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Ken Morse (born c. 1944) is a British
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operator who has provided visual effects to
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television programmes over several decades. Ken Morse worked as a cinema projectionist from the age of 12 for about 10 years. Morse joined the film industry in the 1960s, working originally in
stop motion Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames i ...
animation before moving to the rostrum camera. The British Academy ( BAFTA) presented him with a Lifetime Achievement award to recognise his contributions to the industry over nearly forty years. He is based in Shepherd's Bush,
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, England. Morse has been mentioned in several British sketch shows: ''
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'' listed his name in a spoof set of credits; and ''
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'' included a sketch about a rostrum cameraman driven mad by always being overshadowed by Ken Morse. The one-off comedy special '' Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt'' (produced by
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) credited 'Rostrum Camera' to "Not Ken Morse". He was also credited for 'Rostrum Camera' in the spoof credits for '' The Diary of Anne Frank'', a sketch in the first series of ''
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''. At one stage the credit "Rostrum Cameraman, Ken Morse," was even used on the spoken credits of the popular satirical BBC Radio show ''
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A photograph and profile of Ken Morse
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morse, Ken 1940s births Living people British film people