Errol Morris

Q: Has Errol Morris won any awards?

Yes, Errol Morris has won several prestigious awards including an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 'The Fog of War' and multiple Emmy Awards for his documentary work.

Q: What was Errol Morris's first film?

Errol Morris's first film was 'Gates of Heaven,' released in 1978. It explores the pet cemetery business and is considered a significant work in the documentary genre.

Q: What are some of Errol Morris's most successful films?

Some of Errol Morris's most successful films include 'The Fog of War,' 'The Thin Blue Line,' and 'Standard Operating Procedure.' These films have received critical acclaim and have significantly impacted documentary filmmaking.

Q: What is Errol Morris's personal life like?

Errol Morris is married to Martha Morris, with whom he has one daughter. He keeps a relatively private personal life, focusing on his work in film and documentary.

Q: What is Errol Morris's estimated net worth?

Errol Morris's estimated net worth is around $20 million, primarily from his successful career as a filmmaker and documentarian.

Q: What are some milestones in Errol Morris's filmography?

Milestones in Errol Morris's filmography include the release of 'The Fog of War,' which won an Oscar, and 'The Thin Blue Line,' which is credited with helping to exonerate an innocent man wrongfully convicted of murder.

Q: What is the Interrotron and how is it used by Errol Morris?

The Interrotron is a device invented by Errol Morris that allows interview subjects to look directly into the camera while speaking. This technique creates a more intimate and engaging viewer experience.

Known for

The Thin Blue Line (1995)

IMDb 7.5 / 10

1995 / Comedy, Crime

The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson set in a police station that ran for two series on the BBC...

Tabloid (2010)

IMDb 7 / 10

2010 / Crime, Documentary / 84mins

A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.

Name

Errol Morris

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

5 February 1942, Muncie, Indiana, USA

Spouses

Martha Morris (1991–present)

Children

1 child, named Jennifer Morris

Parents

Errol Morris Sr., Elizabeth Morris

Estimated Net Worth

$20 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Chaos: The Manson Murders In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspiracy of mind control, CIA...	Self - Filmmaker	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2023	Movie Tune Out the Noise TUNE OUT THE NOISE is about a group of unlikely upstarts who crossed paths at the University of Chicago in...	Unknown character	Not rated
2020	TV A Wilderness of Error When Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald is sent to prison for killing his family, a storm of swirling narratives challenges our...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	Movie American Dharma A portrait of controversial Breitbart honcho and Donald Trump advisor, Stephen K. Bannon.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2019	Movie The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	Movie The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years,...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2016	Movie An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell Finding unexpected beauty in the discarded and decayed, photographer Rosamond Purcell has developed an oeuvre of work that has garnered...	himself	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2014	Movie Bob Geldof: The Moment Bob Geldof grew up listening to the radio on the outskirts of Dublin, where his loneliness and resentment of prescribed...	Himself (voice)	Not rated
2014	Movie Life Itself The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a...	Self - Filmmaker	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2013	Movie Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on 'The Act of Killing' Directors Errol Morris and Werner Herzog describe and discuss the film The Act of Killing (2012).	Self	Not rated
2013	Movie The Unknown Known Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman...	Self - Interviewer (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2008	Movie Capturing Reality From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield,...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2007	Movie Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Scott Hicks documents an eventful year in the career and personal life of distinguished Western classical composer Philip Glass as...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2003	Movie The Fog of War Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2000	TV First Person First Person was an American TV series produced and directed by Errol Morris. The show engaged a varied group of...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1999	Movie Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the case of a man who became an authority on capital punishment, but was discredited...	Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie A Brief History of Errol Morris This film tells the fascinating story of one of the most critically acclaimed careers in independent documentary film making in...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1998	TV Independent Focus In these insightful one-on-one interviews, the industry’s biggest and brightest join host Elvis Mitchell (film authoritarian and critic for The...	Self	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1989	Movie Bride of the Orient After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a family of his own....	Unknown character	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1988	Movie The Thin Blue Line This unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.	Self - Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1988	Movie Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise that he...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1984	Movie Hotel New York A comedy about New York and its eccentric inhabitants. A French filmmaker comes to New York to show her film...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1982	TV Late Night with David Letterman Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2025	Movie 67 Bombs to Enid From Executive Producer Errol Morris, 67 BOMBS TO ENID is an intimate, character-driven documentary about survivors of nuclear weapons testing...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2025	Movie Chaos: The Manson Murders In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspiracy of mind control, CIA...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2025	Movie Chaos: The Manson Murders In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspiracy of mind control, CIA...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2024	Movie Separated Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Errol Morris confronts one of the darkest chapters in recent American history: family separations. Based on NBC...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2024	Movie Separated Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Errol Morris confronts one of the darkest chapters in recent American history: family separations. Based on NBC...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2023	Movie The Only Girl in the Orchestra Trailblazing double bassist Orin O'Brien never wanted the spotlight, but when Leonard Bernstein hired her in 1966 as the first...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2023	Movie Tune Out the Noise TUNE OUT THE NOISE is about a group of unlikely upstarts who crossed paths at the University of Chicago in...	Director Directing	Not rated
2023	Movie Tune Out the Noise TUNE OUT THE NOISE is about a group of unlikely upstarts who crossed paths at the University of Chicago in...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2023	Movie The Pigeon Tunnel Academy Award winner Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of David Cornwell, the former...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2023	Movie The Pigeon Tunnel Academy Award winner Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of David Cornwell, the former...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2023	Movie The Pigeon Tunnel Academy Award winner Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of David Cornwell, the former...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2023	Movie Nina & Irena On the verge of her 90th birthday, a grandmother reveals to her grandson the painful story of her sister's disappearance...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2021	Movie Enemies of the State From the outside, the DeHart’s were an All-American family. Parents Paul and Leann were U.S. Military members, and son Matt...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	Movie My Psychedelic Love Story An examination of the notorious high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of his famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	Movie My Psychedelic Love Story An examination of the notorious high priest of LSD Timothy Leary through the eyes of his famed lover Joanna Harcourt-Smith.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	TV A Wilderness of Error When Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald is sent to prison for killing his family, a storm of swirling narratives challenges our...	Book Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	Movie American Dharma A portrait of controversial Breitbart honcho and Donald Trump advisor, Stephen K. Bannon.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2019	Movie American Dharma A portrait of controversial Breitbart honcho and Donald Trump advisor, Stephen K. Bannon.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2017	TV Wormwood In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	TV Wormwood In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	TV Wormwood In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War...	Creator Creator	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2017	Movie Wormwood In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2017	Movie The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years,...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2016	Movie The Lure An eccentric millionaire hides $3 million of gold somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, luring thousands out on a wild treasure...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2016	Movie National Bird Sonia Kennebeck takes on the controversial tactic of drone warfare, and demands accountability through the personal accounts—recollections, traumas, and responses—of...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2016	Movie Demon in the Freezer Errol Morris' "Demon in the Freezer" is a short 17-minute documentary about the stockpiles of the smallpox virus that remain...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2015	Movie Chrome For Steve Coburn, California Chrome was a literal dream come true. In Errol Morris’s fifth of six shorts for ESPN...	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie Most Valuable Whatever How much would you pay for Ty Cobb’s dentures in an auction? Errol Morris’s final short for ESPN Films takes...	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie Being Mr. Met In Errol Morris’s fourth of six shorts for ESPN Films, we learn, through a former Mr. Met, what it’s like...	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie The Streaker Errol Morris introduces us to the world's most prolific streaker.	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie The Heist Michael Jordan’s retired North Carolina jersey is stolen.	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie It's Not Crazy, It's Sports A compilation of shorts directed by Errol Morris.	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie The Subterranean Stadium Errol Morris takes us to a long-running basement electric football league.	Director Directing	Not rated
2014	Movie The Look of Silence An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2014	Movie Bob Geldof: The Moment Bob Geldof grew up listening to the radio on the outskirts of Dublin, where his loneliness and resentment of prescribed...	Director Directing	Not rated
2014	Movie Lech Walesa: The Shipyard Lech Walesa, a shipyard worker and electrician in Soviet-bloc Poland, earned a reputation as an agitator and rabble-rouser in the...	Director Directing	Not rated
2014	Movie Leymah Gbowee: The Dream Through her activism to topple Liberia’s dictator, Leymah Gbowee was able to restore her own faith in humanity. Part 1...	Director Directing	Not rated
2013	Movie November 22, 1963 Josiah “Tink” Thompson discusses the Kennedy assassination, the nature of truth and photographic evidence in this short film from director...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2013	Movie Benoît Mandelbrot, The Father of Fractals A short subject by Errol Morris on pioneering mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, who first described the mathematical concept of fractals.	Director Directing	Not rated
2013	Movie The Unknown Known Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	Movie The Unknown Known Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2012	Movie The Act of Killing In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2012	Movie 11 Excellent Reasons Not to Vote? Do we have reasons not to vote? How can we hear so much about the election, and not participate? If...	Director Directing	Not rated
2012	Movie Team Spirit Errol Morris short film on sports fans who take their love with them to the grave and beyond.	Director Directing	Not rated
2012	Movie El Wingador The filmmaker Errol Morris explores the excessive eating habits of a five-time champion of the Philadelphia Wing Bowl.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2011	Movie The Umbrella Man On the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Errol Morris explores the story behind the one...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2011	Movie Tabloid A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2011	Movie They Were There What does it mean to be an IBMer? Every employee experiences the company in different ways, but the global impact...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2010	Movie Dennis Jakob Unplugged Short film featuring musings on film art with Dennis Jakob	Director Directing	Not rated
2008	Movie Survivors Errol Morris gives voice to cancer survivors who beat the disease, and the loved ones of those who did not.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2008	Movie Standard Operating Procedure Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2008	Movie Standard Operating Procedure Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2003	Movie The Fog of War Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2003	Movie The Fog of War Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2002	Movie The Movie Movie (An Excerpt) A documentary featuring Donald Trump discussing Citizen Kane.	Director Directing	Not rated
2001	Movie Gretchen Worden: The Mutter Museum Gretchen Worden oversees one of the strangest and creepiest collections in existence. As director of The Mutter Museum, she presides...	Director Directing	Not rated
2000	TV First Person First Person was an American TV series produced and directed by Errol Morris. The show engaged a varied group of...	Producer Production	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2000	TV First Person First Person was an American TV series produced and directed by Errol Morris. The show engaged a varied group of...	Director Directing	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1999	Movie Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the case of a man who became an authority on capital punishment, but was discredited...	Producer Production	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1999	Movie Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the case of a man who became an authority on capital punishment, but was discredited...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	Movie Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1997	Movie Fast, Cheap & Out of Control Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1992	Movie The Dark Wind An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1991	Movie A Brief History of Time This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak...	Director Directing	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1988	Movie The Thin Blue Line This unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1988	Movie The Thin Blue Line This unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1988	TV POV Since its 1988 premiere, this critically acclaimed documentary series has presented hundreds of films that put a human face on...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1981	Movie Vernon, Florida Early Errol Morris documentary intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1981	Movie Vernon, Florida Early Errol Morris documentary intersplices random chatter he captured on film of the genuinely eccentric residents of Vernon, Florida. A...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1978	Movie Gates of Heaven A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there.	Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1978	Movie Gates of Heaven A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1978	Movie Gates of Heaven A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there.	Editor Editing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
TBA	Movie Untitled Ed Gein Documentary A look at the relationship between Ed Gein and Psycho.	Director Directing	Not rated

Chaos: The Manson Murders

2025 / TMDB 6.1

Tune Out the Noise

2023

American Dharma

2019 / TMDB 6.5

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

2019 / TMDB 7.0

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography

2017 / TMDB 6.8

An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell

2016 / TMDB 5.0

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