Bill Morrison Movies
- 2012
The Miners' Hymns
The Miners' Hymns7.52012HD
The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison. Their...
- 2017
Dawson City: Postscript
Dawson City: Postscript02017HD
Following on from Bill Morrison's feature Dawson City: Frozen Time, a short film, Dawson City: Postscript (10 min, 2017) details the journey this...
- 1992
Footprints
Footprints71992HD
Early Bill Morrison film from 1992, black & white, 16mm.
- 2014
Back to the Soil
Back to the Soil42014HD
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...
- 2020
Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era
Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era02020HD
A TCM original production on why silent movies matter, featuring new interviews with Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker Bill...
- 2016
Niver vs Walls
Niver vs Walls02016HD
Previously unheard interviews with Kemp Niver and Howard Walls from 1992, the two men who helped discover and restore the earliest film collection -...
- 2008
Every Stop on the F Train
Every Stop on the F Train02008HD
A self-explanatory film by Bill Morrison, with music by Michael Gordon, performed by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.
- 2020
Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea
Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea02020HD
a serene and endearing cat-cam video, made during lockdown and scored by Bill Frisell.
- 2024
The Vanguard Tapes
The Vanguard Tapes02024HD
A series of conversations and monologues captured in the kitchen of the famous Vanguard jazz club in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1994- 95...
- 1994
The World Is Round
The World Is Round01994HD
Originally planned as part of Michael Kanieckis play, «Howard Hughes: The World Is Round», the film follows the internal monologue of...
- 2012
Gene Takes a Drink
Gene Takes a Drink02012HD
An experimental film by Bill Morrison.
- 1993
The Death Train
The Death Train71993HD
Originally produced for the opera "The Death Train of Baron Von Frankenstein". The opera was conceived and written by John Moran, directed for the...
- 2018
Weaving
Weaving02018HD
An examination of weaving and the loom as the predecessor to modern-day computing. Using punched cards, weaving programs were designed for looms in...
- 2007
Fuel
Fuel02007HD
Fuel was premiered in a multi-media performance with a film by Bill Morrison at the Kaispeicher B Warehouse at the port of Hamburg, Germany, in 2007.
- 1996
Cross Country
Cross Country01996HD
Directed by Bill Morrison
- 2018
Cinematograph
Cinematograph02018HD
The film depicts the Lumière Brothers discussing and examining their Cinématographe machine. This film has traveled through time since...
- 2016
The Dockworker's Dream
The Dockworker's Dream72016HD
Drawing from Portugal’s rich heritage of shipping, trade, and exploration, “The Dockworker's Dream” takes the viewer on a journey...
- 2012
Koller and Freud
Koller and Freud02012HD
This found-footage piece is based on an early study of the effects of cocaine by the filmmaker’s great-grandfather Carl Koller and Sigmund...
- 2020
Curly’s Thanksgiving
Curly’s Thanksgiving02020HD
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!)
- 2020
Sunken Films
Sunken Films02020HD
A collection of films that have been found, or remain, on the Ocean's floor.