Born: 23 February 1938
Died: 28 October 2024
Place: New York City, New York, USA

Directing

Paul Morrissey

Paul Morrissey (February 23, 1938 - October 28, 2024) was an American film director, best-known for his association with Andy Warhol.

Morrissey attended Ampleforth College, a private Roman Catholic boarding school and Fordham University, both Roman Catholic schools, and later served in the United States Army. A political conservative and self-described "right-winger", who has publicly protested against what he perceives as immorality and "anti-Catholicism", Morrissey's long-term collaboration with the low-keyed, apparently apolitical Warhol was viewed by many as "a successful mismatch", although both men did share some traits, i.e. both were practising Catholics from "ethnic" backgrounds (Warhol was of Rusyn descent and Morrissey is of Irish descent).

Morrissey's bold, avant-garde direction in filmmaking is often attributed to his relationship with Warhol and The Factory, although Morrissey claimed in his memoir, Factory Days, that this is not the case.

As director

News from Nowhere

2010 · Director

Veruschka: A Life for the Camera

2005 · Director

Madame Wang's

1996 · Director

Changing Fashions

1993 · Director

Spike of Bensonhurst

1988 · Director

Beethoven's Nephew

1985 · Director

The Armchair Hacker

1985 · Director

Mixed Blood

1984 · Director

Forty Deuce

1982 · Director

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1978 · Director

Blood for Dracula

1974 · Director

Flesh for Frankenstein

1973 · Director

L'Amour

1973 · Director

Heat

1972 · Director

Women in Revolt

1971 · Director

I Miss Sonia Henie

1971 · Director

Trash

1970 · Director

Flesh

1968 · Director

San Diego Surf

1968 · Director

The Loves of Ondine

1968 · Director

Lonesome Cowboys

1968 · Director

I, a Man

1967 · Director

Bike Boy

1967 · Director

Imitation of Christ

1967 · Director

Tub Girls

1967 · Director

Chelsea Girls

1966 · Director

The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound

1966 · Director

Like Sleep

1965 · Director

The Origin of Captain America

1964 · Director

All Aboard the Dreamland Choo-Choo

1964 · Director

As actor

Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

2018

Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage

2016 · Self

Danny Says

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Beautiful Darling

2010 · Self

Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

2008

A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

2007 · Self

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

2006 · Self

Excavating Taylor Mead

2005 · Self

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

2004 · Self

A Look on the Wild Side

2002 · Himself

Paul Morrissey: Autumn in Montauk

2002 · Self

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

2001 · Self

Divine Trash

2000 · Self

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

2000 · Self

Nico Icon

1995 · Self

Jonas in the Desert

1994 · Self

Resident Alien

1990 · Self

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

1990 · Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol

1987 · Self

Room 666

1985 · Self

Rich and Famous

1981 · Malibu Party Guest

Warhol

1973 · Self

Andy Warhol

1972 · Self

Midnight Cowboy

1969 · The Party

Home Movies: NYC to San Diego

1968

Superartist

1967 · Self

Paranoia

1966

Chelsea Girls

1966 · self

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

1965 · Self