Brian Morris

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Brian Morris (born July 3, 1939 in Lancashire , United Kingdom ) is a British film architect .

Live and act

Born in Lancashire, Morris studied theater design at the Central School of Art and Crafts in Manchester and then went on to work as a set designer for the Shakespeare Society in Stratford-upon-Avon . He then worked for four years as a production designer for television films. In 1972, Morris made his film debut as a film architect.

Since the late 1970s, Brian Morris designed the buildings for a number of extraordinary productions by ambitious directors, including John Schlesinger , Alan Parker , Chris Menges , Adrian Lyne , Jean-Jacques Annaud , Sydney Pollack and Louis Malle . In addition to several films in which the music or the work of music artists was in the foreground (" That'll be the Day", "Stardust", " Pink Floyd - The Wall ", " The Commitments ", " Evita ") are among his The most remarkable works include the stone age film without dialogue “ In the beginning was the fire ”, the mystical good-versus-bad allegory “ Angel Heart ”, the hallucinatory roller coaster ride “ Jacob's Ladder - In the violence of the hereafter ” and the one played in “elevated circles” social satire " Wellville ". In 1997 he received an Oscar nomination for his film architecture in " Evita "

"Brian Morris' oeuvre shows an unusually large variety of forms; the Briton constructed dark, symbol-laden nightmare worlds postmodern with the same enthusiasm for storytelling, as well as historically precise and well-groomed plush ambience of home-style homeliness." In 2002, Morris was brought in for the extensive structures for the classic pirate film " Pirates of the Caribbean " with Johnny Depp ; it was to be his greatest commercial success. Since then he has gradually reduced his work intensity.

Filmography

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 559.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 559.
personal data
SURNAME Morris, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Lancashire , UK