Christopher Morrison

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Christopher Morrison
mink
Born
London, England
Other namesmink
OccupationFilm director, comic book novelist , screenwriter, , film producer, television producer, music video director
Years active1998–present

Christopher "MINK" Wingfield Morrison is a British American film director, writer, producer and comic book novelist.

Early life[]

Christopher "mink" Wingfield Morrison was born in London and relocated with his parents to Los Angeles, California. Christopher attended photography college in Santa Barbara.[citation needed] His graduate film about a master Los Angeles luthier placed regionally in the Student Academy Awards.

Career[]

Morrison's first job was as a production assistant for Walt Disney Studios, and then he earned entry-level camera department positions. He then moved to the camera division of Sony Pictures Imageworks. In the summer of 1997 he self financed wrote, produced and directed the feature film Bus, shot entirely in a Santa Monica City Bus in west Los Angeles. The film won gold at the Houston Film Festival. In 1998 he started work in the commercial/music video business working with acts like Madonna, Michael Jackson, Busta Rhymes, TLC, No Doubt, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, Puffy, Nas, Beyonce, A Tribe called Quest, Will Smith as well as commercials for Coca-Cola, Gap, Nike, Reebok and many more.

This visual work led to him directing music videos for Snoop Dogg, Master P, Raphael Saadiq, Daniel Bedingfield, Lucy Pearl, South Central Cartel and Slum Village, along with Veruca Salt, Face to Face, Dead Poetic and Sheryl Crow . In 2000 he was added to the director roster at Bille Woodruff's production company Geneva Films.[1] In 2002, Quentin Tarantino's and Lawrence Bender's A Band Apart films added him to their director roster after seeing his work.

Morrison then directed the Lionsgate action comedy Full Clip in 2003 which was released in 2006. In 2005 he directed the Sony Pictures adventure thriller Into the Sun in Tokyo and Bangkok. In 2007-2008 he was attached and developed the remake of Mortal Kombat with Larry Kasanoff producing through Threshold Entertainment and New Line Cinema . Do to film rights issues the movie never happened. In 2009 Morrison wrote and developed a feature version of Tecmo Ninja Gaiden with a prominent US / German production company.[citation needed].

Morrison also has written a number of creator-owned graphic novels for Image Comics, IDW Comics and Dark Horse Comics, including ,[1][2][3] 13 Chambers.[4][5] & Shinjuku with artist Yoshitaka Amano.

In 2009, he started Twistory Entertaiment Studios, a company based on his vision of new creative storytelling. Twistory Studios from 2009-2014 developed and released multiple mobile video games, a fusion art magazine and a comic book that was developed into a video game driven game show. Belle's War (the TV/game show) an original concept by Morrison started airing alongside episodes of Fox Sport's 1 World Poker Tour in the fall of 2014. In early 2015 he left Twistory Studios as the company under new leadership was renamed and completely changed the core creative to create and distribute STEM based Educational toys and web cartoons for young children.

Currently he is directing and writing new material for Film & Television.

Works[]

1998-2002 Videography (Producer/Additional Photography) Incomplete list[]

1998-2007 Videography (Director) Incomplete list[]

  • Knowledge – "Clinton Youth" (Remix)
  • Knowledge "Destiny"
  • Supreme beings of Lesiure "Strange love addiction"
  • Face to Face "God is Man"
  • Veruca Salt "Born Entertainer"
  • Boniface "Cheeky"
  • Daniel Bedingfeld "James Dean"
  • Lucy Pearl "Without You"
  • Rapheal Saadiq "Still Ray"
  • Rapheal Saadiq "OPH"
  • South Central Cartel "What's his name"
  • Slum Village "Call me"
  • Slum Village "1,2"
  • Master P " Pocket's gonna stay fat "
  • Master P " Gold's in they mouth"
  • C Murder "I don't give a what"
  • C Murder "What Cha Gonna Do"
  • Soulja Slim "Get Ya Mind Right"
  • Krazy "Thugged out"
  • Rondo(outlawz) "Success before Death"
  • West Coast Bad Boyz feat Snoop, WC, E-40, Doggpound, Eastsidaz "Pop Lockin"
  • Amanda Perez "Candy Kisses"
  • Lil Rob "One of Those Days"
  • Capone "Summertime Anthem"
  • Dead Poetic "Narcotic"
  • NBC Hero's Television Show (Season 1) (Add Package)
  • Sheryl Crow "Globe Sessions tour"

1998-Current (Director / Writer / Producer) Filmography[]

  • Bus (1997–98) Independent
  • Full Clip (2003) Lionsgate Films
  • Into the Sun (2005) Screen Gems Sony Pictures
  • Method Man : The Strip Game (2006) (Second unit Director) Lionsgate Films
  • Sideways (2009) (Second Unit Director) 20th Century Fox
  • Shinjuku (2013) Animated Short with Director Robert Valley Independent
  • Golden State Warriors Championship VR Experience (2016) NBA - CAA(Creative Artists Agency)
  • Dust (2018) (optioned) Lionsgate Films

Television Series (Producer)[]

  • "Belle's War" Pilot TV/Game show (Executive Producer - Creative) WPT/ Fox Sports 1 (2014)
  • "DEAD AIR L.A. with BRIAN HOLTZMAN" PODCAST SERIES (Producer - Creative) SPOTIFY (2021)

Bibliography (Writer)[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Dust" Debuts from mink & Parente this Summer at Image, Comic Book Resources, February 1, 2007
  2. ^ Comics, Games, Film and Fashion Collide in "Dust", Comic Book Resources, May 31, 2007
  3. ^ Dust the Game
  4. ^ TWISTORY: mink Talks Fantasy Western "13 Chambers", Comic Book Resources, February 21, 2008
  5. ^ Venturing West: Medri talks "13 Chambers", Comic Book Resources, June 27, 2008
  6. ^ "Hype Williams: his 10 greatest videos: 7". Factmag.com. March 9, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  7. ^ "She's a Bitch | Missy Elliott | Music Video". MTV Music. MTV Networks. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  8. ^ Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com - Babyface - "There she goes"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  9. ^ "Jessica Simpson: A Little Bit". CMT. MTV Networks (Viacom). Retrieved January 12, 2011.

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