Michael Moore

Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American documentary filmmaker, screenwriter, author, journalist, actor, and left-wing political activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), a critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush and the War on Terror, which is the highest-grossing documentary at the American boxoffice of all time and winner of the Palme d'Or. His film Bowling for Columbine (2002), which examines the causes of the Columbine High School massacre, won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. Both Fahrenheit 9/11 and Sicko (2007), which examines health care in the United States, are among the top ten highest-grossing documentaries. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation, a satirical newsmagazine television series and The Awful Truth, a satirical show.

Michael Moore (Australian politician)

Michael John Moore (born 2 April 1950) is an Australian former politician and health academic who was an independent member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for four terms, from 1989 to 2001. He served as Minister of Health and Community Care from 1998 to 2001 in the Liberal minority government led by Chief Minister, Kate Carnell and later, Gary Humphries.

Since 2008, Moore has been the chief executive officer of the Public Health Association of Australia.

Politics

In 1989 Moore was elected to the first multi-member single-constituency unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly on the Residents Rally party ticket, led by Bernard Collaery. Residents Rally secured four seats in the first Assembly, including Collaery, Moore, Norm Jensen, and Hector Kinloch. No party had won a majority, and Rosemary Follett's Labor Party formed a minority government. Moore resigned from Residents Rally on 24 October 1989 and sat in the Assembly as an independent. He was re-elected at the single-constituency 1992 general election, and at the 1995 and 1998 general elections, representing the electorate of Molonglo on a ticket called Moore Independents.

Michael Moore (judge)

Michael Francis Moore is a former judge that served on the Federal Court of Australia. He was also a judge of the Court of Appeal of Tonga.

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