Morgan Fisher
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Washington, D.C
Biography
Morgan Fisher is an American experimental filmmaker and artist best known for his structuralist and minimalist films referencing the material processes of celluloid film and the means and methods of producing moving images, including the camera, the director and crew, and the editing process. Fisher's work has been noted for its relationship to the Southern California landscape and its architecture during a time when the region was staking an aesthetic and intellectual claim in the larger art world. Since the 1990s, Fisher has also been producing paintings and installation works. His work has been included in three Whitney Biennial exhibitions, 1985, 2004 and 2014. He was awarded a Guggenhei...
Best known work
Messiah of Evil
1975
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer
1975
On the Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious, or Can the Avant-Garde Artist Be Wholed?
1977
()
2003
Standard Gauge
1986Production Stills
1970Picture and Sound Rushes
1973Production Footage
1971
Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place
1982
Releasing Human Energies
2012Filmography
2018
Another MovieDirector
2012
Releasing Human Energiesas narration
2009
Remembering Messiah of Evilas himself
2003
()Director
1986
Standard GaugeDirector
1982
Dorothy and Alan at Norma Placeas F.P.A.
1980
Color BalanceDirector
1980
1979
Protective ColorationDirector
1977
1976
Projection InstructionsDirector
1975
Turning OverDirector
1975
Eadweard Muybridge, ZoopraxographerWriter, Director of Photography, Editor, Co-Director
1975
Messiah of Evilas Townsperson
1974
Cue RollsDirector
1973
Picture and Sound RushesDirector
1973
1971
Production FootageDirector
1970
Production StillsDirector
1968
Documentary FootageDirector
1968
Screening RoomDirector
1968
1968
Phi PhenomenonDirector