Morley Markson is a Canadian industrial designer, film director and cinematographer from Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted for his 1974 film '' Monkeys in the Attic'', which was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Picture at the

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in 1975, and his 1988 documentary film ''

Growing Up in America ''Growing Up in America'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Morley Markson and released in 1988. A sequel to his 1971 film '' Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family'', the film profiles many of the same 1960s radical fig ...

'', which was a

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nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the

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in 1989. His 1971 film '' Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family'' was a selection of the International Critics' Week at the

1971 Cannes Film Festival The 24th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 27 May 1971. The Palme d'Or went to ''The Go-Between'' by Joseph Losey. The festival opened with ''Gimme Shelter'', a documentary about English rock band The Rolling Stones directed by David Maysl ...

.Roger Levesque, "Breathing Together recalls '60s idealism". ''

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'', August 12, 1992.

Filmography

* ''Exploration'' (1967) * ''Kaleidoscope'' (1967) * ''America Simultaneous: The Electric Family'' (1968) * ''Electrocution of the World'' (1968) * ''Eyebang'' (1968) * ''Light Year'' (1968) * ''Retinal Capsule'' (1968) * ''Zero'' (1968) * ''The Tragic Diary of Zero the Fool'' (1969) * '' Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family'' (1971) * '' Monkeys in the Attic'' (1974) * ''Off Your Rocker'' (1982) * ''

'' (1988)

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* * Canadian documentary film directors Living people Canadian cinematographers Canadian experimental filmmakers Canadian industrial designers Canadian video artists Film directors from Toronto Artists from Toronto Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-film-director-stub