Keith Alan Morris

Keith Alan Morris is a practicing filmmaker and professor. He helped Spike Lee make OLDBOY and directed and shot "Runaway Hearts"​ starring John Schneider and Wendell Pierce, which screened at the Cannes market. He consulted and placed film students on a whopping 12 films in 2015, including The Magnificent Seven, Elvis & Nixon, and Mr. Right, and wrote and directed the upcoming action thriller "MOTOR"--in post, Fall 2017; He is seeking post-production funds for a TV pilot about a robot named "K.A.R.L,"​ his CG/live action epic shot in New Orleans. He also works as a cinematographer and producer on numerous films, including Marvista's family western Rodeo and Juliet, starring living legend Buck Taylor and Krista Allen.

Morris' furthest reach was as the writer/director/producer of “Gutter King” – recently ranked #159 on IMDB. Distributed by Multivisionnaire and Metrodome (Donnie Darko, Monster), 2010-2014, the film is distributed in over 25 countries, including the U.S., China, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Malaysia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Spain, Turkey, Portugal, etc., with some territories still available. 

He is also the tenured Associate Professor of Film at Dillard University in New Orleans, an HBCU, where he runs the film program as the Program Coordinator. In 2015, the Film program was named one of two Signature Programs at Dillard. He won the 2012 Media Educator of the Year Award by the Social Change Film Fest and Institute and helps 3 to 9 features get made per semester. 

Morris is sought out by his peers for his ability to take smaller budgets and make epic creations. All of his features screened at the Cannes Film Festival Market sold for far above what their budgets should allow. 

Please only contact Keith if you are a student, a producer who is partially financed and needs consultation, or are a past crew member looking to reconnect.

More:
dillardfilm.blogspot.com 
@KeithAlanMorris on Twitter

Morris on set (above)

Todd Campbell

R. Todd Campbell grew up in The Shoals area of Alabama, and is a New Orleans filmmaker through and through. Since 2004, Mr. Campbell has written and directed several films, including the award-winning short documentary Torch (2010), and the award-winning feature film The Mourning Hills (2014). He is also the producer of Shepherd (2017), a dramatic television pilot featuring Lance Nichols and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Mr. Campbell received his MFA in Film Production from The University of New Orleans in 2009, where he also taught as an adjunct professor. Mr. Campbell is currently developing several features, documentaries, and shorts, with production of a short horror film titled Ghost Bridge slated to begin in November of 2017, and production of a feature-length documentary titled Ordo Procinctus currently in production. He is absolutely thrilled to be a part of the Dillard family, and loves being able to mentor young people in the business of making movies. He lives in the city with his wife, and has a passion for local music, good BBQ, and good cigars.

Robert "Todd" Campbell (left)

 

Cortheal Clark is a Production Designer in film, the head of the Theatre Program at Dillard University, and the Chair of Humanities. His background is in live performance, where he worked with everyone from Garth Brooks to Amy Grant. In film, he built unbelievably detailed sets for Morris’ Runaway Hearts (2014) and K.A.R.L. (2015). His theatre program consistently ranks as a top program and won The Big Easy Award for Best University Production in 2013 and 2017.

Clark on set.