George Morrison(1922-2025)
- Director
- Editor
- Writer
George Morrison was born in Tramore, County Waterford. His mother was an actress at Dublin's Gate Theatre and his father was a neurological anesthetist. Morrison studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin but dropped out in order to pursue his ambition to work in films.
He assisted Hilton Edwards on 'From Time to Time' and 'Hamlet of Elsinore'. For 'Mise Éire', Morrison assembled historical footage of the events surrounding the 1916 Rising from archives across Europe. Released by Gael Linn at the 1959 Cork Film Festival, it was the first feature-length Irish language film.
The film was screened only in the Irish language. The sequel, 'Saoirse?' focusing on the Irish Civil War was released in 1961.
In 2007, Morrison released Dublin Day, a documentary on James Joyce's Ulysses and in 2009 he received the Industry Lifetime Contribution Award at the Irish Film and Television Awards.
George Morrison was elected to Aosdána in 2005 which honours artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in Ireland.
He assisted Hilton Edwards on 'From Time to Time' and 'Hamlet of Elsinore'. For 'Mise Éire', Morrison assembled historical footage of the events surrounding the 1916 Rising from archives across Europe. Released by Gael Linn at the 1959 Cork Film Festival, it was the first feature-length Irish language film.
The film was screened only in the Irish language. The sequel, 'Saoirse?' focusing on the Irish Civil War was released in 1961.
In 2007, Morrison released Dublin Day, a documentary on James Joyce's Ulysses and in 2009 he received the Industry Lifetime Contribution Award at the Irish Film and Television Awards.
George Morrison was elected to Aosdána in 2005 which honours artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in Ireland.
