Morgan Spurlock dies: the director who ate McDonald’s for a month for the successful documentary “Super Size Me”

The American director Morgan Spurlock, known for the documentary “Super Size Me” (2004) in which he ate at McDonald’s every day for a month, died this Thursday, May 23 at the age of 53 due to “complications derived from cancer,” reported his family this Friday.

”It was a sad day as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan. He contributed so much through his art, ideas and generosity. The world has lost a true creative genius and a special man,” said his brother Craig Spurlock, who worked with Morgan on various projects, in the statement.

Spurlock achieved international recognition after the revolutionary “Super Size Me”, which received an Oscar nomination, opened the debate on eating problems and the risks of fast food abuse in the US, and still serves as a tool educational in schools and institutes throughout the country.

According to a statement released Friday by his family, Morgan Spurlock died Thursday in New York from complications of cancer.

“It was a sad day as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,” said Craig Spurlock, who worked with him on several projects. “Morgan gave so much through his art, ideas and generosity. The world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. “I am very proud to have worked alongside him.”

The documentary filmmaker, a native of West Virginia, filmed the second version of his Oscar-winning audiovisual piece, titled “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken” (2019), focusing on the pressures of large fast food chains on small family poultry farms, but this second installment was not as widely accepted.

Spurlock’s legacy condenses dozens of projects where he dealt with controversial issues for American society that included the work of the migrant population (’30 Days’), the War in Afghanistan (‘Where in the world is Osama Bin Laden?’), the power of marketing in the capitalist system (‘The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’) and the fashion of body modifications (‘7 Deadly Sins’), among others.

Spurlock’s bet, according to his family, was always the same “to fearlessly challenge modern conventions using humor and wit to shed light on problems,” the statement reads.

The film “Super Size Me”, from 2004, which made the late documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock famous, can be seen in Latin America through Prime Video. “Super Size Me 2” (2019) is also available on this platform.

This is the official link to watch “Super Size Me” streaming.

Through his production company Warrior Poets, Spurlock also developed dozens of nationally broadcast television series in the United States for more than 13 years.

Spurlock’s family asked in their statement this Friday that those who wish can make donations to the American Cancer Society – Hope Lodge (New York) “in honor of Morgan.”

(With information from EFE and AP)