Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53

He made a splash in 2004 with his groundbreaking documentary, in which he famously eats at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet.and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.

Spurlock made a splash in 2004 with his groundbreaking film “Super Size Me,” which was nominated for an Academy Award. The film chronicled the detrimental physical and psychological effects of Spurlock eating only McDonald’s food for 30 days. He gained about 25 pounds, saw a spike in his cholesterol and lost his sex drive.with “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!” — a sober look at an industry that processes 9 billion animals a year in America.

“I wanted to be able to lean into the serious moments. I wanted to be able to breathe in the moments of levity. We want to give you permission to laugh in the places where it’s really hard to laugh,” he told the AP.Morgan Spurlock poses at the Los Angeles premiere of his film "Super Size Me," April 22, 2004, in Los Angeles.

In “POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,” Spurlock tackled questions of product placement, marketing and advertising. With “Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?” Spurlock goes on a global search to find the al-Qaida leader.

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