Michael Stipe Biography (1960-)

Full name, John Michael Stipe; born January 4, 1960, in Decatur, GA; father,a career military man. Addresses: Office: c/o Warner Bros. Records, 75Rockefeller Plaza, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10019.; Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: c/o R.E.M., P.O.Box 8032, Athens, GA 30603.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Musician, actor, producer, art director, composer
Birth Details: January 4, 1960; Decatur, Georgia, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Art director, R.E.M. Parallel, Warner Reprise Video, 1995
Additional help, Girls Town, 1996
Executive producer, Velvet Goldmine, Miramax, 1998
Coproducer, American Movie: The Making of Northwestern (also knownas American Movie), Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
Producer, Being John Malkovich, USA Films, 1999
Executive producer, Spring Forward, IFC Films, 1999
Executive producer, Our Song, IFC Films, 2000
Coproducer, The Sleepy Time Gal, Far Corners LLC, 2001
Executive producer, Thirteen Conversations about One Thing, Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
Producer, Saved, United Artists, 2003
Producer, Brother to Brother, 2003
Film Appearances
Himself, Athens, Ga.: Inside/Out, ASA Communications, 1987
The watcher, Arena Brains, 1988
Himself, Time Capsule, 1990
Himself, Tourfilm, 1990
Himself, R.E.M.: This Film Is On, 1991
Himself, R.E.M. Parallel, Warner Reprise Video, 1995
Skeeter, Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day, 1996
Himself, RoadMovie (also known as R.E.M.: Road Movie), Warner Bros. Records, 1996
Himself, Anthem, Zeitgeist Films, 1997
(Uncredited) Himself, Meeting People Is Easy (also known as Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy), Seventh Art Releasing, 1999
Himself, 1 Giant Leap, Palm Pictures, 2002
Television Work
Movies
Producer, Stranger Inside, 2001
Specials
Producer, Olive, the Other Reindeer (animated), Fox, 1999
Producer, La boda, PBS, 2000
Television Appearances
Specials
(With R.E.M.) Himself, MTV Video Music Awards 1991, MTV and syndicated, 1991
Captain Scrummy, The Adventures of Pete and Pete: What We Did on Our Summer Vacation, Nickelodeon, 1991
An American Reunion: New Beginnings, Renewed Hope, HBO, 1993
Himself, MTV Video Music Awards 1993, MTV, 1993
Himself, MTV Video Music Awards 1995, MTV, 1995
The 1998 VH1 Fashion Awards, VH1, 1998
This Way Up: R.E.M., Bravo, 1999
Voice of Schnitzel, Olive, the Other Reindeer (animated), Fox, 1999

Intimate Portrait: Natalie Merchant, Lifetime, 1999
Stand and Be Counted, The Learning Channel, 2000
Himself, We Know Where You Live (also known as Amnesty International's We Know Where You Live!), Channel 4, 2001
(With R.E.M.) MTV Europe Music Awards 2001, MTV, 2001
Himself, 2001 Top of the Pops Awards, BBC, 2001
Episodic
"Hungry," Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Network, 1995
Himself, Sen kvall med Luuk, 1999
Himself, "Fragile," Party of Five, Fox, 1999
Voice of himself, "Homer the Moe," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 2001
Episodic; with R.E.M.
The Arsenio Hall Show, syndicated, 1989
Rockline on MTV, MTV, 1991
Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1991, 1994
Later with Jools Holland, BBC, 1998
Sesame Street, PBS, 1999
The Panel, Teen Network, 2001
RECORDINGS
Albums; with R.E.M.
Chronic Town (E.P.), 1981
Murmur, IRS, 1983
Reckoning, IRS, 1984
Fables of the Reconstruction, IRS, 1985
Life's Rich Pageant, IRS, 1986
Dead Letter Office, IRS, 1987
Document, IRS, 1987
Eponymous, IRS, 1988
Green, Warner Bros., 1989
Out of Time, Warner Bros., 1991
Automatic for the People, Warner Bros., 1992
Monster, Warner Bros., 1994
New Adventures in Hi-Fi, Warner Bros., 1996
Up, Warner Bros., 1998
Man on the Moon, 1999
Reveal, Warner Bros., 2001
WRITINGS
Film Songs
"The Great Beyond," Man on the Moon, MCA/Universal, 1999
Music Composer
with R.E.M.; Songs Featured in Films
"1,000,000," Strange Invaders, Orion, 1983
"Wind Out," Bachelor Party, 20th Century-Fox, 1984
"Radio Song," Singles, Warner Bros., 1992
(As John Michael Stipe) "It's a Free World, Baby," Coneheads, Paramount, 1993
"Everybody Hurts," When a Man Loves a Woman, Buena Vista, 1994
"Leave," A Life Less Ordinary, 1997
"It's the End of the World As We Know It," Independence Day (alsoknown as ID4), 1996
"Everybody Hurts," A Night at the Roxbury, Paramount, 1998
"Happiness," Happiness, 1998
"At My Most Beautiful," Never Been Kissed, 1999
"Man on the Moon," Man on the Moon, MCA/Universal, 1999
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?," Bringing out the Dead, Paramount, 1999
"It's the End of the World As We Know It," Blast from the Past, New Line Cinema, 1999
"All the Right Friends" and "Sweetness Follows," Vanilla Sky, Paramount, 2001
Also wrote songs that appeared in the films Dream a Little Dream,1989; Flashback, 1990; Tommy Boy, 1995; The End of Violence, 1997.
Publications
(With illustrator Greg Fiering) Migraine Boy: Fair-Weather Friends(comic book), St. Martin's Griffin, 1996
Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith (photo diary), Little, Brown, 1998
(With others), The Haiku Year (poems), Soft Skull Press, 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, October 30, 1998, p. 114
Rolling Stone, September 3, 1998, p. 29
Time, May 13, 2001

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