Morgan Spurlock Dies at 53

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Morgan Spurlock, the filmmaker behind the award-winning documentary Super Size Me, has passed away at the age of 53 from cancer complications.

Spurlock gained acclaim for directing the documentary Super Size Me (2004), which earned an Academy Award nomination for best documentary feature. Spurlock also 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), One Direction: This Is Us (2013) and Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017). He executive produced and starred in the reality series 30 Days (2005 to 2008). He also hosted and produced the CNN show Morgan Spurlock Inside Man (2013 to 2016).

You can read our interview with Spurlock about Inside Man here.

You can watch our 2012 interview with Spurlock here: