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George Redmond Fitzpatrick Morris, 4th Baron Killanin (born 26 January 1947), is an Irish film producer.
Morris was born in Dublin, Ireland, into a notable Irish family. He is the eldest son of Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, formerly the president of the International Olympic Committee, and Mary Sheila Cathcart Dunlop. His mother was the daughter of Canon Douglas Dunlop, Rector of Oughterard, and the granddaughter of Henry Dunlop, who was involved in the construction of Lansdowne Road in 1872.
Morris was educated at Gonzaga College in Ranelagh, Dublin, and at Ampleforth College and, later, at Trinity College Dublin. In the 1970s he worked as an assistant director, before becoming production manager in such films as The Draughtsman's Contract and Gorky Park, before moving into overall production and executive production.
Lord Killanin is usually credited as Redmond Morris in film productions. He is usually known to family and close friends as Red Morris.
He has two brothers; the racehorse trainer Mouse, and John, and a sister, Deborah.
Filmography (as producer)
- The Miracle (1991)
- Splitting Heirs (1993)
- Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
- Michael Collins (1996)
- The Butcher Boy (1997)
- The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
- The Actors (2003)
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
- Notes on a Scandal (2006)
- The Reader (2008)
- Neverland (2011)
- Byzantium (2012)
- The Rhythm Section (2020)
- The Dig (2021)
- Marlowe (2022)
Arms
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References
- Burke's Peerage. 1959.
External links
- Redmond Morris at IMDb
- http://www.galwaynews.ie/8090-galwayman039s-devotion-developing-ireland039s-film-industry
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| Preceded byMichael Morris | Baron Killanin 1999–present |
Incumbent |
- Living people
- 1947 births
- Barons Killanin
- Irish film producers
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- People educated at Ampleforth College
- People from County Galway
- Irish film directors
- People from County Dublin
- People educated at Gonzaga College
- Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999
- Morris family (Ireland)