Brett Morgen
16 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Oct 11, 1968 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Бретт Морген
Biography
Brett D. Morgen (born October 11, 1968) is an American documentary film director, producer, writer, and editor. Morgen was born in Los Angeles, California in 1968. He was named after USC football lineman Britt Williams, who was team captain in 1961, but his parents misspelled the name. He was raised in Studio City, California. According to Morgen, he knew he wanted to be a filmmaker at a young age.
Morgen made Ollie's Army while a student at New York University. The film focuses on the exploits of the James Madison University college Republicans during Oliver North's senatorial campaign of 1994.
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On the Ropes was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000 for Best Documentary. The boxing documentary was directed by Morgen and Nanette Burstein, and examined the lives of three aspiring prizefighters and their coach. Although it did not win an Academy Award, the film did win a number of awards, including Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary by the Directors Guild of America.
The Kid Stays in the Picture is a documentary biopic about film producer Robert Evans, focusing on his major hits, like The Godfather, and his tumultuous personal life. Once again, Morgen teamed with Nanette Burstein.
Chicago 10 is a film about the Chicago Eight. The film uses animation and celebrity voice-overs from Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, Liev Schreiber, James Urbaniak, and Jeffrey Wright.
June 17th, 1994 aired on ESPN as an episode of 30 for 30 and featured on-air commentary by Morgen. It was the only 30 for 30 episode to date that included no interviews or voice-overs, consisting solely of the actual TV footage on June 17, 1994. This was the date of the O.J. Simpson slow-moving police chase, and the other important sports stories of that day that were mostly ignored, due to the American public's fascination with Simpson.
Morgen lives in Rockaway, Queens, New York with his wife, Debra Eisenstadt, and three children.
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Known for
Brett Morgen: movies and TV shows
Behind the camera (23)
- 2022 Moonage Daydream
Editor, Writer, Director, Producer
- 2020
- 2017 Jane
Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Editor
- 2017
- 2015 Cobain: Montage of Heck
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- 2012 Crossfire Hurricane
Director, Writer
- 2010 Dora: The Girl Heard 'Round the World
Executive Producer
- 2010 Hello Sister
Director
- 2010 June 17th, 1994
Director
- 2010 Truth in Motion: The U.S. Ski Team's Road to Vancouver
Director, Director of Photography
- 2009
- 2008 Drive and Deliver
Director
- 2008 Chicago 10
Writer, Director, Producer
- 2007
- 2006 The Limbo Room
Executive Producer
- 2003
- 2003 The Sweet Science
Director
- 2002 The Kid Stays in the Picture
Director, Adaptation, Producer
- 2001
- 1999
- 1999 On the Ropes
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
- 1996 Ollie's Army
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
- 1987 Too Far from the Norm
Writer, Director, Editor, Producer