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Errol Morris

Errol Morris is an Oscar-winning filmmaker and commercial director based in Cambridge, MA.

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EMSelected workCitibank: Water BalloonsOpen project
Production company & representation
Moxie Pictures
Production company · US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
WGA Award for Documentary Screenplay (The Pigeon Tunnel)
Writers Guild of America · 2024 · award
Emmy Award for PBS commercial "Photobooth"
Emmy Awards · 2001 · award
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (The Fog of War)
Academy Awards · award
Selected clients
AppleCitibankESPNHSBCIBMKFCLevi'sMiller High LifeNikePBS

Selected commercial work

2 indexed projects
Citibank: Water BalloonsView work ↗Citibank: ShadowsView work ↗
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Bio & background

Errol Morris is an Oscar-winning filmmaker and commercial director based in Cambridge, MA. Represented in the US by Moxie Pictures, he has directed more than 1,000 commercials, including campaigns for Apple, Levi's, ESPN, Nike, Target, Citibank, and Miller High Life, plus work for Chipotle, Prudential, Omaha Steaks, Acura, Wealthsimple, PBS, KFC, Quaker Oats, Taco Bell, Unilever, Sharp, HSBC, and IBM. In 2001 he received an Emmy for the PBS spot "Photobooth"; commercial awards also include a Cannes Silver Lion for Taco Bell, a Bronze Lion for Unilever, and KFC's Breakthrough Bucket Achievement Award. Morris carries the Interrotron interview technique and investigative, dialogue-driven sensibility of his documentaries into advertising, producing docu-style and performance-oriented spots often laced with dry humor, notably the long-running Miller High Life campaigns. Documentary honors include an Academy Award for The Fog of War, a Sundance Grand Jury Prize, a Berlin Silver Bear, and an Edgar Award for The Thin Blue Line. He has contributed shorts to ESPN/Grantland and the IBM Centennial, and is a MacArthur Fellow and Guggenheim Fellow.

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Awards
WGA Award for Documentary Screenplay (The Pigeon Tunnel)
Writers Guild of America · 2024
  • Emmy Award for PBS commercial "Photobooth"
    Emmy Awards · 2001
  • Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (The Fog of War)
    Academy Awards
  • Edgar Award (The Thin Blue Line)
    Mystery Writers of America
  • Cannes Silver Lion for Taco Bell
    Cannes Lions
  • Cannes Bronze Lion for Unilever
    Cannes Lions
  • Breakthrough Bucket Achievement Award (first non-employee recipient)
    KFC
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences induction
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 2007
  • Sundance Grand Jury Prize (A Brief History of Time)
    Sundance Film Festival
  • Berlin Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize (Standard Operating Procedure)
    Berlin International Film Festival
  • MacArthur Fellowship
    MacArthur Foundation
  • Guggenheim Fellowship
    John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Hitchens Prize
  • Press
    • The Brilliant Ads of Errol Morris
      Grantland
    • Named one of the brightest talents in advertising
      Adweek
    • Farewell tribute to Miller High Life Man; Creativity 50 inclusion
      Advertising Age
    • Coverage of HSBC campaign (Stuart Elliott)
      The New York Times
    • Sharp campaign as alternate-reality example
      Boston Globe