Bill Morrison Movies

  • 1992
    Photo Op

    Photo Op

    Photo Op

    6.81992HD

    This is an excerpt from the 60-minute film commissioned for Conrad Cummings's opera of the same title, which was produced by Ridge Theater and staged...

    Photo Op
  • 2002
    Trinity

    Trinity

    Trinity

    72002HD

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

    Trinity
  • 2011
    Tributes: Pulse

    Tributes: Pulse

    Tributes: Pulse

    02011HD

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

    Tributes: Pulse
  • 2021
    Her Violet Kiss

    Her Violet Kiss

    Her Violet Kiss

    02021HD

    A woman attends a party where she is observed by and finally meets a mysterious guest.

    Her Violet Kiss
  • 1996
    Vigneti

    Vigneti

    Vigneti

    01996HD

    A short film by Bill Morrison

    Vigneti
  • 2020
    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    02020HD

    My cat Curly recorded this video on 4/7/20. It's a get well soon card to the world. (And remember to wash your paws!)

    Curly’s Thanksgiving
  • 2021
    Buried News

    Buried News

    Buried News

    02021HD

    Frequent Kronos collaborator Bill Morrison uses rare, early-20th century news footage to uncover ways that narratives about race have been used in...

    Buried News
  • 1991
    Lost Avenues

    Lost Avenues

    Lost Avenues

    61991HD

    A film by Bill Morrison.

    Lost Avenues
  • 2018
    Weaving

    Weaving

    Weaving

    02018HD

    An examination of weaving and the loom as the predecessor to modern-day computing. Using punched cards, weaving programs were designed for looms in...

    Weaving
  • 2010
    Stargazer

    Stargazer

    Stargazer

    02010HD

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

    Stargazer
  • 1996
    Moda

    Moda

    Moda

    01996HD

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

    Moda
  • 2016
    Niver vs Walls

    Niver vs Walls

    Niver vs Walls

    02016HD

    Previously unheard interviews with Kemp Niver and Howard Walls from 1992, the two men who helped discover and restore the earliest film collection -...

    Niver vs Walls
  • 1995
    Nemo

    Nemo

    Nemo

    51995HD

    The wind swirls up dust in a desert landscape. The picture is followed by images of clouds racing over the skyline of a city, of reflections on an...

    Nemo
  • 1999
    City Walk

    City Walk

    City Walk

    5.21999HD

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

    City Walk