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Errol Morris

Birth Name:
Errol Morris
Birth Place:
Long Island, New York, United States
Profession
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Editor
Errol Morris

Fast Facts

  • In 2009, he won the International Documentary Association's Career Achievement Award
  • Won the 2008 Silver Berlin Bear Jury Grand Prix Award at the Berlin International Film Festival
  • 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 AwardWinner
  • 1988LAFCA Award - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:Nominated
  • 1989Critics AwardNominated
  • 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 AwardWinner
  • 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 PrizeNominated
  • 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 BearNominated
  • 2008Silver Berlin Bear - Jury Grand Prix:Winner
  • 2008Amnesty AwardNominated
  • 2008Pare Lorentz AwardNominated
  • 2008Best World DocumentaryNominated
  • 2009PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:Nominated
  • 2012Cinema Eye Audience Choice PrizeNominated
  • 2013Best Documentary - Best International Documentary Award:Winner
  • 2013Politiken's Audience AwardNominated
  • 2013F:ACT AwardNominated
  • 2013Audience Choice AwardNominated
  • 2013IDA Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2013Golden LionNominated
  • 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 AwardNominated
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