Bill Morrison Movies

a serene and endearing cat-cam video, made during lockdown and scored by Bill Frisell.

A TCM original production on why silent movies matter, featuring new interviews with Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker Bill...

An early Bill Morrison short, in this work he traverses an urban landscape utilizing high contrast black and white footage. The bustling nature of...

Early Bill Morrison film from 1992, black & white, 16mm.

Drawing from Portugal’s rich heritage of shipping, trade, and exploration, “The Dockworker's Dream” takes the viewer on a journey...

'Just Ancient Loops' employs high resolution scans of ancient nitrate footage, as well as newly created CGI renderings of space to depict different...

In 1924, Jewish tradesmen in the newly-formed Soviet Union relocated to the Ukraine, Belarus and Crimea to form farming colonies. The film is of a...

Drawing from a passage from the Rosh Hashana Service, “Who shall live, who shall die… who by water, who by fire,” this short film...

A city symphony inspired by New York

Walter Francis and Jerry Peoples, two characters from "Mutual Appreciation", share a visit at the Peoples' home in the countryside.

Black-and-white film projections by Bill Morrison, using archival footage of frigid Arctic scenes.

The film depicts the Lumière Brothers discussing and examining their Cinématographe machine. This film has traveled through time since...

Explores Man's tendency to reduce the world into discrete intervals so that it might be more readily analyzed, even if not wholly understood.

A film by Bill Morrison.

Hauntingly beautiful preparation for the fashion show followed by the show itself.

A short film by Bill Morrison

'Tributes-Pulse' is a collaboration between American filmmaker Bill Morrison and Danish composer and percussionist Simon Christensen. Christensen...

Following on from Bill Morrison's feature Dawson City: Frozen Time, a short film, Dawson City: Postscript (10 min, 2017) details the journey this...

Buried and Breaking Away demonstrates the effect of Bloomington, Indiana’s elements on one of its favorite cinematic progenies.

Video by Bill Morrison created for the Ridge Theater production of "Persephone", with music by Ben Neill and Mimi Goese. The staged production was...