Michael Morris (director)

Michael Morris is an English television and film director and producer. He was the director of The Old Vic Theatre in London from 1999 to 2002, and an executive producer and director of the television drama Brothers & Sisters from 2006 to 2011. He has directed episodes of Political Animals, In Plain Sight, The Slap, Bloodline, Kingdom, Halt and Catch Fire, Preacher, House of Cards, 13 Reasons Why, Shut Eye, and Better Call Saul.
Morris made his feature film directorial debut in 2022 with To Leslie, for which Andrea Riseborough received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Personal life

Morris has been married to actress Mary McCormack since July 2003. They have three daughters. In October 2013 he was photographed publicly kissing Smash actress Katharine McPhee.

Filmography

Film

To Leslie
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
The Nightingale

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes
2007-2011	Brothers & Sisters			Directed 18 episodes; Also supervising producer of 39 episodes
2009-2011	In Plain Sight			Episodes "Don't Cry for Me Albuquerque", "A Priest Walks Into a Bar" and "Something Borrowed, Something Blew Up"
2012	Political Animals			Episode "The Woman Problem"
2012-2013	Smash			7 episodes
2013	Betrayal			Directed 2 episodes
2014-2017	Kingdom			11 episodes
2015	The Slap			3 Episodes
2015-2017	Halt and Catch Fire			Episodes "Extract and Defend", "And She Was" and "A Connection Is Made"
2015-2016	Bloodline			Directed 3 episodes
2016	Shut Eye			Episode "Two of Swords"
2016-2017	Preacher			Episodes "He Gone" and "Dallas"
2017	House of Cards			Episodes "Chapter 57" and "Chapter 58"
2017	Animal Kingdom			Episode "The Leopard"
2017	Shameless			Episode "God Bless Her Rotting Soul"
2018	Billions			Episode "Not You, Mr. Drake"
2018	13 Reasons Why			Directed 4 episodes
2018-2022	Better Call Saul			Episodes "Quite a Ride", "The Guy for This", "Wexler v. Goodman", "Wine and Roses" and "Fun and Games"; Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series