Brett Morgen

Brett Morgen is an Oscar-nominated producer and director. His first film, the boxing documentary “On the Ropes” (1999), won the Directors Guild Award and was nominated for a Best Feature Documentary Academy Award. Morgen also wrote and directed a biopic about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, “The Kids Stays in the Picture,” in 2002. The film was cited as “one of the best films of the year” by over 50 film critics. Most recently, Morgen wrote and directed “Chicago 10,” for which he was been nominated for a 2008 Writers Guild Award. “Chicago 10” was also named as one of the Top 10 Films of 2008 by the Washington Post.

Morgen executive produced and created the Peabody Award-winning series “Nimrod Nation” for the Sundance Channel. He also directs commercials for Anonymous Content. He has directed dozens of campaigns including spots for Pizza Hut, ESPN, Budweiser, Southwest Airlines, Kellogg’s and Nike.