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Michael D. Moore

1914 - 2013 (age 98) • Directing

Michael D. Moore (born Dennis Michael Sheffield, October 14, 1914 – March 4, 2013) was a Canadian-born American film director, second unit director, and child actor, when he was credited as Mickey Moore (or Micky Moore). He was credited as Michael Moore on all the films and TV shows he directed, and on most of the films on which he was second unit director. Born Michael Sheffield in Victoria, British Columbia, both he and his brother Patrick were Hollywood child actors. At the age of five he appeared in his first film under the stage name "Mickey Moore". He appeared in two dozen films until 1927 when he was 13. In the early 1950s, Moore began working as an Assistant Film Director and would fill that role or as a Second unit director on more than sixty films. He played a key part in a number of major motion pictures including The Ten Commandments, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, and The Man Who Would Be King in 1975. He also worked as an assistant director on several Elvis Presley musical films and directed Presley in the 1966 film, Paradise, Hawaiian Style for Paramount Pictures. Because of that, plus his experience directing a western film, MGM hired him to direct rock singer Roy Orbison in 1967's The Fastest Guitar Alive. He was the associate producer in charge of action & animal scenes for Quest for Fire. In the 1980s, Steven Spielberg hired Moore as assistant director for both the second and third Indiana Jones films. Moore worked as second unit director on Raiders of the Lost Ark. His association with Spielberg also led him to direct one episode ("Alamo Jobe") in the acclaimed TV series Amazing Stories. Well into his eighties, Moore was still active, his most recent work being as the second unit director for Disney's 2000 film, 102 Dalmatians.

Known For

Raiders of the Lost Ark

79%

Second Unit Director

1981

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

79%

Second Unit Director

1989

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

73%

Second Unit Director

1984

Ghostbusters II

66%

Second Unit Director

1989

101 Dalmatians

59%

Second Unit Director

1996

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

76%

Second Unit Director

1969

Cool Runnings

70%

Second Unit Director

1993

Willow

70%

Second Unit Director

1988

Danger Rangers

85%

Creator

2005

Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, Scandals

Self

2005

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

79%

Self (as Michael Moore)

2003

102 Dalmatians

55%

Second Unit Director

2000

Wrongfully Accused

60%

Second Unit Director

1998

101 Dalmatians

59%

Second Unit Director

1996

Little Giants

65%

Second Unit Director

1994

The Three Musketeers

64%

Second Unit Director

1993

Cool Runnings

70%

Second Unit Director

1993

Chaplin

74%

Second Unit Director

1992

The Mighty Ducks

66%

Second Unit Director

1992

Toy Soldiers

65%

Second Unit Director

1991

Ghostbusters II

66%

Second Unit Director

1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

79%

Second Unit Director

1989

Funny Farm

62%

Second Unit Director

1988

Willow

70%

Second Unit Director

1988

Ishtar

46%

Second Unit Director

1987

Outrageous Fortune

60%

Second Unit Director

1987

Amazing Stories

75%

Director

1985

National Lampoon's European Vacation

62%

Second Unit Director

1985

Sylvester

51%

Second Unit Director

1985

The Little Drummer Girl

56%

Second Unit Director

1984

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

73%

Second Unit Director

1984

Never Say Never Again

61%

Second Unit Director

1983

Six Pack

65%

Second Unit Director

1982

Zorro, The Gay Blade

60%

Second Unit Director

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

79%

Second Unit Director

1981

Raise the Titanic

54%

Second Unit Director

1980

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