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Reginald Herbert Morris (July 4, 1918 – January 8, 2004) was a British- Canadian cinematographer.Mark Irwin and Natalie Edwards, "A Conversation/On Hand Too". '' Cinema Canada'', February 1976. pp. 28-31. He was most noted as a three-time
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nominee for
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, receiving nominations at the
1st Genie Awards The 1st Genie Awards were presented on March 20, 1980, and honoured films released in 1979.Jay Scott, "Changeling wins Genie as year's best movie". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 21, 1980. They were given out at a gala event at the Royal Alexandra T ...
in 1980 for '' Murder by Decree'', at the
2nd Genie Awards The 2nd Genie Awards were held March 12, 1981, honouring Canadian films released the previous year.Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 10, 1981. The ceremony was held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and was host ...
in 1981 for ''
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'', and at the
5th Genie Awards The 5th Genie Awards were presented on March 21, 1984, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.Jay Scott, "Terry Fox Story wins best picture Genie". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 22, 1984. The awards ceremony was hosted by Louis Del Grande. Nom ...
in 1984 for ''
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''. Born in Ruislip, England, he was the younger brother of cinematographer Oswald Morris.Dennis McLellan
"Oswald Morris, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies at 98"
'' Washington Post'', March 21, 2014.
He had a number of credits as a camera assistant in British films of the 1930s and 1940s, before moving to Canada in 1955. He had his first credits as lead cinematographer on short documentary and drama films for the National Film Board of Canada, most notably the 1958 film '' The Quest''. His first credit on a narrative feature film was Don Haldane's 1963 film ''
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''. His other credits as a cinematographer included the films ''
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'', '' Black Christmas'', '' Second Wind'', '' The Food of the Gods'', ''
Shadow of the Hawk ''Shadow of the Hawk'' is a 1976 American-Canadian horror film directed by George McCowan and written by Norman Thaddeus Vane and Herbert Wright. The film stars Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George, Pia Shandel, Marianne Jo ...
'', ''
Welcome to Blood City ''Welcome to Blood City'' is a 1977 science fiction Western film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Jack Palance, Keir Dullea and Samantha Eggar. Plot Five strangers awake finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. ...
'', '' Murder By Decree'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come'', '' Middle Age Crazy'', '' Tribute'', ''
Porky's ''Porky's'' is a 1981 sex comedy film written and directed by Bob Clark about the escapades of teenagers in 1954 at the fictional Angel Beach High School in Florida. The film influenced many writers in the teen film genre and spawned two sequels: ...
'', '' Murder by Phone'', '' Porky's II: The Next Day'', '' Turk 182'' and '' Loose Cannons'', the television miniseries ''
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'', and episodes of the television series '' Seaway'' and '' The Hitchhiker''.


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* 1918 births 2004 deaths British cinematographers British emigrants to Canada Canadian cinematographers People from Ruislip {{UK-film-bio-stub