Rocky Morton

British film and television director

Feature films, commercials
music videos

SpouseAnnabel Jankel^[1]Websiterockymorton.com

Rocky Morton (born 1955) is an English director. He is the co-creator of the TV series Max Headroom and co-director of the 1993 Hollywood Pictures film Super Mario Bros.^[2]^[3] Various music videos by Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads, Gravity Kills, Orgy, George Harrison and Miles Davis are credited to Morton.^[4] He and his then-partner, Annabel Jankel, made their television debut with the original Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future, and its Americanized version. The duo made their big-screen debut with D.O.A., starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.^[5]

References

^ Life, Nintendo (3 November 2014). "Interview: Rocky Morton On The Chaos Of Directing The Super Mario Bros. Movie". Nintendo Life.
^ King, Darryn (7 April 2023). "In 1993 'Super Mario Bros.' Bombed; in 2023, It's a Hit With a New Generation". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
^ Shanfeld, Ethan (6 April 2023). "Original 'Super Mario Bros.' Directors Were 'Abandoned by Hollywood' After 'Reviled' 1993 Film. Then Quentin Tarantino Helped Vindicate Them".
^ "Rocky Morton technician videography". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
^ James, Caryn (18 March 1988). "Review/Film; 'D.O.A.,' Racing Death". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.