Bill Morrison (director)

Bill Morrison (born November 17, 1965, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American, New York-based filmmaker and artist. His films often combine rare archival material set to contemporary music, and have been screened in theaters, cinemas, museums, galleries, and concert halls around the world.

Morrison had a mid-career retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art, October 2014 - March 2015. He is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and has received the Alpert Awards in the Arts, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Creative Capital, and a fellowship from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts

His theatrical projection design with Ridge Theater has been recognized with two Bessie Awards, and an Obie Award. He attended Reed College 1983-85, and graduated from Cooper Union with a BFA in 1989.

Morrison has collaborated with some of the most influential composers and performers of our time, including John Adams (composer), Maya Beiser, Gavin Bryars, Dave Douglas, Richard Einhorn, Erik Friedlander, Bill Frisell, Philip Glass, Michael Gordon (composer), Henryk Górecki, Michael Harrison, Ted Hearne, Vijay Iyer, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Kronos Quartet, David Lang, David T. Little, Michael Montes, Harry Partch, Steve Reich, Todd Reynolds (musician), Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Julia Wolfe, among many others.

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