Morgan Spurlock, the documentary filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated 'Super Size Me' has sadly died at the age 53. The filmmaker died on Thursday in upstate New York from complications of cancer. Spurlock's brother Craig spoke on his passing in a family statement saying in part, "Today the world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so proud to have worked together with him."
00:00Morgan Spurlock, the documentary filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated Super Size Me, has sadly died at the age of 53.
00:07The filmmaker died on Thursday in upstate New York from complications of cancer.
00:12Spurlock's brother Craig spoke on his passing in a family statement, saying in part,
00:16Today the world has lost a true creative genius and a special man.
00:19After working primarily in TV, he released Super Size Me in 2004, which featured Spurlock eating only McDonald's for 30 days.
00:27Soon after he shot his film, the fast food chain dropped its super-sized portion in an attempt to focus on healthier options.
00:34The film shifted public perceptions of junk food, especially the McDonald's chain.
00:43The versatile filmmaker then followed up with several other documentaries that range from heavy to light-hearted.
00:53Among them were Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?
00:55The then-ongoing search for the most wanted man behind the 9-11 attacks.
01:00And One Direction, This Is Us, a doc following the mega-hit boy band, as well as the FX series 30 Days, where guests spend a month in a lifestyle wildly different than their own.
01:09His final film was the 13 years later sequel, Super Size Me 2, Holy Chicken.
01:14They've been health-washing the dirty, unhealthy truth.
01:17Fresh green herbs give a health halo.
01:20The term fried has evolved to crispy.
01:22Artificial grill marks.
01:23You can paint them on with dark food coloring.
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