Carol Morley

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Dreams of a Life TrailerReturn Trip TrailerThe Alcohol Years Trailer

Carol Anne Morley (born 14 January 1966) is an English film director, screenwriter and producer. She is best known for her semi-documentary Dreams of a Life, released in 2011, about Joyce Carol Vincent, who died in her North London bedsit in 2003, but was not discovered until 2006. Her older brother is the music journalist, critic and producer Paul Morley.

Most Popular Carol Morley Trailers

Total trailers found: 16

Return Trip Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

Carol Morley tracks down her old friend Catherine Corcoran and returns to India where they once travelled as teenagers, in this playfully autobiographical short.

The Madness of the Dance Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

In the middle ages there was an outbreak of dancing manias in Europe that lasted hundreds of years. In the 20th century thousands of Chinese men and some women thought that their genitalia were vanishing, while schoolgirls in Belgium thought that they were being poisoned by a certain brand of fizzy drink.

Secondhand Daylight Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Carol Morley's 16mm documentary short is set in a fast food restaurant where a selection of twenty-somethings talk about their troubles.

The Fear of Trilogy Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Maxine Peake stars in a short film about three fears (birds, falling, sleepwalking) - filmed and edited in a single day on a mobile phone for Cinema Now, a digital conference held at BAFTA.

Forgotten Pilots: The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) 1939-1946 Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Short documentary celebrating the achievements and passion of the women who were ferry pilots during World War II.

The Falling Trailer (2015)

24 April 2015

England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they attend, a mysterious epidemic of fainting breaks out that threatens the mental sanity and beliefs of the tormented people involved, both teachers and students.

Dreams of a Life Trailer (2011)

16 August 2011

A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003.

The Week Elvis Died Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

Set in England in 1977, The Week Elvis Died is an evocative and bittersweet look at life from a child's point of view.

Girl Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Carol Morley's debut short uses the iconography of the genre of melodrama – the staircase, the father – to explore the story of a girl's relationship with her father, and the impossibility of recreating a time, a place, and a memory.

The Alcohol Years Trailer (2000)

09 November 2000

Carol Morley returns to Manchester, where in the early 1980s, five years of her life were lost in an alcoholic blur.

Typist Artist Pirate King Trailer (2023)

27 October 2023

In a last-ditch mission to get recognition for her talent, Audrey Amiss (Monica Dolan) persuades her psychiatric nurse, Sandra Panza (Kelly Macdonald) to take her on a road trip back to where her story began – but with so many deviations along the way, will they ever make it?

Everyday Something: True Stories from the 21st Century Trailer (2001)

31 December 2001

Based on the filmmaker's collection of newspaper cuttings the film presents private moments that give strange glimpses into everyday life.

I'm Not Here Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

In January 1970 the actor Sir Alec Guinness wrote a letter to The Times complaining about the lack of attention shop assistants gave to customers.

Stalin My Neighbour Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Annie wants to find her cat and forget her past. She walks the streets of the East End of London, in the footsteps of Josef Stalin and Mahatma Gandhi.

Out of Blue Trailer (2019)

22 March 2019

Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found shot to death in her observatory.

Edge Trailer (2010)

23 October 2010

A hotel. A cliff. Six lost people, looking for something, or looking to lose themselves.