. Directors on board thus far include Catherine Hardwicke ("Twilight," "Thirteen"), Mary Harron ("American Psycho"), Akiva Goldsman ("Winter's Tale"), Jessica Yu ("Last Call at the Oasis") and Spurlock, currently host of CNN's "Inside Man" and co-founder of production/distribution outfit Cinelan. The films will be produced over the next four months in anticipation of a multi-platform premiere slated for Fall 2014. The release will span day-and-date online distribution, VOD, broadcast and mobile. Educational curriculum will accompany the series in tandem, along with festival and university screenings. Economic advisors are "Empire of Wealth" author John Steele Gordon, and Dean Baker,...
- 5/27/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Updated: Morgan Spurlock's production company Warrior Poets has entered into an exciting new development deal with The Associated Press. AP will offer Warrior Poets unlimited access to its extensive resources, and assets across broadcast, digital and mobile platforms. This means that Warrior is now invited to cull from AP's library of award-winning content to develop new scripted and unscripted projects in film and television, and online. Currently, Warrior Poets is in production on the new docu-series "Seven Deadly Sins," slated to premiere on Showtime on June 19th. Earlier: When you've got a brand, use it. Morgan Spurlock has made himself a name in documentaries. He's one of those prolific larger-than-life personalities who knows how to work the system. Going into the new era indie distribution business makes sense. Warrior Poets, the New York based production company founded by Spurlock ("Super Size Me," CNN's "Inside Man") and his producing...
- 4/29/2014
- by Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
CNN announced a new prime-time lineup Thursday that includes Jesus, reality stars, and maybe even a little news.
Most provocatively, the network announced at its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York City, The Jesus Code, a series which promises to take viewers on a “forensic and archaeological journey through the Bible” (cue jokes about CNN looking for a ratings miracle). Religious-themed programming has been considered hot since History stunned the industry with its ratings-shattering The Bible miniseries last year. The Jesus Code “will take viewers on a thrilling high-stakes journey through forensics, biblical archeology and forgery in history, exploring...
Most provocatively, the network announced at its upfront presentation to advertisers in New York City, The Jesus Code, a series which promises to take viewers on a “forensic and archaeological journey through the Bible” (cue jokes about CNN looking for a ratings miracle). Religious-themed programming has been considered hot since History stunned the industry with its ratings-shattering The Bible miniseries last year. The Jesus Code “will take viewers on a thrilling high-stakes journey through forensics, biblical archeology and forgery in history, exploring...
- 4/10/2014
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Anthony Bourdain has traveled to all sorts of exotic places over the past couple of years, with none as important as where he’s taken CNN itself.
Bourdain’s Parts Unknown series, a culinary travelogue, swiftly became the network’s top-rated series since debuting last April, a bright spot at a place that was in a severe dry spell before the missing Malaysian plane kicked up ratings. A new eight-episode season begins Sunday at 9 p.m. Edt.
Bourdain explains his team’s strategy with typical coarseness: “We are constantly asking ourselves, first and foremost, what is the most up thing we can do next week?...
Bourdain’s Parts Unknown series, a culinary travelogue, swiftly became the network’s top-rated series since debuting last April, a bright spot at a place that was in a severe dry spell before the missing Malaysian plane kicked up ratings. A new eight-episode season begins Sunday at 9 p.m. Edt.
Bourdain explains his team’s strategy with typical coarseness: “We are constantly asking ourselves, first and foremost, what is the most up thing we can do next week?...
- 4/9/2014
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside TV
Imagine a nonfiction television series focused on greed, gluttony, sloth, lust, pride, envy and wrath. Well, doesn’t that just describe the whole gamut of reality TV? Yes, but not in a condemnable way that acknowledges these things as the cardinal sins they are. We need someone to take these vices back and put them in their place, and Oscar-nominated documentarian Morgan Spurlock seems to be that person, like a premium cable version of John Doe in Se7en, only without the killing. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he’s got a new show headed to Showtime called Seven Deadly Sins, which he describes as being like Alfred Hitchcock Presents but with true stories. I’d say this joins the new trend this year for major documentary filmmakers hitting the small screen with nonfiction miniseries, but Spurlock has been producing and hosting stuff for TV for years and already currently has the continuing Inside Man on CNN...
- 3/27/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Morgan Spurlock's headed to Showtime. Docu-series "Seven Deadly Sins," which received a straight to series order, will explore each of the seven deadly sins, seen through famed producer/filmmaker Spurlock's unique lens. Spurlock will host the series and produce under his Warrior Poets production banner, along with producing partner Jeremy Chilnick. Famous for 2004's "Super Size Me," which got him an Oscar nomination, Spurlock is based in New York, where he continues to be impressively prolific on both the big and small screens. Spurlock has directed, produced and distributed multiple film and TV projects, including the critically acclaimed FX series "30 Days" and the docs "Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden," "Confessions of a Superhero," "The Future of Food," "What Would Jesus Buy?," "Freakonomics" and "One Direction: This Is Us." Spurlock's currently the host of CNN series "Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man," which premieres on April 6th. "Seven Deadly.
- 3/26/2014
- by Emerson Gordon
- Indiewire
Showtime will take an in-depth look at the weird and darkly comic world of sin in the documentary series "Seven Deadly Sins," from Oscar-nominated executive producer Morgan Spurlock ( Super Size Me ), under his Warrior Poets production banner ( Inside Man , One Direction: This is Us ), along with his producing partner Jeremy Chilnick. Hosted by Spurlock, this stylized documentary series will explore each of the seven deadly sins -- one per episode -- and will be told through Spurlock.s unique and extreme lens. "Seven Deadly Sins" will debut on Thursday, June 19 at 11 p.m. on Showtime. "For years, I've wanted to do an Alfred Hitchcock Presents style show comprised completely of non-fiction stories,. said Spurlock. .A series just as dark and twisted as...
- 3/26/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Warrior Poets, the New York-based production company founded in 2004 by filmmaker Morgan Spurlock and his producing partner Jeremy Chilnick, has promoted Matthew Galkin to partner. Galkin will continue to executive produce, direct and develop original content. Since joining Warrior Poets more than four years ago, Galkin has worked closely with Spurlock and Chilnick to grow the company and has worked om such documentary films, TV and Web series as One Direction: This Is Us, Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, Espn Films’ 30 For 30 documentary The Dotted Line, CNN series Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man and Web series A Day In The Life for Hulu and Failure Club for Yahoo! “During his tenure at Warrior Poets, Matthew has brought his unique energy, creative experience and storytelling mastery to projects in both the top-tier documentary film world as a director and producer and in the reality/non-fiction TV world as a show runner,...
- 3/5/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
With “Eastbound & Down” wound down, Andy Daly has a new gig on Comedy Central that requires transforming himself into a overt racist — among other equally horrible and hilarious things. “Review,” which premieres on March 6, is a mock newsmagazine show starring Daly as “life critic” Forrest MacNeil, who takes on challenges from viewers interested in what it’s like to eat 15 pancakes, sleep with a celebrity, or in this case, be a racist. It’s like Morgan Spurlock’s “Inside Man” on black-market steroids. Also read: Dumb Starbucks Brewed Up by Nathan Fielder’s Comedy Central Show ‘Nathan for You’ “You and your ladylike.
- 2/20/2014
- by L.A. Ross
- The Wrap
FremantleMedia Buys Global Format Rights To ‘Fittest Family’ FremantleMedia has secured the global format rights to Animo TV/Kite Entertainment’s Fittest Family. Currently airing on Irish pubcaster RTÉ One as Ireland’s Fittest Family, the six-part series features 12 uber-fit and sports-mad families compete for the title of the nation’s fittest family and a big cash prize. Each episode sees features four sporting legends assigned to coach the families and push them to their fitness max. The families compete against one another as they get put through a set of extreme challenges with only the fittest surviving. FremantleMedia will launch Fittest Family at Miptv in April. Endemol Buys International Rights To ‘Parts Unknown’, ‘Inside Man’ Endemol said Monday that it has acquired TV distribution rights outside the U.S. to CNN’s factual series Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown and Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man. Parts Unknown follows host chef,...
- 2/6/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The second season of ”Morgan Spurlock Inside Man” will continue to fit perfectly into CNN’s revitalized programming lineup, filling a journalistic void that the titular host sees when he flips through TV at night. “Long-form investigative journalism continues to be cut out of the process,” Spurlock told TheWrap. “What documentaries do is they fill that void in such an incredible way.” The second season of the docuseries, beginning April 6, has a new name (last season was titled “Inside Man”) and will air eight new episodes. Also read: CNN’s Jeff Zucker: Fox News is a Republican Front, and...
- 1/11/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Jehane Noujaim's "The Square" edged out Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" to emerge as the big winner of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards! The documentary about the 2011 Egyptian Revolution also beat Jason Osder's "Let the Fire Burn," Gabriela Cowperthwaite's "Blackfish," and Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell" for the prize.
Here's a full list of winners of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards:
Best Feature Award
The Square
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals
Best Short Award
Slomo
Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films, Runaway Films
Best Limited Series Award
Inside Man
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario; Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock; Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick,...
Here's a full list of winners of the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards:
Best Feature Award
The Square
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer; Executive Producers: Geralyn Dreyfous, Mike Lerner, Sarah Johnson, Jodie Evans, Lekha Singh, Gavin Dougan, Dan Catullo III, Lisa Nishimura, Adam Del Deo, Khalil Noujaim, Alexandra Johnes, Jeff Skol; Noujaim Films, Netflix Originals
Best Short Award
Slomo
Director: Josh Izenberg; Producer: Amanda Micheli; Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg; Big Young Films, Runaway Films
Best Limited Series Award
Inside Man
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario; Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock; Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick,...
- 12/8/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Not a bad week for Jehane Noujaim’s film about Egyptian activists battling the establishment. The Square scored the Best Feature trophy tonight at the 29th annual Ida Documentary Awards, three days after it made the Oscar shortlist. The film, which also is up for a Spirit Award, is the first documentary picked up by Netflix. Other winners announced at the ceremony hosted by Paul Provenza at DGA headquarters in Los Angeles included Slomo for Best Short, PBS’ Independent Lens for Best Continuing Series and CNN’s Morgan Spurlock-hosted Inside Man for Best Limited Series. Alex Gibney, who won an Oscar for Taxi To The Dark Side and was nominated for Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room, received a Career Achievement Award. Here is the full list of winners at the 2013 Ida Documentary Awards, presented by the International Documentary Association: Career Achievement Award Alex Gibney Ida Amicus Award...
- 12/7/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Academy shortlisters were the toast of the evening when the International Documentary Association unveiled their 2013 Ida Documentary Award winners at the DGA in Los Angeles. The top honor for Best Feature went to Jehane Noujaim's Egyptian revolution doc "The Square", set to premiere on Netflix in January and currently sitting on the 2014 documentary Oscar shortlist. From Ted Hope to Werner Herzog and Morgan Spurlock -- who won the Best Limited Series Award for his incisive CNN series "Inside Man -- the who's who of the indie film world assembled Friday night to honor 2013's top documentaries. Joining "The Square," two other Oscar-shortlisted films won prizes: "WikiLeaks: We Steal Secrets" and "The Armstrong Lie" director Alex Gibney took home the Career Achievement Award, while Zachary Heinzerling picked up the Emerging Filmmaker Award for his feature debut "Cutie and the Boxer." In his acceptance speech, Heinzerling thanked mentor Albert Maysles for telling.
- 12/7/2013
- by Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Jehane Noujaim’s The Square and Morgan Spurlock's The Inside Man were among the top winners at the Ida Documentary Awards in Los Angeles on Friday night. The Square, which follows a group of Egyptian activists, won the best feature award at the 29th annual event, held at the Directors Guild. The film became the first major acquisition for Netflix's original documentary initiative when it was acquired in early November. It was also recently named to the Oscar doc shortlist. Spurlock's The Inside Man won for best limited series. The CNN original series, which bowed last spring, included examinations of migrant
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- 12/6/2013
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Allison Gollust has been named Chief Marketing Officer for CNN Worldwide, president Jeff Zucker said Tuesday. Gollust, who came to CNN Worldwide earlier this year, has been serving as senior vice president of communications for CNN, a position she will continue to maintain. Also read: CNN Renews Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Inside Man’ for Second Season Under her new position, Gollust will oversee the company’s strategic marketing, creative services and event marketing groups, who will work closely with the communications group. “As we put even greater emphasis in the year ahead on re-imagining our content, and in parallel, our brand,...
- 10/30/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
CNN’s new sports show, “Unguarded With Rachel Nichols,” failed to score much in the way of ratings with its Friday premiere. The series, hosted by CNN and Turner Sports reporter Nichols, debuted at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday with 288,000 total viewers — 92,000 of them in the key 25-54 news demographic, according to preliminary numbers. Also read: CNN Renews Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Inside Man’ for Second Season Compared to year-to-date numbers in the timeslot for CNN, that put the show’s premiere down nearly 45 percent in total viewers, with a 50 percent slide in the demo. It also put CNN in fourth place among the.
- 10/28/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Morgan Spurlock is as much a media personality as he is a prolific filmmaker, a case CNN has handily made today by renewing "Inside Man," the original series Spurlock produces and hosts for the cable news network. The documentarian will head up a second season of eight hourlong episodes, to launch in Spring 2014 and tackle topics like “Celebrity” (the job of satisfying the public’s constant appetite for the famous), “Income Disparity” (the 1% vs. the 99%), and “The Future” (in which Spurlock goes on an epic quest to live forever). The series, which premiered in June and airs on Sundays, is part of CNN's move away from strictly hard news content, one that includes bringing on Anthony Bourdain for another weekend series, "Parts Unknown," and adding a doc strand that most recently included an airing of "Blackfish." According to CNN president Jeff Zucker, "'Inside Man' is the perfect example...
- 10/28/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
CNN has renewed Morgan Spurlock's Inside Man for a second season, the network announced Monday. The series features Spurlock's trademark experiential approach to issues-based documentaries. The first season of Inside Man, which bowed last spring, included examinations of migrant farm workers, union workers, gun owners, elder care and medical marijuana industries. The show has performed relatively well for CNN Sunday nights at 10 p.m. averaging 397,000 total viewers with 170,000 in the 25-54 demographic for gains of 25 percent and 42 percent, respectively, compared to the time slot average for the month prior. The second
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- 10/28/2013
- by Marisa Guthrie
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CNN has renewed “Inside Man” for a second season, the network announced on Monday. The docuseries, which is produced and hosted by “Super Size Me”‘s Morgan Spurlock (who recently directed One Direction’s “This is Us” concert film), will get eight more episodes starting in Spring 2014. Also read: Morgan Spurlock Is Your ‘Inside Man’ on New CNN Series “Coming on the heels of a terrific first season – not to mention a successful documentary covering the world’s biggest boy band – Morgan is ready to tackle even more provocative stories on CNN,” said Jeff Zucker, President of CNN Worldwide. “‘Inside Man’ is the.
- 10/28/2013
- by Sara Morrison
- The Wrap
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