# Morgan Jon Fox

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**Morgan Jon Fox** (born June 19, 1979) is an American film director and screenwriter from [Memphis, Tennessee](/source/Memphis,_Tennessee).

Named one of the "25 new faces of Independent Film” by [Filmmaker Magazine](/source/Filmmaker_Magazine),[1] he has directed four feature films, *Blue Citrus Hearts* (2004, Ariztical Entertainment), *Away Awake* (2005, Ariztical Entertainment), *OMG/HaHaHa* (2009, Waterbearer Films), *[This Is What Love In Action Looks Like](/source/This_Is_What_Love_In_Action_Looks_Like)* (2012, TLA Releasings), and the critically acclaimed episodic tv series *Feral*.

## Life and career

Fox attended White Station High School in Memphis, TN.[2]

Fox began gaining indie film notoriety in his early 20s coming out of the Memphis film scene, which has produced filmmakers [Craig Brewer](/source/Craig_Brewer), [Ira Sachs](/source/Ira_Sachs), [Mike McCarthy](/source/Mike_McCarthy_(film_director)), and [Kentucker Audley](/source/Kentucker_Audley).

He formed the film collaborative, Sawed-Off Collaboratory Productions, in Memphis in 2002.[3]

Fox made his directorial debut in 2003 with Blue Citrus Hearts. It became an underground hit on the film festival circuit,[4] garnering high profile reviews:

"Fox and his shoestring Memphis film cooperative succeed in capturing the intensity of teen angst where many Hollywood films fail."

— Ronnie Scheib, '**[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))'**

The micro-budget film won Best Feature Film at the 2003 Chicago Lesbian and Gay Film Fest, Best Hometown Feature at the 2003 [Indie Memphis Film Festival](/source/Indie_Memphis_Film_Festival), Honorable Mention at the Berkley Video and Film Fest, and the Festival Director Award for the Advancement of Cinema at the 2004 Magnolia Film Fest.[5] Blue Citrus Hearts was named one of the top 20 films of 2003 by The [Chicago Reader](/source/Chicago_Reader), and the [Commercial Appeal](/source/Commercial_Appeal). The film is distributed by American distribution company Ariztical Entertainment.[6]

Ariztical Entertainment released Fox's second film, Away(A)Wake, in 2005.[7] In 2009 his third feature, OMG/HaHaHa, premiered at [NewFest](/source/NewFest) in New York city.[2] It won best of fest awards in Memphis and Chicago.[8] The teen-to-early twenties centric film, with a main character who speaks to the viewing audience through his webcam, gained Fox the title "The voice of the youtube generation" by [Filmmaker Magazine](/source/Filmmaker_Magazine).[9] The film is distributed by Waterbearer Films.[10]

From 2005 through 2011, Fox directed a documentary in Memphis about a controversial [ex-gay](/source/Ex-gay) program [Love In Action](/source/Love_In_Action) where a teenager named [Zach Stark](/source/Zach_Stark) was being forced to enter by his parents after he told them he was gay.[11] The documentary, [This Is What Love In Action Looks Like](/source/This_Is_What_Love_In_Action_Looks_Like), premiered in June 2011 at [Frameline](/source/Frameline), the 35th Annual San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.[12] On April 13, 2012, a follow-up story based on the events in the documentary was featured in a story on [This American Life](/source/This_American_Life), which was titled Own Worst Enemy.[13] Fox and Love In Action's director [John Smid](/source/John_Smid) appeared on CNN to promote the film, which is distributed world wide by [TLA Releasing](/source/TLA_Releasing).[14]

In September 2014 Morgan directed a new project, titled Feral.[15] The 8-episode narrative series set in Memphis features the fictional lives of several queer artists in their early 20s.[16] The series is an original content production for [Dekkoo](/source/Dekkoo), a new platform owned by Derek Curl of [TLA Releasing](/source/TLA_Releasing). The new company launched in 2016.[17]

Fox was nominated as "Best Editor" at the [2nd Annual Streamy Awards](/source/2nd_Streamy_Awards) in 2009 for [Craig Brewer](/source/Craig_Brewer)’s ([Hustle & Flow](/source/Hustle_%26_Flow)) [MTV](/source/MTV) web & tv series, $5 Cover.[18]

## Filmography

### TV

- Feral, Season 1 (2016) 8 Episodes

### Feature films

- [This Is What Love In Action Looks Like](/source/This_Is_What_Love_In_Action_Looks_Like) (2012)
- OMG/HaHaHa (2009)
- Away(A)Wake (2004)
- Blue Citrus Hearts (2003)

### Short films

- Piggly Wiggly (2010)
- Chuck, From Craigslist (2009)
- Pig In A Poke (2008)
- Eel, Crab, Sparkleboy and his Brother (2006)
- Strawberry (2005)
- Octopus (2005)
- Experiment 16 (2002)

## References

1. Guerrasion, Jason. ["25 New Faces of Independent Film"](http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/issues/summer2009/25faces_3.php). *Filmmaker Magazine*

1. Herrington, Chris. ["Evolution"](http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/evolution/Content?oid=1307328). *The Memphis Flyer*

1. ["Sawed-Off Collaboratory Productions Main Page"](https://sites.google.com/a/sawedoffproductions.com). *SawedOffProductions.com*

1. Scheib, Ronnie. ["Review: Blue Citrus Hearts"](https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/blue-citrus-hearts-1200532550/). *Variety Magazine*

1. ["Blue Citrus Hearts Awards"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398791/awards?ref_=tt_ql_4). *IMDB*

1. ["Blue Citrus Hearts"](https://www.ariztical.com/filmsAZ/blue_citrus_hearts.html). *Ariztical Entertainment*

1. ["Away Awake"](https://www.ariztical.com/filmsAZ/away_awake.html). *Ariztical Entertainment*

1. Herrington, Chris. ["OMG/HaHaHa"](http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/omghahaha/Content?oid=1307619). *The Memphis Flyer*

1. Beifuss, John. ["21st Century Fox"](https://archive.today/20120707150954/http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_bloodshot_eye/2009/07/morgan-jon-fox.html). *The Bloodshot Eye*. Archived from [the original](http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_bloodshot_eye/2009/07/morgan-jon-fox.html) on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

1. ["Gay Independent Films Distributed by Water Bearer Films"](https://www.amazon.com/Independent-Films-Distributed-Water-Bearer/lm/RT4OQUJE96M5Q). *Amazon.com*

1. Phillips, Bianca. ["Love, Action, and Evolution"](http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/love-action-and-evolution/Content?oid=3068000). *The Memphis Flyer*

1. Beifuss, John. ["Memphis-based film unfurls with pride at San Francisco festival"](https://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jun/18/memphis-based-film-unfurls-with-pride-at-fest/). *The Commercial Appeal*. Retrieved 2011-06-20.

1. ["Own Worst Enemy"](http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/462/own-worst-enemy). *This American Life*

1. ["New documentary examines a controversial gay 'rehab' program for teens"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120522030539/http://startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/08/new-documentary-examines-a-controversial-gay-rehab-program-for-teens/). *CNN.com*. Archived from [the original](http://startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/08/new-documentary-examines-a-controversial-gay-rehab-program-for-teens/) on May 22, 2012.

1. Sparks, Jon W. ["Morgan Jon Fox shoots made-in-Memphis project"](http://www.filmmemphis.org/news/1-latest-news/535-morgan-jon-fox-shoots-made-in-memphis-project). *Film Memphis*

1. Beifuss, John. ["Filmmaker shoots made-in-Memphis series for new gay-themed, Netflix-style platform"](https://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/movies/news/filmmaker-shoots-madeinmemphis-series-for-new-gaythemed-netflixstyle-platform_64527871). *The Commercial Appeal*

1. Richard, Richard. ["Derek Curl Readies ‘The Netflix of LGBT’"](https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/derek-curl-morgan-jon-fox-feral/). *Mediabistro*

1. Sparks, Jon. ["$5 Cover nominated for Streamy Awards"](http://www.filmmemphis.org/news/1-latest-news/136-5-cover-nominated-for-streamy-awards). *FilmMemphis*. FilmMemphis.

## External links

- [Morgan Jon Fox](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1549145/) at IMDb
- [Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film](http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/issues/summer2009/25faces_3.php)
- [Sawed-Off Collaboratory Productions official website](http://www.sawedoffproductions.com)
- [Morgan Jon Fox's official Twitter Page](https://twitter.com/morganjonfox)

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