At 22, Moore founded and for 10 years edited the "Flint Voice" (later the "Michigan Voice"), one of the nation's most respected alternative newspapers.

In 1989, Moore produced and directed the landmark documentary "Roger & Me", a political satire about his quest to convince General Motors Chairman Roger Smith to visit Flint, Michigan, and witness the devastation wrought by the shutdown of GM factories. (Moore's uncle participated in the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1937, which led to the founding of the United Auto Workers Union.) The highest grossing documentary of all time, "Roger & Me" appeared on more than 100 critics' Ten Best Films of the Year lists-- including those of Vincent Canby, Janet Maslin, Gene Siskel, and Roger Ebert. A number of critics-- at the "New York Post", National Public Radio, and "Seattle Times", to cite a few-- named "Roger & Me" one of the Ten Best Films of the Decade. The film also received the following awards: Best Documentary (National Board of Review, New York Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics, and the National Society of Film Critics), and Best Film-- Audience Award (Toronto Film Festival, Vancouver Film Festival, and Chicago Film Festival). The profits from "Roger & Me" enabled Moore to establish the Center for Alternative Media, a foundation that is dedicated to supporting independent filmmakers and social action groups. To date, the foundation has disbursed more than a half a million dollars in grants.

Moore made an epilogue to "Roger & Me", titled "Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint", in 1992. "Pets" was selected and screened at the New York, Toronto, and Telluride Film Festivals. He has also participated in the critically acclaimed documentary "Blood in the Face", about the rise of right-wing citizen militias based in Michigan in the 1980s.

In 1995, Moore wrote and directed his first fictional feature, "Canadian Bacon", a satire about the United States after the Cold War. "Canadian Bacon" was an Official Selection at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival and played to sold-out audiences at the Toronto, Vancouver, and Atlantic Film Festivals in September 1995. It has been seen by more than 25 million people since its release on home video.

For two summer seasons-- 1994 on NBC and 1995 on Fox-- Moore served as host, writer, director, and executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning and critically acclaimed "TV Nation".

The "New York Daily News" called "TV Nation" "the best show in the past thirty years." In 1995, Moore won the Most Promising Television Producer award from the Producers Guild of America. In September 1995, "TV Nation" won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series at the annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Prime Time Emmy Awards. "TV Nation" was nominated once again in 1996 for its second Emmy.

The New Haven Advocate summed up "TV Nation" by calling it "...a mesmerizing bit of satire, social commentary, and just plain fun. Put a video camera in Michael Moore's hands, give him access to the prime time viewers of a major network and he should be considered armed and dangerous. This is a kamikaze '60 Minutes'!"

In 1996, Moore's first book, "Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American" was published by Random House and became an instant bestseller, spending one month on the "New York Times" bestseller list (and five months on the "Times'" Business bestseller list).

The "San Francisco Chronicle" said "Downsize This!" is "like Moore's movies, a lethal weapon."

In April 1998, Moore released "The Big One," a documentary feature that chronicled his extensive book tour for "Downsize This," asking the same question across the country, "In a time of record profits, why are corporations laying off their American workers?" "The Big One," was an official selection of the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.

Michael Moore is currently engaged in future television and feature film projects, and has just published, along with Kathleen Glynn, "Adventures in a TV Nation," available in bookstores this October.