Michael Stipe

Birthday: January 04, 1960

Singer/songwriter Michael Stipe has often said that he would have gone into filmmaking had he not joined the rock group R.E.M., and in the late 1990s Stipe fulfilled his wish, asserting himself as a successful independent film producer. Stipe first demonstrated an affinity for the moving image through R.E.M.'s music videos, employing photographers and painters such as James ...more