Errol Morris

Errol Morris

(1948) screenwriter United States

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Errol Morris (born 1948) was a United States screenwriter, known for Fast, Cheap & Out of Control|Interrotron|The Thin Blue Line|Gates of Heaven|The Fog of War.

About Errol Morris

Errol Mark Morris is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of their subjects, and the invention of the Interrotron. In 2003, his The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. His film The Thin Blue Line placed fifth on a Sight & Sound poll of the greatest documentaries ever made. Morris is known for making films about unusual subjects; Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of an animal trainer, a topiary gardener, a robot scientist, and a naked mole-rat specialist.

Known for:

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control|Interrotron|The Thin Blue Line|Gates of Heaven|The Fog of War

Notable works:

The ashtray (or the man who denied reality)

Awards:

Edgar Awards|Guggenheim Fellowship|MacArthur Fellows Program|Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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