Directing

Bill Morrison

Born 1965-11-17

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Department: Directing

Biography

Bill Morrison is an award-winning artist and filmmaker. His films and videos have been screened in theatres, museums and concert halls worldwide. Often working in collaboration with musicians and composers, he has created films to accompany live performances of music by John Adams, Steve Reich, Michael Gordon and others.

Known For

Prominent works featuring Bill Morrison

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Dawson City: Frozen Time

2017

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Incident

2023

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Mutual Appreciation

2005

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Decasia: The State of Decay

2002

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Light Is Calling

2004

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Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

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Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

2011

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The Film of Her

1996

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The Great Flood

2012

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Beyond Zero: 1914-1918

2014

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Outerborough

2005

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (105 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
darker	Director	Movie	2026
Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon	Director	Movie	2026
Ghost of the Past	Director	Movie	2025
The Vanguard Tapes	Director	Movie	2024
Must Have Meant	Director	Movie	2024
Incident	Director	Movie	2023
Incident	Producer	Movie	2023
Incident	Editor	Movie	2023
Her Violet Kiss	Director	Movie	2021
Buried News	Director	Movie	2021
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle	Writer	Movie	2021
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle	Sound Designer	Movie	2021
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle	Additional Photography	Movie	2021
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle	Editor	Movie	2021
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle	Director	Movie	2021
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle	Producer	Movie	2021
let me come in	Director	Movie	2021
let me come in	Producer	Movie	2021
The Ring	Director	Movie	2021
Wild Girl	Director	Movie	2021
Curly’s Thanksgiving	Director	Movie	2020
Sunken Films	Director	Movie	2020
Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea	Director	Movie	2020
Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era	Himself	Movie	2020
Cinematograph	Director	Movie	2018
Cinematograph	Editor	Movie	2018
Buried and Breaking Away	Director	Movie	2018
The Letter	Director	Movie	2018
Weaving	Director	Movie	2018
Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison	Self / Appearance	Movie	2017
Dawson City: Postscript	Director	Movie	2017
Dawson City: Frozen Time	Himself	Movie	2017
Dawson City: Frozen Time	Director	Movie	2017
Dawson City: Frozen Time	Writer	Movie	2017
Dawson City: Frozen Time	Editor	Movie	2017
Dawson City: Frozen Time	Producer	Movie	2017
The Unchanging Sea	Director	Movie	2016
The Dockworker's Dream	Editor	Movie	2016
The Dockworker's Dream	Director	Movie	2016
Little Orphant Annie	Director	Movie	2016
Niver vs Walls	Director	Movie	2016
Pop Meets the Void	Walter's Brother	Movie	2015
Beyond Zero: 1914-1918	Director	Movie	2014
The Film That Buys the Cinema	Director	Movie	2014
Back to the Soil	Director	Movie	2014
Back to the Soil	Editor	Movie	2014
Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist	Himself	Movie	2013
Rite of Spring	Director	Movie	2013
Re: Awakenings	Director	Movie	2013
All Vows	Director	Movie	2013
The Great Flood	Director	Movie	2012
Just Ancient Loops	Director	Movie	2012
Koller and Freud	Director	Movie	2012
Gene Takes a Drink	Director	Movie	2012
The Miners' Hymns	Director	Movie	2012
DawnPatrol	Director	Movie	2011
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film	Himself (archive footage)	Movie	2011
Tributes: Pulse	Director	Movie	2011
Spark of Being	Director	Movie	2010
Release	Director	Movie	2010
Stargazer	Director	Movie	2010
Every Stop on the F Train	Director	Movie	2008
Dystopia	Director	Movie	2008
Fuel	Director	Movie	2007
Peoples House	Walter	Movie	2007
Who by Water	Director	Movie	2007
The Highwater Trilogy	Director	Movie	2006
Porch	Director	Movie	2006
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1	Animation	Movie	2005
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1	Director	Movie	2005
Outerborough	Editor	Movie	2005
Outerborough	Director	Movie	2005
Mutual Appreciation	Walter	Movie	2005
Light Is Calling	Director	Movie	2004
Gotham	Director	Movie	2004
The Mesmerist	Director	Movie	2003
The Mesmerist	Writer	Movie	2003
The Mesmerist	Editor	Movie	2003
The Mesmerist	Producer	Movie	2003
East River	Director	Movie	2003
Trinity	Director	Movie	2002
Decasia: The State of Decay	Director	Movie	2002
Decasia: The State of Decay	Writer	Movie	2002
Decasia: The State of Decay	Editor	Movie	2002
Decasia: The State of Decay	Producer	Movie	2002
Ghost Trip	Director	Movie	2000
City Walk	Director	Movie	1999
The Film of Her	The Curator	Movie	1996
The Film of Her	Director	Movie	1996
The Film of Her	Writer	Movie	1996
The Film of Her	Producer	Movie	1996
The Film of Her	Editor	Movie	1996
Vigneti	Director	Movie	1996
Cross Country	Director	Movie	1996
Moda	Director	Movie	1996
Nemo	Director	Movie	1995
Nemo	Producer	Movie	1995
The World Is Round	Writer	Movie	1994
The World Is Round	Director	Movie	1994
The Death Train	Director	Movie	1993
Photo Op	Director	Movie	1992
Footprints	Director	Movie	1992
Lost Avenues	Director	Movie	1991
Night Highway	Director	Movie	1990
Night Highway	Writer	Movie	1990