Errol Morris
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Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of their subjects, and the invention of the Interrotron device for his style of filmmaking. In 2003, his documentary film The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1] His film The Thin Blue Line placed fifth on a Sight & Sound poll of the greatest documentaries ever made.[2] Morris is known for making films about unusual subjects; Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of a wild animal trainer, a topiary gardener, a robot scientist and a naked mole rat specialist.[3]
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Born | Errol Mark Morris (1948-02-05) February 5, 1948 (age 76) Hewlett, New York, U.S. |
Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) |
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1978–present |
Notable work | Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line, Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, The Fog of War |
Spouse |
Julia Sheehan (m. 1984) |
Children | Hamilton Morris |
Website | ErrolMorris.com |