---
name: "Michael Morris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-morris"
fi1m_id: "michael-morris"
imdb_id: "nm2385621"
tmdb_id: 1366450
wikidata_id: "Q6832915"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-22T21:45:53.907701+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Morris

## Identity

Michael Morris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-morris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-morris
- **IMDb ID:** nm2385621
- **TMDB ID:** 1366450
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6832915
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morris_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6832915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2385621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1366450

Director and producer. Born 1 January 1974 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1974, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Craig Zisk](https://film.one/person/craig-zisk.md), [Alison Tatlock](https://film.one/person/alison-tatlock.md), [Andrew Stanton](https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton.md), [Christopher C. Rogers](https://film.one/person/christopher-c-rogers.md), [Daisy von Scherler Mayer](https://film.one/person/daisy-von-scherler-mayer.md), [John Dahl](https://film.one/person/john-dahl.md), [Larysa Kondracki](https://film.one/person/larysa-kondracki.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (4), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 66 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $140m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Morris_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6832915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2385621/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1366450

## Coming up

- *The Nightingale* (2027-03-18), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84), [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md) (70)
- **Apple TV:** [*For All Mankind*](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md) (66), [*Sugar*](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md) (58)
- **AMC+:** [*Halt and Catch Fire*](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md) (84)
- **Peacock:** [*Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy*](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Michael Morris

> Michael Morris gives actors time to make grief and comedy belong in the same film. We value that patience, though *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* shows how easily it can become a reluctance to move things along.

Bridget Jones is in her fifties, widowed, with two children and a house tidier than she is. In *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), Michael Morris lets that changed life matter before the comedy settles into familiar habits. We were moved by the first hour, because Zellweger and Grant give the business of getting older the care a fourth instalment might easily have avoided. Morris is worth our attention for that willingness to take familiar characters seriously, though his patience becomes a problem once the film settles down.

His television work helps explain that combination of patience and attention to actors. On *Brothers & Sisters* (2006–2011) he worked as a director and executive producer; on *Better Call Saul* (2015) he directed five episodes and was an executive producer on the final season. We rate *Better Call Saul* highly for its performances and precise comic timing, especially Bob Odenkirk's funny, aggravating Jimmy McGill. That makes it a useful place to look for Morris's strengths, provided we remember how many people's work goes into a programme's success.

*To Leslie* (2022), his feature debut, brought his attention to actors into film through his work with Andrea Riseborough. He works on physical and vocal choices that suggest a character's history, favouring what goes unsaid over explicit explanation. His second feature, *Mad About the Boy*, pairs that approach with a script by Helen Fielding, Abi Morgan and Dan Mazer. Here the performances of Zellweger and Grant repay the attention, even when the writing gives them more room than the story needs.

Morris's weakness here is knowing when to stop: at 124 minutes, *Mad About the Boy* stays longer than its comedy can support. Once its promising first hour is over, the film becomes baggy and too comfortable. We would welcome a firmer cut, without losing the space that lets Zellweger and Grant do such careful work. For anyone already fond of Bridget, the return is worth making; just do not expect Morris to hurry it along.

## Biography

Michael Morris is an English television and film director and producer. He served as director of the Old Vic Theatre in London from 1999 to 2002 and later worked as an executive producer and director on the television drama *Brothers & Sisters* (2006–2011).

He has directed episodes of series including *In Plain Sight*, *Halt and Catch Fire*, *Preacher*, *House of Cards*, *13 Reasons Why*, *Better Call Saul* and *Bloodline*. His feature film directorial debut was *To Leslie* (2022). He directed *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025).

Morris was born on 28 May 1974 in London. He has been married to actress Mary McCormack since 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md)
- *Sugar* (2024), Fi1m 58, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md)
- *For All Mankind* (2019), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Shameless* (2011), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Nightingale* (2027), Director
- *Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy* (2025), Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-mad-about-the-boy.md)
- *Sugar* (2024), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md)
- *Extrapolations* (2023), series, Director
- *The Last Nosferatu* (2023), as Daniel
- *To Leslie* (2022), Director, Executive Producer
- *Locke & Key* (2020), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *13 Reasons Why* (2017), series, Director, Consulting Producer, Executive Producer
- *Animal Kingdom* (2016), series, Director
- *Preacher* (2016), series, Director
- *Billions* (2016), series, Director
- *Bloodline* (2015), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *The Slap* (2015), series, Director
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Kingdom* (2014), series, Director
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, Director
- *Political Animals* (2012), series, Director
- *Smash* (2012), series, Director
- *Shameless* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless-2011.md)
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Knight of the National Order of Quebec 2002: Knight of the National Order of Quebec (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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