Bill Morrison

Bill Morrison

director, producer, editor

Bill Morrison was born on Nov 17, 1965 in USA. Bill Morrison's big-screen debut came with Dawson City: Frozen Time directed by Bill Morrison in 2016. Bill Morrison is known for Dawson City: Frozen Time directed by Bill Morrison, Michael Gates stars as Self and Kathy Jones-Gates as Self. Bill Morrison has got 9 awards and 24 nominations so far. The most recent award Bill Morrison achieved is Festival International de Cinéma de Marseille (FIDMarseille). The upcoming new movie Bill Morrison plays is The Village Detective: a song cycle which will be released on Sep 05, 2021.

Bill Morrison was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a director and editor, known for Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016), The Great Flood (2013), The Miners' Hymns (2011), Spark of Being (2010), Light Is Calling (2004) and Decasia (2002). Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) won a Critics' Choice Award for most innovative documentary, and was named the best documentary of 2017 by the Boston Society of Film Critics. The Great Flood (2013) won the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award of 2014 for historical scholarship. In 2013, Decasia (2002) was the first film of the 21st century to be selected to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. Bill Morrison's films often combine rare archival material set to contemporary music. He has collaborated with the some of the most celebrated composers of our time, including John Adams, Gavin Bryars, Philip Glass, Michael Gordon, Bill Frisell, Vijay Iyer, Jóhann Jóhannsson, David Lang, Steve Reich and Julia Wolfe, among many others. His work of over 30 titles was honored with a mid-career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) in 2014-2015

  • Birthday

    Nov 17, 1965
  • Place of Birth

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

Awards

9 wins & 24 nominations

Festival International de Cinéma de Marseille (FIDMarseille)
2018
Subtitling Award Support
Winner - FID LAB
International Documentary Association
2017
Best Editing
Winner - Creative Recognition Award
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