Brett Morgen
Dubbed the “mad scientist” of documentary film, Brett Morgen has been writing, directing, and producing groundbreaking documentary films for the past fifteen years.
Morgen received a BA in Mythology and American History at Hampshire College in 1992 and an MFA in film from NYU in 1999. His NYU thesis film, “On the Ropes” (1999), premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Special Jury award.
In addition to his documentary work, Morgen has been directing commercials at Anonymous Content since 2000, where he has directed over 200 spots for some of the biggest brands in the world.
Filmography:
- Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
- Crossfire Hurricane (2012)
- June 17, 1994 (2010)
- Nimrod Nation (2007)
- Chicago 10 (2007)
- The Kid Stays In the Picture (2002)
- On the Ropes (1999)
Films
- Cobain: Montage of Heck144'
Production: USA 2015
Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time. Experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorised portrait of the famed music icon.
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen expertly blends Cobain’s personal archive of art, music, never seen before films, animation and revelatory interviews from his family and closest friends.
Wildly creative and highly acclaimed, follow Kurt from his earliest years in this visceral and detailed cinematic insight of an artist at odds with his surroundings.
Fans and those of the Nirvana generation will learn things about Cobain they never knew while those who have recently discovered the man and his music will know what makes him the lasting icon that he still is today.
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