What is Michael Moore?
{{about|the American moviemaker|the politician in the [[United Kingdom]]|Michael Moore (UK politician)}} {{Infobox person | image = Michael Moore 2011 Shankbone 4.JPG | caption = Moore in New York to promote his [[memoir]] ''Here Comes Trouble'', September 2011 | birth_name = Michael Francis Moore | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|4|23}} | birth_place = [[Flint, Michigan]], US<ref name=birth>{{cite web | author=Michael Moore | title=Pets or Meat:The Return To Flint | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105134/ | publisher=[[IMDB]] | year=1992 | accessdate=2009-03-31 }} Moore states in the film he was born at St. Joseph Hospital in Flint.</ref> | party = | years_active = 1972–present<ref>Moore, having been elected to the Davison School Board in 1972 at age 18, was amongst the first persons in the country to hold elected office at this age. He also ran on a platform of firing the existing High School Principal.</ref> | occupation = [[Actor]], [[Movie director|director]], [[screenwriter]], [[producer]], [[documentary|documentarian]] |spouse = Kathleen Glynn (1991–2014) | alma_mater = {{nowrap|[[University of Michigan–Flint]]}} | website = {{URL|http://michaelmoore.com}} }} '''Michael Francis Moore''' (born April 23, 1954 in [[Davison, Michigan]], USA) is an American writer and [[Filmmaker|moviemaker]]. He is known for his strong [[Liberalism|liberal]] political views. He often expresses them using humor and [[satire]]. His work includes ''[[Roger & Me]]'', ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]'', ''[[Sicko]]'', and ''[[Bowling for Columbine]],'' and the satire show ''[[TV Nation]]''. He has also written books including ''[[Dude, Where's My Country?]]'' and ''[[Will They Ever Trust Us Again?]]''. [[File:Michael Moore and Ryota Nakanishi at UCLA.jpg|thumb|Michael Moore]] ==Youth== Until 1972, Moore went to Davison High School. When he was 18, he was elected to the Davison School Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-06-20-moore_x.htm|title=USATODAY.com - The truth about Michael Moore