Out of Time - Jonathan Dove & Sacconi Quartet

My new film with the Sacconi Quartet - a haunting performance of Jonathan Dove’s ‘Out of Time’ shot during UK lockdown in the derelict Folkestone Leas Pavilion - is now available on Amazon. For the film’s launch we’ve partnered with the Hands Up Foundation, a charity that supports health and education programmes in Syria and Lebanon. More information here.

The full performance is available here.

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Oceans of Lemonade and Other Necessary Nowheres

My pocket-sized utopian handbook, featuring 60 pages of text and illustrations traces the history of literary utopias from Medieval times to the present day, asking the question: where have all the big dreams gone?

The book is now available to buy online from Magma books here.

““It is 1516.

In England, change is afoot.
Thanks to the Archery Act, adult male longbow competency is on the rise. In other news, thousands of jobless common folk are wandering the parishes looking for work. Poverty is a very risky business on the highways and byways of Tudor England, with even the smallest of crimes punished with public humiliation, or bloody violence.

London meanwhile, is dark, dirty, and dangerous.

In the evening, church bells ring out to warn of the dusk curfew, and the limbs of traitors rot above the city gates. Unimaginable as it may seem, both forks and potatoes are yet to arrive on England’s shores.

These are dark days indeed...””

— Page 18 - Oceans of Lemonade and Other Necessary Nowheres

More information about the project www.oceansoflemonade.com

  • Chapter art work

  • Book trailer

The Ring is Our Temple

Marquee Magic is a portrait of the lives of the people who live and work at Zippos Circus, led by legendary ringmaster and budgie performer Norman Barrett MBE.

The film recently won ‘Honorable Mention’ in the 2020 International Photography awards.

Featuring
Norman Barrett
Lucio Mauro Zafalon
Emilion Delbosq
Rosey Delarue
Joanamarie Messenger-Austen
Lewis Delbosq Samtus
Kimberly Souren
Nicolas Souren
Huhssei Nyogr
Tamerlan Khadikov

Crew
Directed by – Joe Morgan & Charlie Clift
Researcher – Olly Mayhall
Camera – Joe Morgan & Martyna Knitter
Sound – Olly Mayhall
Sound design – Sound Node
Original Score composed by – Molecular Sound
Grading – Alex Berry @ Quality Control

Deaths Cabaret

The desperate, dancing denouement from Death's Cabaret - A Love Story, a compelling concerto for cello/baritone/actor and strings.

Performed 22 May 2018 in Dunkerque France by Matthew Sharp & The Sacconi Quartet.

Giles, Miranda, Simon, Steven and a some very lucky filmmakers...

This summer Abbey Road Studios and Sonos teamed up to host a fantastic film making competition - Re-Scored - with the winning film (Luke Flanagan's 'Mind the Gap') receiving a top class audio rework, including a brand new score by Oscar Winning composer Steven Price (Gravity, Attack the Block...) performed by a 40 piece orchestra, recorded in Abbey Road's prestigious Studio One.

Central to the campaign's success was a series of branded content pieces I created documenting competition judges Giles Martin, Miranda Sawyer, Steven Price and Simon Cellan Jones' quest for the winning film.

The Good and Faithful Servant Wins Awards

My short film, The Good and Faithful Servant has picked up 3 Gold International Independent Film Awards, for Directing, Cinematography and Narrative Short.

Thanks IIFA!

The Good and Faithful Servant

A Crippled Horse Eating Sturgeon Roe

Short film for The Butcher Blades from 2012.

Cast:
Butcher Blades - As themselves
Queen of the Boat - Kirstie Kroon
Roller Blader - Pier Carthew
Dead Man - Lesley Morris
Andrew Hustwaite - Himself
Technicians - Simon Gardam + Rob Laughlin
Crew:
Director / Producer / DOP / Editor - Joe Morgan
Co - Producer / Co-DOP - Rachael Thompson
Production Manager - Jess Maguire
1st AD - Claire Hartlieb-Baudouin
Gaffer - Ian Dart
Sound design / Edit- Paul Bilsby
VFX - Simon Alistair Mills
Sound recordist - Tom Jolly
2ND unit camera - Russell Boyd
Production assistants - Simon Gardam + Minel Louis
Art Department - Jess Maguire

Secondary Dwellings

A selection of photographs taken February - March 2012 in Liverpool, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Bucharest & Athens. Shot on Ilford 3200 film for super grain and low light.

My traveling partner Simon Gardam, AKA Kellua produced this beautiful record along the way.

Ilford Delta Professional 3200 35mm. Images Copyright Joe Morgan 2017

Project R287 Receives Funding from Screen Territory

Back in 2012 I began researching an incredible real-life story concerning a group of individuals in Darwin Australia during the first world war. 4 years later, this research has become a feature film project with the working title R287.

Darwin was known as one of the last ‘frontier towns’ of Australia, a home to “Mercenaries, Missionaries and Misfits”. It’s a fascinating period in history, Darwin a melting pot of cultures closer aligned with Asia than Australia, but despite it’s cosmopolitan veneer the streets were wrought with cultural conflict.

In September 2016 Screen Territory funded development of the project allowing the team; Rod McMillan, Michele Adler, Phil Tarl Denson and myself to meet in Melbourne and Darwin in November 2016 to further develop the narrative.

The film is all about racial prejudice and alienation, relevant subject matter to today’s audiences. Thanks to the great support from Screen Territory, we are now bringing this story to life.

Darwin, December 2016. Kodak Gold 400 35mm. Images Copyright Joe Morgan 2017.

Oceans of Lemonade - Teaser Shoot

What do Thomas More, Lady Charlotte Guest, Charles Fourier and Roy Orbison all have in common? They are the lead characters in the teaser trailer for Oceans of Lemonade.

Barcelona

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Fuji-Film Superia 800 35mm. Images Copyright Joe Morgan 2017.

Cyprus

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Images Copyright Joe Morgan 2017.

Cooking with El Jefe

I've worked with El Jefe and his premium Salsa brand for quite a while - promoting his unique philosophy and hot sauce to the world.

Recently he asked me to create a pilot for his cooking show. The brief was simple - "Low fi, Bad taste, as quick as you can and i'll pay you in tortillas." 

Here's what we came up with....

Old Earth on the TV

February 14, 2015.

Collaborating with our friends at Red14 Los Angeles – I recently directed & produced the new book trailer for Gary Grossman's novel, Old Earth, published by Diversion Books. Teaming up with DOP Tom Chapman in Australia, the final film contains scenes shot across various locations in London, Melbourne, and Somerset.

It even got talked about on KTLA Morning News....."Nothing Wrong with that..."

The Sans Hotel

Film adaptation of the stage play 'At the Sans Hotel' by Nicola Gunn. Premiered at the Twin Peaks Festival, London 2011.

Film directed by Joe Morgan
Camera: Joe Morgan + Pier Carthew
Editor: Joe Morgan
Sound Design: Luke Paulding
Prod: Actors Caravan