NEW YORK ( AP ) — Documentary director Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar- nominee who made meals and American diets his life’s work, notably eating just at McDonald’s for a fortnight to explain the consequences of a fast- food eating, has died. He was 53.
Spurlock passed away on Thursday in New York from cancer-related consequences, his family said in a statement released on Friday.
” It was a terrible day, as we said farewell to my nephew Morgan”, Craig Spurlock, who worked with him on various jobs, in the speech. ” Morgan gave but many through his skill, thoughts, and compassion. A genuine inventive talent and a special person have been lost in the world. I am so happy to include collaborated with him.
File/Park City, UT – January 16: Documentary director Morgan Spurlock poses for photos during the 2004 Sundance Film Festival January 16, 2004 in Park City, UT. ( Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images )
Spurlock made a swirl in 2004 with his pioneering” Super Size Me”, and , returned in 2019 , with” Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken”! a sobering examination of an economy that exports 9 billion species annually in America.
Spurlock was a gonzo-like director who was open to the absurd and unbelievable. His artistic choices included slick design and interesting music, blending a Michael Moore-ish camera-in-your-face aesthetic with his own sense of humor and sorrow.
File/Morgan Spurlock, Director of’ Super Size Me’, 26 May 2004 ( Fairfax Media via Getty Images )
Since he exposed the rapid- food and poultry industries, there was an blast in restaurants stressing freshness, handmade methods, farm- to- table goodness and morally sourced ingredients. But biologically not much has changed.
” There has been this huge change and people say to me,’ So has the meal gotten healthier?’ And I say,’ Also, the advertising certainly has,'” he told the AP in 2019.
