Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2019
Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2016
Danny Says
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2015
Beautiful Darling
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2010
Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory
Character:
MOVIE • 2008
A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Excavating Taylor Mead
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2005
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2004
Paul Morrissey: Autumn in Montauk
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2002
A Look on the Wild Side
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 2002
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2001
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2000
Divine Trash
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2000
Nico Icon
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1995
Jonas in the Desert
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1994
Late Show with David Letterman
Character: Self
TV • 1993
Resident Alien
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1990
Andy Warhol
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1987
Crew
Crew Credits
Dartmoor Killing
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2015
News from Nowhere
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2010
Veruschka: A Life for the Camera
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2005
Madame Wang's
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1996
Madame Wang's
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1996
Changing Fashions
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1993
Spike of Bensonhurst
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1988
Spike of Bensonhurst
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1988
Spike of Bensonhurst
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1988
Beethoven's Nephew
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1985
Beethoven's Nephew
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1985
The Armchair Hacker
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1985
Mixed Blood
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1984
Mixed Blood
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1984
Forty Deuce
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1982
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1978
Blood for Dracula
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1974
Blood for Dracula
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1974
Flesh for Frankenstein
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1973