Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 04, 1960
Place of Birth
Decatur, Georgia, USA
Credits
110 titles
Michael Stipe
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
Little, Big, and Far
Executive Producer
TFI Unplugged
Self (Archive Footage)
Antiheroine
Self
Weirdo: The Story of Five Eight
Self
Louder Than You Think
Self (archive footage)
Song Exploder
Self
Beastie Boys Story
Self (archive footage)
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Self - R.E.M.
R.E.M. - Monster
Himself
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
Lead vocals
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Self
Jeremy Dance
Director
R.E.M. - Out Of Time
Sänger
What Doesn’t Kill Me: The Life and Music of Vic Chesnutt
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest/Musical Guest
R.E.M. by MTV
Himself
Trailblazer Honors
Self
R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
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 - Guest
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
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
self - guest
Saved!
Producer
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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.)
Himself