A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Richard Melville Hall
Birthplace:
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Born:
September 11, 1965
Known by his stage name Moby, Richard Melville Hall, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, DJ and photographer. He is well known for his electronic music and animal rights activism. Moby has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, and is considered one of the most important contributor to dance music in the early 1990s. His electronic dance music work, which experimented with techno, house, breakbeat, downtempo electronica,, and spoke-word layering helped introduce and popularize dance music in both the UK and America with his fifth studio album, Play. Originally released in mid-1999, the album sold 6,000 copies in its first week, and it re-entered the charts in early 2000 and became an unexpected hit, producing eight singles and selling over 10 million copies worldwide. Moby followed the album with 18 in 2002, to much success, selling over 5 million copies worldwide. His work spans eleven complete albums, while editing, producing, performing and remixing music for acts such as Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Britney Spears, New Order, Public Enemy, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Soundgarden, and others. Moby is considered by some to be a renaissance man, creating or supporting restaurants, artist collectives, animal activism groups, while writing and photographing for articles and books throughout his career. He is an advocate for network neutrality, along with other political causes such as art education and anti-violence campaigns.
Additional Music:
2010 Africa Light / Gray Zone
Director:
2010 Africa Light / Gray Zone
2023 Punk Rock Vegan Movie
Director of Photography:
2010 Africa Light / Gray Zone
2023 Punk Rock Vegan Movie
Executive Producer:
2003 Alien Sex Party
2010 Africa Light / Gray Zone
2023 Punk Rock Vegan Movie
2023 Rowdy Girl
???? Eternal Return
Music:
2003 Alien Sex Party
2005 Earthlings
2005 I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
2009 Child of the Sun
2009 Pierre in Peril
2010 A Man, A Woman, A Genie, A Gun
2010 Africa Light / Gray Zone
2010 Waste Land
2015 The Exam
2016 Tetched
2017 Land of Hope and Glory
2018 Cholet. The work of Freddy Mammani
2021 It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film
2022 Found Emulsion
2022 The Porn Radio Show
2022 Wild
2023 Punk Rock Vegan Movie
2023 Rowdy Girl
???? Eternal Return
???? Lonesome
???? Manchester Gothic ‘The Slaughterhouse’
Original Music Composer:
1997 Double Tap
2003 Alien Sex Party
2005 Earthlings
2005 I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
2007 Southland Tales
2009 Child of the Sun
2009 Pierre in Peril
2010 A Man, A Woman, A Genie, A Gun
2010 Africa Light / Gray Zone
2010 Waste Land
2011 Verve
2014 I Want to Believe
2015 The Exam
2016 Tetched
2017 Land of Hope and Glory
2018 Cholet. The work of Freddy Mammani
2021 It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film
2022 Found Emulsion
2022 The Porn Radio Show
2022 Wild
2023 Punk Rock Vegan Movie
2023 Rowdy Girl
???? Eternal Return
???? Lonesome
???? Manchester Gothic ‘The Slaughterhouse’
Producer:
1997 Double Tap
2003 Alien Sex Party
2005 Earthlings
2005 I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
2007 Southland Tales
2009 Child of the Sun
2009 Pierre in Peril
2010 A Man, A Woman, A Genie, A Gun
2010 Africa Light / Gray Zone
2010 Waste Land
2011 Verve
2014 I Want to Believe
2015 The Exam
2016 Tetched
2017 Land of Hope and Glory
2018 Cholet. The work of Freddy Mammani
2021 It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film
2022 Found Emulsion
2022 The Porn Radio Show
2022 Wild
2023 Punk Rock Vegan Movie
2023 Rowdy Girl
???? Eternal Return
???? Lonesome
???? Manchester Gothic ‘The Slaughterhouse’
Writer:
1997 Double Tap
2003 Alien Sex Party
2005 Earthlings
2005 I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
2007 Southland Tales
2009 Child of the Sun
2009 Pierre in Peril
2010 A Man, A Woman, A Genie, A Gun
2010 Africa Light / Gray Zone
2010 Waste Land
2011 Verve
2014 I Want to Believe
2015 The Exam
2016 Tetched
2017 Land of Hope and Glory
2018 Cholet. The work of Freddy Mammani
2021 It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film
2021 Moby Doc
2022 Found Emulsion
2022 The Porn Radio Show
2022 Wild
2023 Punk Rock Vegan Movie
2023 Rowdy Girl
???? Eternal Return
???? Lonesome
???? Manchester Gothic ‘The Slaughterhouse’
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