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.
01:26For more on the life and legacy of Morgan Spurlock, head to THR.com.
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