Steve Morrison (born 3 March 1947) is a Scottish television producer and a former

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Early life

Morrison was born in

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and studied Politics at the

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. In 1968, he became the first student to stand for the post of Rector. Following his studies at Edinburgh, Morrison attended the National Film and Television School. Morrison played a founding role in the Third World First campaign group, which became the anti-poverty campaign group

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Career

Morrison become a radio producer with BBC Scotland. Morrison joined Granada Television in 1974. Here, he formed Granada Film before becoming Director of Programmes and, in 2001, Chief Executive. In 2003, Morrison co-founded independent TV production and distribution company

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, becoming non-executive chairman in 2013. Morrison's production credits include ''

My Left Foot ''My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown'', also known simply as ''My Left Foot'', is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from the 1954 memoir of the same name by Christy ...

'', '' The Field'' and ''

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''. In 2015, Morrison was elected Rector of the University of Edinburgh, beating incumbent Peter McColl with 61.9% of votes. Morrison sits on the advisory board of the

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References

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