Reginald H. Morris

Reginald H. Morris

Cinematographer. Born 4 July 1918 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK. Died 8 January 2004.

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Born
4 July 1918, Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
Died
8 January 2004

Biography

Reginald H. Morris was a British-Canadian cinematographer. Born in Ruislip, England, he was the younger brother of cinematographer Oswald Morris. He worked as a camera assistant on British films in the 1930s and 1940s before moving to Canada in 1955.

Morris's early lead credits were on short documentary and drama films for the National Film Board of Canada, including The Quest (1958). His first narrative feature credit was Drylanders (1963). He received three Genie Award nominations for Best Cinematography, for Murder by Decree (1980), Phobia (1981) and A Christmas Story (1984).

His other credits as director of photography include Black Christmas (1974), The Food of the Gods (1976), Empire of the Ants (1977), Porky's (1981), Porky's II: The Next Day (1983) and Loose Cannons (1990).

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