BLACK HISTORY MONTH: FILM/TELEVISION
MORGAN FREEMAN, BORN AS MORGAN PORTERFIELD FREEMAN JR., JUNE 1, 1937. ARTWORK BY markdraws
- 1999: Wrote and directed second feature, “Desert Blue”
- 1999: Reteamed with Chediak on the short “The Cherry Picker”, starring Janeane Garofalo and Craig Bierko
- 1997: Feature film directorial and screenwriting debut, “Hurricane Streets/Hurricane”; won prizes at the Sundance Film Festival; shot by Chediak; released theatrically in January 1998
- 1996: Served as second assistant director to Todd Solondz on “Welcome to the Dollhouse” and Michael Bergmann on “Milk and Money”
- 1996: Last short, “Boom” marked first teaming with cinematographer Enrique Chediak
- Began making films while still in high school; would create episodes based on the hit NBC series “Miami Vice”
- After college, worked as a production assistant at Why Not Productions in Paris, France
- Directed six short films while at NYU