Bill Morrison

Biography

Bill Morrison is an award-winning artist and filmmaker. His films and videos have been screened in theatres, museums and concert halls worldwide. Often working in collaboration with musicians and composers, he has created films to accompany live performances of music by John Adams, Steve Reich, Michael Gordon and others.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

105

Birth Date

1965-11-17 00:00:00

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

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  darker
• 

  Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon
• 

  Ghost of the Past
• 

  darker
• 

  The Vanguard Tapes
• 

  Must Have Meant

Credits

• directing (69 credits)

  • darker

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Ghost of the Past

    director

    directing
    2025
  • darker

    director

    directing
    2024
  • The Vanguard Tapes

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Must Have Meant

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Incident

    director

    directing
    2023
  • Her Violet Kiss

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Buried News

    director

    directing
    2021
  • The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    director

    directing
    2021
  • let me come in

    director

    directing
    2021
  • The Ring

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Wild Girl

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Curly’s Thanksgiving

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Sunken Films

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Cinematograph

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Buried and Breaking Away

    director

    directing
    2018
  • The Letter

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Weaving

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Dawson City: Postscript

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Dawson City: Frozen Time

    director

    directing
    2017
  • The Unchanging Sea

    director

    directing
    2016
  • The Dockworker's Dream

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Little Orphant Annie

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Niver vs Walls

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Beyond Zero: 1914-1918

    director

    directing
    2014
  • The Film That Buys the Cinema

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Back to the Soil

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Rite of Spring

    director

    directing
    2013
  • Re: Awakenings

    director

    directing
    2013
  • All Vows

    director

    directing
    2013
  • The Great Flood

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Just Ancient Loops

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Koller and Freud

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Gene Takes a Drink

    director

    directing
    2012
  • The Miners' Hymns

    director

    directing
    2012
  • DawnPatrol

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Tributes: Pulse

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Spark of Being

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Release

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Stargazer

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Every Stop on the F Train

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Dystopia

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Fuel

    director

    directing
    2007
  • Who by Water

    director

    directing
    2007
  • The Highwater Trilogy

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Porch

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1

    director

    directing
    2005
  • Outerborough

    director

    directing
    2005
  • Light Is Calling

    director

    directing
    2004
  • Gotham

    director

    directing
    2004
  • The Mesmerist

    director

    directing
    2003
  • East River

    director

    directing
    2003
  • Trinity

    director

    directing
    2002
  • Decasia: The State of Decay

    director

    directing
    2002
  • Ghost Trip

    director

    directing
    2000
  • City Walk

    director

    directing
    1999
  • The Film of Her

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Moda

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Vigneti

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Cross Country

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Nemo

    director

    directing
    1995
  • The World Is Round

    director

    directing
    1994
  • The Death Train

    director

    directing
    1993
  • Photo Op

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Footprints

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Lost Avenues

    director

    directing
    1991
  • Night Highway

    director

    directing
    1990

• editing (10 credits)

  • Incident

    editor

    editing
    2023
  • The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    editor

    editing
    2021
  • Cinematograph

    editor

    editing
    2018
  • Dawson City: Frozen Time

    editor

    editing
    2017
  • The Dockworker's Dream

    editor

    editing
    2016
  • Back to the Soil

    editor

    editing
    2014
  • Outerborough

    editor

    editing
    2005
  • The Mesmerist

    editor

    editing
    2003
  • Decasia: The State of Decay

    editor

    editing
    2002
  • The Film of Her

    editor

    editing
    1996

• production (8 credits)

  • Incident

    producer

    production
    2023
  • The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    producer

    production
    2021
  • let me come in

    producer

    production
    2021
  • Dawson City: Frozen Time

    producer

    production
    2017
  • The Mesmerist

    producer

    production
    2003
  • Decasia: The State of Decay

    producer

    production
    2002
  • The Film of Her

    producer

    production
    1996
  • Nemo

    producer

    production
    1995

• camera (1 credits)

  • The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    additional photography

    camera
    2021

• sound (1 credits)

  • The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    sound designer

    sound
    2021

• writing (7 credits)

  • The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    writer

    writing
    2021
  • Dawson City: Frozen Time

    writer

    writing
    2017
  • The Mesmerist

    writer

    writing
    2003
  • Decasia: The State of Decay

    writer

    writing
    2002
  • The Film of Her

    writer

    writing
    1996
  • The World Is Round

    writer

    writing
    1994
  • Night Highway

    writer

    writing
    1990

• actors (8 credits)

  • Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Dawson City: Frozen Time

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Pop Meets the Void

    Walter's Brother

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Peoples House

    Walter

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Mutual Appreciation

    Walter

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • The Film of Her

    The Curator

    actor

    actors
    1996

• visual effects (1 credits)

  • Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1

    animation

    visual effects
    2005