Rocky Morton

Rocky Morton
Born
Rocky Morton

1955 (age 68–69)
United Kingdom
OccupationFilm director
Years active1979–present
Known for
  • Feature films, commercials
  • music videos
SpouseAnnabel Jankel[1] (div. 2005)
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]

  1. ^ Life, Nintendo (3 November 2014). "Interview: Rocky Morton On The Chaos Of Directing The Super Mario Bros. Movie". Nintendo Life.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Shanfeld, Ethan (6 April 2023). "Original 'Super Mario Bros.' Directors Were 'Abandoned by Hollywood' After 'Reviled' 1993 Film. Then Quentin Tarantino Helped Vindicate Them".
  4. ^ "Rocky Morton technician videography". mvdbase.com. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  5. ^ James, Caryn (18 March 1988). "Review/Film; 'D.O.A.,' Racing Death". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.