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Errol Morris

Directing

Born February 5, 1948 · Hewlett, Long Island, New York, USA

Biography

Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American director. In 2003, The Guardian put him seventh in its list of the world's 40 best directors. As of 2010, Morris has won one Academy Award for Best Documentary Film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Errol Morris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Edgar Awards · 1989
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • MacArthur Fellows Program

Filmography28 titles

The Look of Silence

2014Executive Producer

The Act of Killing

2012Executive Producer

The Fog of War

2003as Self (uncredited)

The Thin Blue Line

1988as Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

Life Itself

2014as Self - Filmmaker

A Brief History of Time

1991Director

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

2019as Self

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

1999as Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)

P.O.V.

1988Director

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography

2017as Self

The Unknown Known

2013as Self - Interviewer (voice)

Standard Operating Procedure

2008Director, Producer

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

1997Director, Producer

Vernon, Florida

1981Director, Producer

Gates of Heaven

1978Director, Editor, Producer

National Bird

2016Executive Producer

The Pigeon Tunnel

2023Director, Producer, Writer

The Only Girl in the Orchestra

2023Executive Producer

American Dharma

2018as Self

Tabloid

2010Director

Wormwood

2017Director, Executive Producer

Chaos: The Manson Murders

2025as Self - Filmmaker

Separated

2024Director, Producer

Enemies of the State

2021Executive Producer

My Psychedelic Love Story

2020Director, Executive Producer

A Wilderness of Error

as Self

The Dark Wind

1992Director

An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell

2016as himself