Errol Morris
Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948 in Hewlett , New York , USA ) is an American director , documentary filmmaker and author. Errol Morris' greatest success to date was The Fog of War , for which he received the Oscar for Best Documentary in 2004, along with numerous other awards . For A Brief History of Time he won the 1992 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival .
The German director Werner Herzog is considered a friend and sponsor of Morris . He once bet that Morris would never make his first documentary Gates of Heaven and offered as a bet that he would eat his shoe. A short film was made with Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe about redeeming the bet .
In 1989 he was a MacArthur Fellow . In 2007 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Filmography
- 1978: gates of heaven (Gates of Heaven)
- 1981: Turkey Fever (Vernon, Florida)
- 1988: The Case of Randall Adams (The Thin Blue Line) (documentary)
- 1991: Canyon Cop (The Dark Wind)
- 1991: A Brief History of Time (A Brief History of Time)
- 1997: Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (Fast, Cheap and Out of Control)
- 1999: Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.)
- 2003: The Fog of War (The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara) (documentary)
- 2008: Standard Operating Procedure
- 2010: Tabloid (documentary)
- 2013: The Unknown Known ( The Unknown Known ) (documentary)
- 2016: National Bird (documentary, as producer)
- 2017: Wermut (Wormwood) (Series, Docudrama)
Awards
- 1988: Golden Horse for Best Foreign Film at Taiwan International Film Festival for The Thin Blue Line
- 1989: Edgar Award for The Thin Blue Line
- 1988: IDA Award from the International Documentary Association for The Thin Blue Line
- 1988: National Board of Review Award for The Thin Blue Line
- 1988: Washington Post "Best Picture of the Year" for The Thin Blue Line
- 1988: New York Film Critics Circle Award for The Thin Blue Line
- 1989: Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for The Thin Blue Line
- 1989: National Society of Film Critics Award for The Thin Blue Line
- 1989: Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1989: MacArthur Fellowship
- 2001: Entry into the National Film Registry for The Thin Blue Line
- In 2002 the International Documentary Association put The Thin Blue Line on their list of their 20 Best Documentaries of All Time (No. 2) and Fast, Cheap & Out of Control at # 14
- 2003: National Board of Review Award for Best Documentation for The Fog of War
- 2003: Los Angeles Film Critics Association named Best Documentary for The Fog of War
- 2003: Chicago Film Critics best documentary for The Fog of War
- 2003: Washington DC Area Film Critics named Best Documentary for The Fog of War
- 2003: The Guardian named him one of the world's 40 best active filmmakers
- 2004: Oscar for best documentary The Fog of War (2004)
- 2007: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2008: Large jury at the Berlin International Film Festival for Standard Operating Procedure
- 2013: Columbia Journalism Award
Honorary doctorates
- Middlebury College , Hon. DFA (2010)
- Brandeis University , Hon. DHL (2011)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison , Hon. DHL (2013)
Web links
- Errol Morris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Errol Morris in the catalog of the German National Library
literature
- Errol Morris, Philip Gourevitch : The Story of Abu Ghraib. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3446232952
- WYD Mitchell: The veil around Abu Ghraib. Errol Morris and the 'bad apples'. In: Ingeborg Reichle, Steffen Siegel (eds.): Massless pictures. Visuelle Ästhetik der Transgression , Munich (Wilhelm Fink Verlag) 2009, pp. 51–65. ISBN 978-3-7705-4801-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.haben-mag.com/blog/?p=304 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ International Documentary Association Top Twenty Documentaries of All-Time . Central Washington University - Brooks Library (at Archive.org). Archived from the original on February 13, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ↑ 40 Best Directors . In: The Guardian . Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ↑ Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B . American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morris, Errol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director, documentary filmmaker and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hewlett , New York, United States |