Morgan Galen King | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Morgan Galen King September 8, 1979 Radford, Virginia, U.S. |
| Occupations |
|
| Years active | 2012-present |
Morgan Galen King is an American film director, writer, and animator. He is best known for writing, directing, and animating the rotoscoped fantasy epic The Spine of Night along with his collaborator, Philip Gelatt.
King grew up in Radford, Virginia, where he began his interest in the arts by drawing gory comic books. [1] After working in graphic design for a decade, he wrote, directed, and produced two short rotoscoped films, Mongrel & The Wrath of the Ape King and Exordium. They caught the eye of Gelatt, who approached him with the idea that the two could partner to expand King's vision into a feature length film. [2] [3] After shooting the live-action footage for the film in 2013, King spent seven years hand-animating the film, almost losing the entire project right before its premiere at South by Southwest when his Microsoft Windows system auto-updated while he was sleeping. [4] After its premiere, The Spine of Night's distribution rights were purchased by RLJE Films and Shudder. [5]
Rotoscoping is an animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action. Originally, animators projected photographed live-action movie images onto a glass panel and traced over the image. This projection equipment is referred to as a rotoscope, developed by Polish-American animator Max Fleischer, and the result is a rotograph. This device was eventually replaced by computers, but the process is still called rotoscoping.
David Lowery is an American filmmaker.
Finn Wolfhard is a Canadian actor and musician. He gained recognition for playing Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–present). His film roles include Richie Tozier in the film adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel It (2017) and its sequel It: Chapter Two (2019), Boris Pavlikovsky in the drama film The Goldfinch (2019), the voice of Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family (2019), and Trevor in the supernatural film Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). Wolfhard made his directorial debut with the comedy short film Night Shifts (2020).
Jessica M. Thompson is an Australian film and television writer, director, editor and producer, who resides in Los Angeles.
The Green Knight is a 2021 epic medieval fantasy film directed, written, edited, and produced by David Lowery, adapted from the 14th-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The film stars Dev Patel as Gawain, who sets out on a journey to test his courage and face the Green Knight. It also stars Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, and Ralph Ineson.
Adopt a Highway is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Logan Marshall-Green in his directorial debut. It stars Ethan Hawke, Elaine Hendrix, Diane Gaeta, Betty Gabriel, Mo McRae, Chris Sullivan, Nate Mooney, Christopher Heyerdahl, Loni Love and Anne-Marie Johnson. Jason Blum produced the film, through his Blumhouse Productions banner and Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath produced the film through their Divide/Conquer banner.
Love, Death & Robots is an adult animated anthology streaming television series created by Tim Miller and streaming on Netflix. Produced by Blur Studio, it consists of stand-alone episodes that contain different narrative and animation and are produced by different animation studios from a range of countries, exploring diverse genres; particularly comedy, horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Each episode is connected to the themes of the titular subject matters. However, not every episode includes all three topics. Miller serves as the showrunner and producer alongside Joshua Donen, David Fincher, and Jennifer Miller; most episodes are written by Philip Gelatt, mostly adapting written works.
Creepshow is an American horror anthology streaming television series that was released on Shudder in 2019. The series serves as a continuation of the 1982 film of the same name and features seventeen episodes with two horror stories per episode. The series premiered on September 26, 2019.
Seance is a 2021 supernatural horror film written and directed by Simon Barrett. It was released on May 21, 2021, by RLJE Films.
PG: Psycho Goreman, or simply Psycho Goreman, is a 2020 Canadian science fantasy action horror-comedy film written and directed by Steven Kostanski. It stars Nita-Josee Hanna and Owen Myre as a young sister and brother who unwittingly resurrect an ancient extraterrestrial overlord.
AMC+ is an American subscription video on demand streaming service owned by AMC Networks that was launched on June 11, 2020. The service is a premium bundle that includes the live feeds and program libraries of the company's television networks and streaming brands along with its own exclusive content.
Jakob's Wife is a 2021 American vampire horror film directed and produced by Travis Stevens from a screenplay by Stevens, Kathy Charles, and Mark Steensland. The film stars Barbara Crampton, Larry Fessenden, and Bonnie Aarons.
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 20 to 30, 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic protocol, it was initially intended to be an in-person/virtual hybrid festival, but on January 5, 2022, it was announced that the in-person components would be scrapped in favor of a wholly virtual festival due to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 9, 2021.
The Spine of Night is a 2021 American adult animated dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King. It stars Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Betty Gabriel, and Joe Manganiello.
Philip Gelatt is an American film director, writer, producer and video game writer. He is best known for his work on the animated film, The Spine of Night and the Netflix animated series, Love, Death & Robots.
Offseason is a 2021 supernatural horror film written and directed by Mickey Keating. It stars Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Richard Brake, and Melora Walters. The film premiered at South by South West in March 2021 before a theatrical release by RLJE Films on March 11, 2022.
Kids vs. Aliens is a 2022 American science fiction horror film directed by Jason Eisener and written by John Davies and Eisener. It is the second spin-off film in the V/H/S franchise and feature-length adaptation of "Slumber Party Alien Abduction", Eisener's segment from the 2013 anthology horror film V/H/S/2. It stars Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald and Asher Grayson.