Morgan Jon Fox
| Morgan Jon Fox | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Morgan Jon Fox June 19, 1979 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Morgan Jon Fox (born June 19, 1979) is an American film director, and screenwriter from Memphis, Tennessee.
Named one of the "25 new faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine, he has directed 4 feature films, Blue Citrus Hearts (2004, Ariztical Entertainment), Away Awake (2005, Ariztical Entertainment), OMG/HaHaHa (2009, Waterbearer Films), and This Is What Love In Action Looks Like (2012, TLA Releasings).
Morgan Jon Fox attended White Station High School in Memphis, TN. He began gaining indie film notoriety in his early 20s coming out of the Memphis film scene, which has produced filmmakers Craig Brewer, Ira Sachs, Mike McCarthy, and Kentucker Audley.
He formed the film collaborative, Sawed-Off Collaboratory Productions, in Memphis in 2002.
Fox made his directorial debut in 2003 with Blue Citrus Hearts. It became an underground hit on the film festival circuit, garnering high profile reviews:
"Fox and his shoestring Memphis film cooperative succeed in capturing the intensity of teen angst where many Hollywood films fail."
The micro-budget film won Best Feature Film at the 2003 Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Fest, Best Hometown Feature at the 2003 Indie Memphis Film Festival, Honorable Mention at the Berkley Video and Film Fest, and the Festival Director Award for the Advancement of Cinema at the 2004 Magnolia Film Fest. Blue Citrus Hearts was named one of the top 20 films of 2003 by The Chicago Reader, and the Commercial Appeal. The film is distributed by American distribution company Ariztical Entertainment.
Ariztical Entertainment released Fox's second film, Away(A)Wake, in 2005. In 2009 his third feature, OMG/HaHaHa, premiered at NewFest in New York city. It won best of fest awards in Memphis and Chicago. The teen-to-early twenties centric film, with a main character who speaks to the viewing audience through his webcam, gained Fox the title "The voice of the youtube generation" by Filmmaker Magazine. The film is distributed by Waterbearer Films.
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