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

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

Top Movie Credits

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