Allen Morris

Allen Robert Morris turned 70 in 2024. He spent his career perfecting his ability to direct. Beginning with live television, he ventured into creating live events, ranging from corporate theatre to concerts to working with live actors. He mastered the art of documentary filmmaking by traveling across the globe, from capturing stories about war in the Middle East and interviewing world leaders, to documenting efforts to preserve the South American Rain Forest. Two of his most-honored films are One Man, Four Lives, about Holocaust survivor William J. Morgan who assumed four different identities to escape the Nazis in World War II, and An American Rhapsody, which is the history of the United States, from its founding to the election of Barack Obama as president, set to the music of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” performed by Leonard Bernstein. His work has been honored with every major award from the advertising industry and both regional and national Emmy Awards.

He has published four books, under the pseudonym Robert Marlin, and contributed multiple articles in every issue of Tyler Today Magazine for the past twelve years. His extensive experience working with the famous and near-famous for more than fifty-years qualifies him as an expert in the field of celebrity. He has worked directly with several hundred and has met hundreds more. “Working closely together over an extended period of time, creates an intimate relationship; sharing private thoughts and developing confidences that remain long after the project has been completed,” Morris says. “Keeping those confidences is how long-term friendships develop. If I’ve learned anything from the celebrities I’ve worked with closely, it is that they are almost always looking for someone in whom they can develop trust. They seem to cherish our friendships because it is so rare in their lives.”