Russell Adam Morton

Biography

Russell Adam Morton makes films, performances and is a professional cinematographer. He is a graduate from the Puttnam School of Film, LASALLE College of the Arts (2010) and obtained an MA in Fine Arts from Camberwell College of the Arts, UAL (2012).

His first film, The Silent Dialogue of All Artworks was screened at the National Museum of Singapore’s 10th Singapore Short Cuts, the Substation’s 4th Experimental Film Forum and the Thai Short Film & Video Festival 2014. The film went on to win Best Experimental Film at the 5th Singapore Short Film Awards. His second film, The Forest of Copper Columns won the Cinematic Achievement Award at the Thessaloniki Short Film Festival 2016 and was selected for several festivals including the Thai Short Film & Video Festival, Jogja Netpac Asian Film Festival, SEAShorts and Short Shorts Film Festival 2017. Russell was also the director of photography for Ang Song Ming’s Recorder Rewrite, Singapore’s entry to the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019. In 2020, the Asian Film Archive commissioned Russell to make Saudade, a short film set against the exultant Eurasian imaginations about the loss and displacement of the community's language, Kristang.

Known For

In My Mother's Skin
Stranger Eyes
Tomorrow Is a Long Time
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking
#LookAtMe
Kopitiam Days
An Invocation to the Earth
The Wandering
Between Beginnings: Donna Ong
Killuminati

Top Movie Credits

In My Mother's Skin Director of Photography
Stranger Eyes Toddler Daddy
Tomorrow Is a Long Time Director of Photography
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking Director of Photography
#LookAtMe Director of Photography
Kopitiam Days Director of Photography
An Invocation to the Earth Director of Photography
The Wandering Co-Director
Between Beginnings: Donna Ong Director
Killuminati Director of Photography