Bill Morrison Movies

  • 1996
    The Film of Her

    The Film of Her

    The Film of Her

    6.31996HD

    Based on the story of Howard Walls, A clerk at the Library of Congress who saved a collection of early paper reel films from the incinerator,...

    The Film of Her
  • 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
  • 2012
    Koller and Freud

    Koller and Freud

    Koller and Freud

    02012HD

    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...

    Koller and Freud
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1990
    Night Highway

    Night Highway

    Night Highway

    61990HD

    B/W visualization of the highway during the night.

    Night Highway
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2018
    Buried and Breaking Away

    Buried and Breaking Away

    Buried and Breaking Away

    02018HD

    Buried and Breaking Away demonstrates the effect of Bloomington, Indiana’s elements on one of its favorite cinematic progenies.

    Buried and Breaking Away
  • 1991
    Lost Avenues

    Lost Avenues

    Lost Avenues

    61991HD

    A film by Bill Morrison.

    Lost Avenues
  • 2012
    Gene Takes a Drink

    Gene Takes a Drink

    Gene Takes a Drink

    02012HD

    An experimental film by Bill Morrison.

    Gene Takes a Drink