Memphis filmmaker Morgan Jon Fox (Blue Citrus Hearts, OMG/HaHaHa) has been named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in the Summer 2009 issue of Filmmaker magazine. Fox is the third Memphis filmmaker — following Craig Brewer and Kentucker Audley — to be so-honored.
“I knew several months ago that I was short-listed, then I found out a couple of weeks ago that I’d made it,” says Fox, who was interviewed and photographed for the story but decided not to talk about the honor until Filmmaker released it. The story is now up online. Hard copies of the magazine should be hitting local newsstands soon.
Filmmaker writes of Fox:
Memphis-based Morgan Jon Fox is still getting comfortable with the label of being the voice of the YouTube generation. Since premiering his third feature, OMG/HaHaHa at NewFest in New York City last June, his low-tech improvised/Web cam/quasi-documentary hybrid of a group of gay, straight and transgender Memphis teens has struck a chord with young festivalgoers as well as critics. The film has taken home Best Feature awards at both the Memphis Indie Fest as well as the Chicago LGBT Film Fest.
