Paul Morrissey

February 23, 1938

Paul Morrissey (February 23, 1938 - October 28, 2024) was an American film director, best-known for his association with Andy Warhol. Morrissey attended Ampleforth College, a private Roman Catholic boarding school and Fordham University, both Roman Catholic schools, and later served in the United States Army. A political conservative and self-described "right-winger", who has publicly protested against what he perceives as immorality and "anti-Catholicism", Morrissey's long-term collaboration with the low-keyed, apparently apolitical Warhol was viewed by many as "a successful mismatch", although both men did share some traits, i.e. both were practising Catholics from "ethnic" backgrounds (Warhol was of Rusyn descent and Morrissey is of Irish descent). Morrissey's bold, avant-garde direction in filmmaking is often attributed to his relationship with Warhol and The Factory, although Morrissey claimed in his memoir, Factory Days, that this is not the case.

Cast

Resident Alien

(Self)

A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

(Self)

Beautiful Darling

(Self)

Paranoia

Andy Warhol

(Self)

A Look on the Wild Side

(Himself)

Diane the Zebra Woman

Room 666

(Self)

Midnight Cowboy

(The Party)

Nico Icon

(Himself)

Divine Trash

(Self)

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

(Self)

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

(Self)

Excavating Taylor Mead

(Self)

Superartist

(Himself)

Andy Warhol

(Self)

Danny Says

(Self (archive footage))

Warhol

(Self)

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

(Self)

Jonas in the Desert

(Self)

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

(Self)

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

(Self (archive footage))

Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

Home Movies: NYC to San Diego

Paul Morrissey: Autumn in Montauk

(Self)

Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me

(Self (archive footage))

Viaggio nel cinema in 3D: Una storia vintage

(Self)

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

(Self)

Rich and Famous

(Malibu Party Guest)

Late Show with David Letterman

(Self)

Crew

Chelsea Girls

(Director)

Flesh for Frankenstein

(Director)

Flesh for Frankenstein

(Screenplay)

Heat

(Director of Photography)

Flesh

(Author)

Flesh

(Director of Photography)

Flesh

(Director)

Heat

(Director)

Blood for Dracula

(Director)

Blood for Dracula

(Writer)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

(Director)

Mixed Blood

(Director)

Mixed Blood

(Screenplay)

Spike of Bensonhurst

(Director)

Trash

(Director)

Women in Revolt

(Director)

Veruschka: A Life for the Camera

(Director)

Forty Deuce

(Director)

Madame Wang's

(Director)

Trash

(Editor)

Trash

(Cinematography)

Bike Boy

(Director of Photography)

I Miss Sonia Henie

(Director)

Beethoven's Nephew

(Director)

Beethoven's Nephew

(Writer)

All Aboard the Dreamland Choo-Choo

(Director)

The Origin of Captain America

(Director)

Like Sleep

(Director)

Spike of Bensonhurst

(Screenplay)

Spike of Bensonhurst

(Story)

Changing Fashions

(Director)

News from Nowhere

(Director)

Dartmoor Killing

(Executive Producer)

Heat

(Story)

Trash

(Writer)

San Diego Surf

(Director)

Screen Test #4

(Cinematography)

Screen Test #3

(Cinematography)

Screen Test #1

(Cinematography)

Women in Revolt

(Editor)

Women in Revolt

(Writer)

Women in Revolt

(Executive Producer)

Moe Gets Tied Up

(Camera Operator)

The Velvet Underground Tarot Cards

(Camera Operator)

The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound

(Cinematography)

The Armchair Hacker

(Director)

L'Amour

(Producer)

L'Amour

(Director)

L'Amour

(Writer)

Screen Test: Helmut

(Director of Photography)

Screen Test: Lou Reed (Coke)

(Director of Photography)

Screen Test: Edie Sedgwick

(Director of Photography)

Blue Movie

(Executive Producer)

My Hustler

(Camera Operator)

Lonesome Cowboys

(Producer)

Lonesome Cowboys

(Cinematography)

Lonesome Cowboys

(Editor)

The Andy Warhol Story

(Cinematography)

Madame Wang's

(Writer)

Lonesome Cowboys

(Writer)

Superartist

(Sound)

Taylor Mead Dances

(Director)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

(Writer)

I, a Man

(Director)

The Loves of Ondine

(Director)

Lonesome Cowboys

(Director)

The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound

(Director)

Bike Boy

(Director)

Imitation of Christ

(Director)

Sausalito

(Director)

Tub Girls

(Director)

Peaches & Cream

(Assistant Director)