Michael Stipe
- Acting
- January 4, 1960 · Decatur, Georgia, USA
Biography
John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and artist, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of alternative rock band R.E.M. He is known for his vocal quality, poetic lyrics and unique stage presence. Possessing a distinctive voice, Stipe has been noted for the "mumbling" style of his early career. Since the mid-1980s, Stipe has sung in "wailing, keening, arching vocal figures" that R.E.M. biographer David Buckley compared to Celtic folk artists and Muslim muezzin. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual aspect, often selecting album artwork and directing many of the band's music videos. Outside the music industry, he owns and runs two film production studios, C-00 and Single Cell Pictures. As a member of R.E.M., Stipe was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. As a singer-songwriter, Stipe influenced a wide range of artists, including Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Thom Yorke of Radiohead. Bono of U2 has described his voice as "extraordinary", and Yorke told The Guardian that Stipe is his favorite lyricist, saying "I loved the way he would take an emotion and then take a step back from it and in doing so make it so much more powerful." From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Filmography
- Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt · Self
- Little, Big, and Far · Executive producer
- TFI Unplugged · Self
- Antiheroine · Self
- Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight · Self
- Louder Than You Think · Self
- Song Exploder · Self
- Beastie Boys Story · Self
- Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine · Self
- R.E.M.: Monster (25th Anniversary Edt.) · Self
- On the Seventh Day · Producer
- Hansa Studios: By the Wall 1976-90 · Self
- R.E.M. - Automatic Unearthed
- R.E.M.: Automatic for the People (25th Anniversary Edt.) · Lead vocals
- Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond · Self
- Jeremy Dance · Director, Music
- R.E.M.: Out Of Time (25th Anniversary Edt.) · Sänger
- What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- R.E.M.: REMTV · Vocals
- R.E.M. by MTV · Self
- Trailblazer Honors · Self
- R.E.M.: Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
- 12-12-12
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief · Self
- Vic Chesnutt - IT IS WHAT IT IS · Executive producer
- Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars · Self
- R.E.M. at the BBC · Self/Performer
- R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
- R.E.M.: This Is Not a Show - Live at the Olympia in Dublin
- The Cleveland Show
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn · Self
- R.E.M. - Live In Athens (MTV) 2008
- Patti Smith: Dream of Life · Self
- 6 Days
- R.E.M.: Live · Vocals
- Slacker Uprising · Self
- Seven Ages of Rock · Self
- R.E.M.: When the Light is Mine
- The One Show · Self
- Iconoclasts · Self
- The Colbert Report · Self
- R.E.M.: Live At The Rock Am Ring
- Room · Executive producer
- Johnny Berlin · Executive producer
- Parkinson · Self
- Sarah Kuttner – Die Show · Self
- Saved! · Producer
- Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! · Self
- R.E.M. : Perfect Square · Vocals
- Dashboard Confessional: MTV2 Album Covers · Michael Stipe
- Everyday People · Executive producer
- R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) · Self
- Anderson Cooper 360°
- Real Time with Bill Maher · Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- 1 Giant Leap · Self
- R.E.M. · Self
- The Making of What's Going On: All-Star Tribute
- Thirteen Conversations About One Thing · Executive producer
- Mojica In The Snow: Tonight I Incarnate At Sundance! · Self
- R.E.M.: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
- Stranger Inside · Producer
- We Know Where You Live. Live! · Self
- The Sleepy Time Gal · Co-producer
- Democracy Now! · Self
- The Making of Olive, The Other Reindeer · Self
- Spring Forward · Executive producer
- Boston Public · Self
- R.E.M.: A Stirling Performance · Self
- Our Song · Executive producer
- Man on the Moon · Music
- Olive, the Other Reindeer · Schnitzel (Voice), Producer
- R.E.M.: This Way Up · Self
- American Movie · Co-producer
- Being John Malkovich · Producer
- R.E.M. - Falls to Climb · Self
- TV total · Self
- R.E.M.: Live in Stockholm · Self