William Morrison (director)

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William Morrison
Born Canada
Occupation(s) Musician / Director
Instrument(s) guitar
Associated acts 69
ohGr
Skinny Puppy
Website williammorrison.tv
Notable instrument(s)
double-neck Steinberger guitar


William Morrison (also known as Bill Morrison), is a Canadian born Juno Award-nominated music video director, documentary film director, and musician. He has directed music videos for popular rock bands Matthew Good and Fear Factory, and popular electronic music acts Skinny Puppy, Delerium, and Front Line Assembly.

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[edit] Director

Morrison's video directing career started in the early 1990s creating music videos for independent bands in the Vancouver, Canada area. It was here where Morrison developed his long musical relationship with the band Skinny Puppy, first directing the music video for the song "Killing Game" and then producing background film and video for their live performances.

During the mid 1990s Morrison founded Process Media Labs, a multimedia company inspired by his involvement with The Process, an internet art collective associated with the Skinny Puppy album release The Process. He later founded a company in Vancouver by a similar name, called Process Productions, with a continued focus on music video production. He was also employed in 2004 by YYZ Pictures, a Toronto based production company.[1]

Morrison's frequent music video work for Matthew Good resulted in a Video Director of the Year award at the 2002 West Coast Music Awards, and many best music video nominations over the years at both the Juno Awards and MuchMusic Video Awards.

[edit] Musician

Morrison's relationship with the band Skinny Puppy continued into 2001, when Morrison played live guitar while on tour in the band ohGr (a band with Skinny Puppy members), and collaborated with bandmate Tim Skold to create the visuals projected during those concerts. Morrison also played live guitar in Skinny Puppy during the band's tours in 2004 and 2005, again producing CGI visuals used during the concerts.

Morrison was a member of the band Sixtynine (or 69), which released two songs ("NAKED" and "We Love You") on Mp3.com and one music video online.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Music Videos

  • Christa Couture "Scared, Too" (2007)
  • Adrienne Pierce "Arizona" (2003)
  • Bif Naked "Daddy's Getting Married" (1996)
  • The Dirtmitts "Get On" (2003)
  • Delerium
    • "Flowers Become Screens" (1994)
    • "Incantation" (1994)
    • "Euphoria (Firefly)" (1997)
    • "Duende" (1998)
  • Download "Glassblower" (1996)
  • Fear Factory
    • "Cars" (1999)
    • "Resurrection" (1999)
  • Free Agents (featuring DJ Kemo) "Breakdown" (2002)
  • Front Line Assembly
    • "The Blade" (1992)
    • "Virus" (1999)
    • "Epitaph" (2001)
  • Goat "Great Life" (1998)
  • GWAR
  • Kim Stockwood "12 Years Old" (1999)
  • Matthew Good Band
    • "Everything Is Automatic" (1997)
    • "Indestructible" (1997)
    • "Apparitions" (1998)
    • "Rico" (1998)
    • "The Future is X-rated" (2000)
    • "Hello Time Bomb" (2000)
    • "Load Me Up" (2000)
    • "Strange Days" (2000)
    • "Carmelina" (2001)
    • "It's Been a While Since I Was Your Man" (2004)
  • Odds
    • "King of the Heap" (1991)
    • "Wendy Under the Stars" (1991)
    • "It Falls Apart" (1993)
  • ohGr
    • "Cracker" (2001)
    • Welt tour backing video (2001)
    • "Majik" (2003)
    • "Minus" (2003)
  • Pepper Sands
    • "So Fine" (2000)
    • "Win Big, Lose More" (2002)
  • Skinny Puppy
  • SNFU "Fate"
  • The Tear Garden "Shiela Liked the Rodeo" (1992)

[edit] Documentaries

  • FIFA World Cup 2002 (2003)
  • Information Warfare (2005)

[edit] Misc

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Special Report: On the Spot: About Commercial Production in Canada." Strategy Magazine. 23 Feb. 2004

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