Bill Morrison Movies

  • 2016
    Little Orphant Annie

    Little Orphant Annie

    Little Orphant Annie

    02016HD

    Little Orphant Annie is a re-edit of a silent film of the same title from 1918, directed by Colin Campbell. Two reels from an original nitrate print...

    Little Orphant Annie
  • 2020
    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    02020HD

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

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era
  • 2007
    Who by Water

    Who by Water

    Who by Water

    5.82007HD

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

    Who by Water
  • 1996
    Vigneti

    Vigneti

    Vigneti

    01996HD

    A short film by Bill Morrison

    Vigneti
  • 1992
    Photo Op

    Photo Op

    Photo Op

    5.81992HD

    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
  • 2008
    Every Stop on the F Train

    Every Stop on the F Train

    Every Stop on the F Train

    02008HD

    A self-explanatory film by Bill Morrison, with music by Michael Gordon, performed by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.

    Every Stop on the F Train
  • 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
  • 2004
    Gotham

    Gotham

    Gotham

    02004HD

    A city symphony inspired by New York

    Gotham
  • 1990
    Night Highway

    Night Highway

    Night Highway

    61990HD

    B/W visualization of the highway during the night.

    Night Highway
  • 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
  • 2024
    Must Have Meant

    Must Have Meant

    Must Have Meant

    02024HD

    Corabelle, an orange tabby, wanders through a snowy East Village community garden, pondering the possibility of connection. With a soundtrack by...

    Must Have Meant
  • 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
  • 2014
    Back to the Soil

    Back to the Soil

    Back to the Soil

    42014HD

    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...

    Back to the Soil
  • 1996
    Cross Country

    Cross Country

    Cross Country

    01996HD

    Directed by Bill Morrison

    Cross Country
  • 1970
    DawnPatrol

    DawnPatrol

    DawnPatrol

    01970HD

    An adventure from the point of view of a fly.

    DawnPatrol
  • 2013
    All Vows

    All Vows

    All Vows

    02013HD

    An English translation of ‘Kol Nidre’, the incantation that begins the Yom Kippur service and which pre-emptively nullifies any future...

    All Vows
  • 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
  • 1992
    Footprints

    Footprints

    Footprints

    71992HD

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

    Footprints
  • 2013
    Rite of Spring

    Rite of Spring

    Rite of Spring

    02013HD

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

    Rite of Spring
  • 2008
    Dystopia

    Dystopia

    Dystopia

    02008HD

    A film symphony inspired by Los Angeles.

    Dystopia