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Morgan Spurlock

Morgan Spurlock

Producer, director, writer and actor · Died May 23, 2024, aged 53 · Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA

Morgan Valentine Spurlock (November 7, 1970 - May 23, 2024) was an American documentary filmmaker and television producer. Spurlock gained acclaim for directing the documentary Super Size Me, which earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 7, 1970
Died
May 23, 2024 (aged 53)
From
Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
Works as
Producer, director, writer and actor
Titles
34 on MovieCove · 49 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 25% in 30 days

What are Morgan Spurlock's films like?

Across their 35 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
24%
Self
20%
Ideas
14%
Survival
12%
Bonds
12%
Power
11%
Morality
7%
Community14 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 31 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 8 · Dark 6

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 26 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 13 · Charged 15 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 23 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 7

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 21 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 15 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
22
Hopeful
13
Warm
11
Joyful
8
Tense
7
Other
28

How their films linger

Thought-provoking17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous12
  • Cyclical3
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Morgan Spurlock's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Morgan Spurlock's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

49 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page; 23 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!(2017)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Trade(2018)

    Show 9 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson(2017)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer · as Self - Narrator

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Tough Guys(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Go North(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Good After Bad(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • No Man's Land(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Superheroes Decoded(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Eagle Huntress(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Rats(2016)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • W. Kamau Bell: Semi-Prominent Negro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Vlogumentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • The Pistol Shrimps(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Vegas Baby(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Man Under (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • Morgan Spurlock Presents Freedom! The Movie(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Crafted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Censored Voices(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Made in Japan(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss(2014)

    Director · Producer · as Caveman

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Meet the Hitlers(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • 7 Deadly Sins(2014)

    Show 7 episodes · Producer · Writer · as Himself

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Cave-o-nomics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

  • A Brony Tale(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • I Am Santa Claus(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • One Direction: This Is Us(2013)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Morgan Spurlock Inside Man(2013)

    Show 30 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Writer · as Himself - Host

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Dancing in Jaffa(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Web Junkie(2013)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Mansome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Producer · as Self

  • Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • The Dotted Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • A Day in the Life(2011)

    Show 16 episodes · Director · Producer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Greatest Movie Ever Sold(2011)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Other F Word(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Freakonomics(2010)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice!(2010)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Self - Host

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Last Cup: Road to the World Series of Beer Pong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?(2008)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Drive Thru(2007)

    as Robbie, The Hella-Burger Manager

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • What Would Jesus Buy? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer

  • The Colbert Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • 30 Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 18 episodes · Creator · Producer · as Host

  • Czech Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • Super Size Me(2004)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • I Bet You Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show Creator

Career shape

Star power in the 25th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 35 titles from 2002 to 2019.

Biggest box office

One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

$74M worldwide

Highest rated

The Eagle Huntress (2016)

Midcredits 90th

Most popular right now

One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting6 of 35: 4 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting17 of 35: 5 only directing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thWriting9 of 35: 0 only writing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thProducing18 of 35: 11 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdOther crew3 of 35: 2 only other crew, 1 with another role

35 titles, 13 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

2000s9 · 3 acting · 7 crew2010s26 · 3 acting · 24 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Morgan Spurlock's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 29; across their 31 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Midcredits score across 34 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 34 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser17
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · director, producer

One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

99th percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Eagle Huntress (2016)

Midcredits 90th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 46/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Morgan Spurlock's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 47 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 35 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 52 · moderateMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Morgan Spurlock work with?

People who share at least 2 of Morgan Spurlock's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jeremy Chilnick shares the most, 25.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles