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Errol Morris Biography
Birth Name:Errol Morris
Birth Place:Long Island, New York, United States
Profession Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Editor
Fast Facts
- Won the 2008 Silver Berlin Bear Jury Grand Prix Award at the Berlin International Film Festival
- In 2009, he won the International Documentary Association's Career Achievement Award
- Earned a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Has studied as graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University
- Before becoming a filmmaker, he studied playing the cello
- Is best known for his work directing documentary films
- Is the author of the 2008 book "Standard Operating Procedure․"
Awards
- 1988IDA Award-: winner
- 1988LAFCA Award-Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: nominated
- 1989Critics Award-: nominated
- 1989Edgar-Best Motion Picture: winner
- 1989Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
- 1992Golden Space Needle Award-Best Documentary: winner
- 1992Filmmakers Trophy-Documentary: winner
- 1992Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: winner
- 1998Truer Than Fiction Award-: winner
- 1998OFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Picture: winner
- 1998Golden Satellite Award-Best Motion Picture, Documentary: nominated
- 1999LAFCA Award-Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: nominated
- 1999Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize-: nominated
- 2000DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
- 2000OFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Picture: nominated
- 2003LAFCA Award-Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: winner
- 2004Oscar-Best Documentary, Features: winner
- 2004DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
- 2004Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: winner
- 2004OFTA Film Award-Best Documentary Picture: nominated
- 2005DVDX Award-Best Deleted Scenes, Outtakes and Bloopers: nominated
- 2008EDA Award-Best Documentary Feature Film: nominated
- 2008Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
- 2008Silver Berlin Bear-Jury Grand Prix: winner
- 2008Amnesty Award-: nominated
- 2008Pare Lorentz Award-: nominated
- 2008Best World Documentary-: nominated
- 2009PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
- 2012Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
- 2013Best Documentary-Best International Documentary Award: winner
- 2013Politiken's Audience Award-: nominated
- 2013F:ACT Award-: nominated
- 2013Audience Choice Award-: nominated
- 2013IDA Award-Best Feature: nominated
- 2013Golden Lion-: nominated
- 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Influentials: winner
- 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Influentials: winner
- 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Influentials: winner
- 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Influentials: winner
- 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Influentials: winner
- 2015Emmy-Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form: nominated
- 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Influentials: winner
- 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Influentials: winner
- 2016Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Influentials: winner
- 2017Emmy-Best Documentary: nominated
- 2017Emmy-Outstanding Investigative Documentary: nominated
- 2017VVFP Award-Best Documentary: nominated
- 2018Felix-Best Documentary: winner
- 2018Gold Hugo-Best Documentary: nominated
- 2018DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
- 2018Emmy-Outstanding Current Affairs Documentary: nominated
- 2024WGA Award (Screen)-Documentary Screenplay: winner
- 2025Camera Justitia Award-: nominated