Morgan Spurlock Net Worth, Career, Personal Life, Wife, Biography

Morgan Spurlock is an American political activist, documentary filmmaker, television producer, and screenwriter like Adam Savage . Spurlock rose to fame after some of his amazing documentary works. His documentaries such as ‘One Direction: This is Us’, ‘POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’ and ‘Super-Size Me’ have brought him notable fame and success over the years.

For his 2003 film ‘Super Size Me’ he documented his health where he spent 30 days eating only McDonald’s food. Especially for this reason he is known all over America. Now let us know more about this versatile personality.

MORGAN SPURLOCK: EARLY LIFE, EDUCATION

Spurlock was born on November 7, 1970, in Beckley, West Virginia. He was born to parents Ben Spurlock and Phyllis who raised Morgan to be a Methodist. Spurlock is an American by nationality and is of Scottish-Irish and English descent.

In 1989, Morgan graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley. Then he joined the Tech School of Fine Arts at New York University and graduated in 1993. Spurlock, from an early age, was an artistic child and began writing plays at his earliest age. young age. Some of Morgan’s greatest works came in the form of a piece called ‘The Phoenix’. This won him the New York International Fringe Festival in 1999. He went on to win the American Route 66 Playwriting Competition in 2000.

MORGAN SPURLOCK: CAREER

In the film industry, he made his debut as a production assistant on various films. He started in ‘Leon: The Professional’ and later worked on ‘Kiss of Death’. Spurlock also worked on various stand-up routines in California. However, he struggled with money and didn’t have enough to pay the bills. He had a phase where he hit his lowest point and became homeless. However, this talented individual found success and is now rightly acclaimed as an award-winning playwright. Morgan then did a show, ‘I Bet You Will’, which even aired on MTV. The show was about ordinary audiences doing stunts for money.

2003 became a life-changing time for Morgan. He was at his parents’ house for Thanksgiving dinner. He and his family were watching the story of two teenage girls who planned to sue McDonald’s for making them obese. It inspired the comedian in him to create a documentary film that would undermine the quality of McDonald’s.

The documentary was released in 2004 at the Sundance Film Festival. There it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and Morgan won Best Direction of a Documentary. For the documentary, he spent 30 days eating food away from McDonald’s, to show its effect on the human body.

All of this challenge resulted in mental and physical issues for Morgan. He had gained 25 pounds and was even diagnosed with depression. However, professionally, it became a huge success for Spurlock; it earned him a 2004 Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary.

MORGAN SPURLOCK: PERSONAL LIFE

Morgan married his partner Alexandra Jamieson in 2006 and they gave birth to a baby boy, Laken James Spurlock, in 2006. But due to misunderstandings, the couple separated in 2011. His ex-wife came out as an author, speaker, television personality and health food chef. They had been together for only 4 years.

There were rumors about Spurlock not liking his wife enough. People have written of Morgan as not being a caring husband or even a father, while only paying attention to his career. However, there is also speculation that Alexandra cheated on Morgan while filming for a show in Afghanistan. They are gray lines with unclear evidence and we wish them both a better life.

MORGAN SPURLOCK: FORTUNE

Spurlock has been very successful throughout his career and much of the credit goes to his documentary filmmaking abilities and his net worth is around $12 million. In 2008, his box office hit “Where’s World Osama Bin Laden?” Had a turnover of 385 million dollars. Then his work for the documentary “One Direction: This is Us” achieved a sale of $68.5 million out of a total of $10 million.