Chris Morris
Chris Morris is a writer, director, and performer.
He is best known for his television satires The Day Today and Brass Eye, and his feature film Four Lions.
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Chris is best known for his television satires The Day Today and Brass Eye, and his feature film Four Lions.
Chris's radio work includes the On The Hour, Blue Jam and interventionist freeform shows for Radio One.
He co-wrote and directed the cult tv shows Jam and Nathan Barley and his film My Wrongs 8245 - 8249 & 117 won the BAFTA for Best Short in 2002. He collaborated with Peter Cook for the improvised radio series Why Bother, and has also directed episodes of Veep and appeared in The IT Crowd and The Stewart Lee Comedy Vehicle.
His most recent feature film The Day Shall Come satirized the wanton injustice of FBI sting operations and he is currently working on projects about the Anglo American Coup in Iran in 1953 and the snake oil of dataism and AI.
Television
| Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Script Editor / Performer | Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - Script Editor / Performer | BBC 2 | 2014 |
| VEEP (Series 1 - 3) Director | VEEP (Series 1 - 3) - Director | HBO | 2012 — 2014 |
| IT Crowd Performer | IT Crowd - Performer | Channel 4/Talkback Thames | 2006 |
| Nathan Barley Writer / Director | Nathan Barley - Writer / Director | Channel 4 | 2005 |
| Brass Eye Special Writer/Performer/ Producer | Brass Eye Special - Writer/Performer/ Producer | Channel 4 | 2001 |
| Jam Writer / Performer / Producer / Director | Jam - Writer / Performer / Producer / Director | Channel 4 | 1999 |
| Brass Eye Writer / Performer / Producer | Brass Eye - Writer / Performer / Producer | Channel 4 | 1997 |
| The Day Today Deviser/Writer/ Performer/Co-Producer | The Day Today - Deviser/Writer/ Performer/Co-Producer | BBC2 | 1994 |
Film
| The Day Shall Come Writer/Director | The Day Shall Come - Writer/Director | See-Saw Films/Film 4/Archer Gray/BFI Film Fund | 2019 |
| The Double Performer | The Double - Performer | Richard Ayoade | 2013 |
| Four Lions Writer / Director | Four Lions - Writer / Director | Warp Films / Film4 | 2010 |
| My Wrongs 8245 - 8249 & 117 Writer / Director | My Wrongs 8245 - 8249 & 117 - Writer / Director | Christopher Morris | 2002 |
Awards
| BAFTA Winner | BAFTA - Winner | Outstanding Debut by a British Writer / Director / Producer (Four Lions) | 2011 |
| BAFTA Winner | BAFTA - Winner | Best Short Film | 2002 |
Radio
| No Known Cure Presenter | No Known Cure - Presenter | Radio Bristol | 2013 |
| Blue Jam (Series 3) Presenter / Writer | Blue Jam (Series 3) - Presenter / Writer | Radio 1 | 1999 |
| The Chris Morris Show Presenter | The Chris Morris Show - Presenter | BBC GLR | 1994 |
| The Chris Morris Show Presenter | The Chris Morris Show - Presenter | Radio 1 | 1994 |
| Why Bother? Co-presenter, w/Peter Cook | Why Bother? - Co-presenter, w/Peter Cook | Radio 3 | 1994 |
| On The Hour Co-writer/Presenter | On The Hour - Co-writer/Presenter | Radio 4 | 1992 |
News
7th October 2013 Armando Iannucci's award winning US political satire will return to British screens on October 16th at 10:30 on Sky Atlantic |
Richard Ayoade is BAFTA nominated 17th January 2012 Richard Ayoade has been nominated for 'Outstanding Debut By A British Writer Director or Producer' as the writer and director of Submarine |
Congratulations to Chris Morris! 28th March 2011 Chris' film FOUR LIONS has won the best comedy award at the Empire Awards |
FOUR LIONS scoops BAFTA award for Outstanding Debut! 15th February 2011 Chris Morris is a writer, director, performer and producer whose television comedy creditsinclude The Day Today, Brass Eye, Jam and Nathan Barley |
FOUR LIONS scoops BAFTA for outstanding debut! 15th February 2011 CHRIS MORRIS (DIRECTOR), FOUR LIONSFour Lions is a satirical comedy about an inept group of jihadist terrorists planning to bomb theLondon marathon |
BAFTA nominations for Four Lions & Chris Morris! 18th January 2011 The 2011 BAFTA film nominees have been announced with Four Lions & Chris Morris up for 2 awards:OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILMNominees: Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Mark Herbert & Derrin SchlesingerOUTSTANDING DEBUT BY BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCERNominee: Chris MorrisThe awards ceremony will take place on Sunday 13th February and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One |
Four Lions receives 5 BIFA nominations! 2nd November 2010 We are delighted to confirm that Four Lions, from our very own Chris Morris, has received 5 nominations at this years BIFA awards |
Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards 2010 18th October 2010 Among the nominees for this year's WGGB Awards are Chris Morris and Simon Blackwell for Best Original Screenplay for Four Lions; Mark Gatiss for Dr Who in the Best Drama Series category; Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci for Best Comedy Series for The Thick Of It, and a third nomination for Simon Blackwell in the same category for Peep Show |
FOUR LIONS - In Cinemas May 7th! 29th April 2010 The highly anticipated first feature from controversial British satirist Chris Morris and produced by Film4, FOUR LIONS follows 4 young Muslim men on a thrillingly fictional story which illuminates the radicalised British jihad and undermines the folly of western culture's attempts to alienate them |