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Brett Morgen (born 1968 in the United States ) is an American documentary filmmaker , film producer and screenwriter .
Life
Morgen studied American Mythology at Hampshire College and graduated from Tisch School of the Arts in 1999 with a Master of Fine Arts . He shot his graduation work On the Ropes with Nanette Burstein . On the Ropes is about boxers in Brooklyn and was first shown to the public at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival . There he won the Special Jury Prize. The film was also nominated for an Oscar in 2000 for “ Best Documentary ” . Together with Burnstein, he won the Directors' Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction in a Documentary .
His second work, the documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture , by film producer Robert Evans, was highly praised . Morgen has been the producer of the TV series Nimrod Nation for the Sundance Channel since 2007 . The documentary series accompanies fans of a high school basketball team from Michigan .
In 2007, Chicago 10 was released , an animated documentary about the protests of the Chicago Seven against the Democratic National Convention in 1968 , although the film is aimed at today's audiences and is a beacon against the Iraq war . In 2010, the episode was released June 17, 1994, in the series 30 for 30 radio station ESPN . This is about OJ Simpson's spectacular escape in connection with the murder of his wife, which has not yet been clarified.
Morgen uses a way of working for his documentaries that is reminiscent of a method actor . So he tries to immerse himself in the scene he wants to portray and thus to get an inner perspective. In 2012, Crossfire Hurrican was released as a documentary about the Rolling Stones .
Filmography (selection)
- 1999: On the Ropes (with Nanette Burstein )
- 2002: The Kid Stays in the Picture
- 2007: Chicago 10
- 2007–: Nimrod Nation (TV series) (production)
- 2012: Crossfire Hurricanes
- 2015: Cobain: Montage of Heck
- 2017: Jane
Awards
- 1999: Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize together with Nanette Burstein for On the Ropes
- 1999: Sundance Film Festival - Nomination: Grand Jury Prize together with Nanette Burstein for On the Ropes
- 1999: International Documentary Association - IDA Award together with Nanette Burstein for On the Ropes
- 1999: San Francisco International Film Festival - Silver Spire with Nanette Burstein for On the Ropes
- 2000: Academy Awards - nomination for On the Ropes together with Nanette Burstein
- 2000: Directors Guild of America - DGA Award together with Nanette Burstein for On the Ropes
- 2000: Independent Spirit Awards - nomination together with Nanette Burstein in the Truer than Fiction category
- 2007: Chicago International Film Fest - Best Documentary for Chicago 10
- 2009: Writers Guild of America - WGA Award nomination for Chicago 10
Web links
- Brett Morgen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Janice Page: Back to the present; Brett Morgen's film is about 1968, and today . In: Boston Globe . March 2, 2008 ( highbeam.com ). Back to the present; Brett Morgen's film is about 1968, and today ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Bio. Official website, accessed January 18, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tomorrow, Brett |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |