Morgan Christie
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{{Short description|Australian film director}}
File:Director-Morgan-Christie-Cannes-Red-Carpet-2008.jpg at the Cannes Film Festival, May 23 2008.]]
Morgan Christie is an Australian film director and music video director, film editor and producer. He is a graduate of the Australian Film Television and Radio School with specialization in Cinematography and Digital Media{{cite web|title=Australian Film Television and Radio School Graduates|url=https://www.aftrs.edu.au/media/books/GradBooks/grad1998/index.html}} and alumni of the Berlinale Talent Campus.{{cite web|title=Berlinale Talent Campus Graduates|url=http://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/talent/morgan-christie/profile}}
Career
Christie has directed music videos for artists on major and independent labels in Australia which have received two Australian Directors Guild award nominations for "Nothing Lasts Forever" by The Living End{{cite web|url=http://if.com.au/2007/10/15/article/Australian-Directors-Guild-announces-2007-ADG-winners-/SDVYOBKCEX.html |title=Australian Directors Guild Announces 2007 ADG Awards Winners}}{{cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/adg2007.html |title=Australian Directors Guild Awards Nominations 2007}}{{cite web|title=Screen NSW congratulates NSW nominees in Australian Directors Guild Awards 2007 |url=http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/content.asp?id=470&content=3 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727032842/http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/content.asp?id=470&content=3 |archivedate=27 July 2008 }} and "Miracle Cure" by Something For Kate.{{cite web|url=http://www.showreelfinder.com/info/Australian-Directors-Guild-Awards-2013-nominations |title=Showreel Finder: Australian Directors Guild Awards Nominations List 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/adg2013.html |title=Official ADG Awards Nominations 2013}} He was also nominated by the Australian Screen Editors guild in the category of Best Editing in a Music Video.{{cite web|title=Australian Screen Editors announce winners of 2013 Ellie Awards|url=http://www.screeneditors.com.au/2013-awards-accreditation/}}
He began his career as a commercials director as a recipient of the Next Big Thing Award from Getty Images{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignbrief.com/2006/05/two-aussies-make-top-10-of-get.htm |title=Getty Images announces Next Big Thing Winners}} and has since directed award-winning campaigns for major international brands including General Mills Yoplait,{{cite web|title=Morgan Christie wins brand award in Barcelona|url=http://www.screen.nsw.gov.au/news/morgan-christie-wins-brand-award-at-mofilm-barcelona}} a Silver Unilever award for his PanAsian OMO campaign was also awarded at the Cannes Lions Advertising Awards for his commercial work for Swiss electronics brand, Logitech in 2010{{cite web|url=https://www.mofilm.com/blog/cannes-lions-video-contest-winners-announced/|title=Cannes Lions winners announced}}
He is credited as the development producer of the Nine Network series Underbelly Razor,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119176/episodes?season=4 |title=Underbelly Razor: Season 4}} {{unreliable?|date=November 2019}} the fourth season based on the violent razor gangs of East Sydney in the early 1920s led by notorious crime bosses, Kate Leigh and Tilly Devine. The TV series was based on the book, "Razor" by Larry Writer (PanMacMillan) whose underlying rights are owned by Silverspell Pty Ltd.
Filmography
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
| Artist | Song | Label |
| rowspan="3"| 2000
| "Groovin" |
| Midnight Oil
| "The Real Thing" | Sony Music Entertainment |
| Endorphin
| "Blue Moon" | Sony Music Entertainment |
| rowspan="3"| 2001
| Lo-Tel |
| B(if)tek
| Sony BMG/Murmur |
| Something For Kate
| "The Astronaut" | Sony BMG/Murmur |
| rowspan="2"| 2002
| Endorphin | "Afterwords" | Sony BMG/Murmur |
| Something For Kate
| "Say Something" | Sony BMG/Murmur |
| 2006 |
| 2013
| Something For Kate | "Miracle Cure" |
| 2017
| "Not Too Late"{{cite video|url=https://www.vevo.com/watch/ricki-lee/not-too-late/AUUV71700146|title=Not Too Late – Ricki-Lee|publisher=Vevo|accessdate=12 September 2017}} |
| 2019
|"Take it to the Heart" |Universal Music Australia |
| 2021
|"Situation Room" |EMI Music Australia |
=Short films=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
| Title | Gauge | Cast |
| rowspan=1|2006
| Arthur Dignam, Wendy Strehlow |
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Category:Australian film directors
Category:Australian Film Television and Radio School alumni