March 2007
 Jeffrey
Morgan's (Fallon Paiute) debut documentary film Lillie
& Leander: A Legacy of Violence premieres in the 2007
Tribeca Film Festival. The Tribeca premiere is co-presented by
NMAI. In 2005, Lillie & Leander was one of 29 projects
selected by Tribeca All Access, a program dedicated to the professional
development of independent minority filmmakers. Morgan works as
a producer and in-house director at Deutsch Advertising in New
York. He produces national radio and television commercials for
Westin, IKEA, Revlon, Monster.com, and Snapple. His first national
television campaign as producer, Westin Hotel's This Is How
It Should Feel, debuted during the 2006 Super Bowl. He won
the Deutsch Advertising annual short films talent show from 2004
- 2006. Morgan received a BA in Film and Television Production
from the Kanbar Institute at New York University, where he was
recognized as a Founder's Day Scholar for his academic excellence.
Born in Artesia, California, and raised in Juneau, Alaska, Morgan
made fifteen short films before completing high school.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit: Jeffrey
Morgan - courtesy of the filmmaker
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