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