“I've been encouraging documentary filmmakers to use more and more humor, and they're loath to do that because they think if it's a documentary it has to be deadly serious - it has to be like medicine that you're supposed to take. And I think it's what keeps the mass audience from going to documentaries.”

American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author

Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker and author. He is known for documentaries and other work that approach social, political, and economic issues from a progressive point of view. He first came to wider attention with his debut documentary, Roger & Me, which won awards. The film takes a sharp look at the collapse of the automotive industry in 1980s Flint and Detroit.