Amhalise Morgan
Director
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Amhalise Morgan is an award winning Director with her short films gaining worldwide recognition from film festivals in Greece, India, Brazil, Nigeria, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Sweden, England, France, Dubai as well as across the US.
Amhalise’s entry into film was through working as a Casting Director in NYC for over 20 years. In that long career she worked with some of the most prolific directors, found talent for commercials for some of the world’s most prestigious brands and cast music videos for some of the most sought after artists.
In 2017 she began directing, completing her first short film These 3 Waters. Since then she has gone on to direct 9 short films, directed a music video for Shabazz Palaces (while in quarantine with footage shot worldwide) and directed 3 content films for Brooklyn based jewelry Sade gold., Nancy Kraskin Jewelry and Alexis Smart Flower Remedies (with Norman Reedus lending his voice for the voice over)
She also teamed up with Nicholas Pinnock twice, once on her second short film, WORDS then again to complete a mid length film, In The Room which also features Tony Award winning actor Denis O’Hare.
Her films harness her very distinct poetic approach to film incorporating soft distinct visuals with voice overs delivered by her friends in Spanish, French and Italian.
In 2024, at the curation of Mahogany L. Browne, the poet in residence at Lincoln Center and as part of her Seen, Sound, Scribe series, Lincoln Center hosted a night playing 4 of Amhalise’s works with poets, Cyrus Aaron, Fred T. Joseph and Joél Leon performing after the first 3 films.
Amhalise’s entry into film was through working as a Casting Director in NYC for over 20 years. In that long career she worked with some of the most prolific directors, found talent for commercials for some of the world’s most prestigious brands and cast music videos for some of the most sought after artists.
In 2017 she began directing, completing her first short film These 3 Waters. Since then she has gone on to direct 9 short films, directed a music video for Shabazz Palaces (while in quarantine with footage shot worldwide) and directed 3 content films for Brooklyn based jewelry Sade gold., Nancy Kraskin Jewelry and Alexis Smart Flower Remedies (with Norman Reedus lending his voice for the voice over)
She also teamed up with Nicholas Pinnock twice, once on her second short film, WORDS then again to complete a mid length film, In The Room which also features Tony Award winning actor Denis O’Hare.
Her films harness her very distinct poetic approach to film incorporating soft distinct visuals with voice overs delivered by her friends in Spanish, French and Italian.
In 2024, at the curation of Mahogany L. Browne, the poet in residence at Lincoln Center and as part of her Seen, Sound, Scribe series, Lincoln Center hosted a night playing 4 of Amhalise’s works with poets, Cyrus Aaron, Fred T. Joseph and Joél Leon performing after the first 3 films.