Biography
Film director, writer and producer, Morten Parker, has some fifty documentary and narrative films - almost all of which he both wrote and directed - to his credit.
Among his more notable awards and citations are: Two Academy Award nominations; First Prize, Venice Film Festival; Four CINE Golden Eagle Awards; Two First Awards and the Film of the Year Award, Canadian Film Awards; First Prize, Associated Film Writers Competition; Two Golden Sheaf Awards, Best Drama, Best Direction, Yorkton International Film Festival, Canada; Robert Flaherty Film Award; International Festival Awards in Stockholm, Durban, Johannesburg, Moscow, etc., etc.
He was former senior Producer-Director at the National Film Board of Canada, long regarded as one of the most respected and influential documentary producing agencies in the world. Leaving the Film Board, he formed his own production company, writing and directing films for numerous clients such as the U.S. Information Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, the United Auto Workers, the United Steelworkers, Rutgers University, Wayne State University, etc., etc. He served as "United Nations Expert in Film Production" (UNESCO), spending three years as Film Advisor to Israel. He was appointed Advisor on Communications to the Prime Minister of Jamaica. In reference to his political work, everything he produced in that field has been requested by the Museum of Television and Radio, New York City, now renamed the Paley Center For Media, to be placed in its permanent collection.
For the Bicentennial celebration in the United States, Mr. Parker was commissioned by The White House to write and direct a documentary film on the subject of "The American Worker".
Mr. Parker has lectured broadly both nationally and internationally, and is Associate Professor of Film, New York University.
He is a member of the Directors Guild of America.
