Bill Morrison

About me:

BIO:

Bill Morrison’s films have been screened at festivals, museums and concert halls worldwide, including the Sundance Film Festival, the Tate Modern, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The Museum of Modern Art has acquired eight of his titles. Morrison is a Guggenheim fellow and has received the Alpert Award. His work with Ridge Theater has been recognized with two Bessie awards and an Obie Award. Bill has produced films to accompany the music of numerous composers, including John Adams, Gavin Bryars, Richard Einhorn, Bill Frisell, David Lang, Michael Montes, Harry Partch, Steve Reich, Todd Reynolds, and Julia Wolfe. "Decasia", his feature length collaboration with composer Michael Gordon, is described by J. Hoberman of the Village Voice as “the most widely acclaimed American avant-garde film of the fin-de-siècle.”

UPCOMING EVENTS:

LIGHT IS CALLING
Thu Nov 19, 2009 - Wed Feb 10, 2010 • Los Angeles
Bill Morrison's award-winning short "Light Is Calling", edited to Michael Gordon's original composition, will be exhibited as part of the Best of Loop: Remote Viewing a program curated by Paul Young at MOCA Pacific Design Center • 8687 Melrose Ave • Galleries B230 & B487 (Blue Building) • 
West Hollywood, CA

LIGHT IS CALLING
Fri Jan 22 - Sun Mar 21, 2010 • Vancouver
Bill Morrison's award-winning short "Light Is Calling", edited to Michael Gordon's original composition, will be exhibited as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Shown on a large LED screen outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, the film is part of a program curated by Daina Augaitis and Christopher Eamon.
Vancouver Art Gallery • Robson Street facade • 750 Hornby Street • Vancouver, BC

THE MESMERIST
Wed Feb 17 • Rome • 9:00pm
Thu Feb 18 • Oslo • 8:00pm
Fri Feb 19 • St. Pölten, AT • 9:30pm
Guitarist Bill Frisell performs a program of original music for silent film, "Frisell Takes On Keaton, Woodring, and Morrison", including Bill Morrison's "The Mesmerist".
Tony Scher on bass, and Kenny Wollesen on drums.
Auditorium Parco dell Musica, Rome, IT
Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo, NO
Festspielhaus, St. Pölten, AT

RELEASE
Opens Sun Mar 14, 2010 • Philadelphia
Jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer and filmmaker Bill Morrison collaborate on the site specific installation "Release", in one of the cells of the historic Eastern State Penitentiary.
Installation will remain on view through fall 2010.
Eastern State Penitentiary • 22nd and Fairmount Ave • Philadelphia, PA

SPARK OF BEING
Sat Apr 24 • Stanford, CA • 8:00pm
Stanford Lively Arts presents the culmination of a year-long collaboration between composer/trumpeter Dave Douglas and filmmaker Bill Morrison entitled "Spark of Being", a new interpretation of the Frankenstein myth.
Memorial Auditorium • 551 Serra Mall • Stanford, CA

THE MINERS' HYMNS
Thu Jul 15 • Durham, UK • 9:00pm
A commission by UK presenter Forma for BRASS: Durham International Festival 2010, brings filmmaker Bill Morrison together with Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson to create an evening length film using archival films of the mines and miners of Northeastern England. An original score written by Jóhannsson will be performed live, using members of local brass ensembles. The premiere performance will be held in the historic Durham Cathedral, built AD 1093-1133.
Durham Cathedral • Durham, UK

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