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James Martin Morrison

Editor, director, producer and writer

James Martin Morrison is an award-winning filmmaker with fifteen years of experience in both documentary and narrative film. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his editing work on the National Geographic Documentary film Fly. Additional editing credits include the Netflix Original Series Unnatural Selection, and the Netflix Original Series Immigration Nation, which won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Series in 2021, as well as the 2020 Peabody Award for documentary. His narrative directorial debut Diverge, a sci-fi/thriller about a global pandemic, was awarded Best Feature at the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, the Siren Award at Lund International Film Festival, and the Top Prize US in Progress Award in Paris, and is available on Amazon Prime and across digital platforms. His recent projects include the short film Jump Cut, which won the Best Sci-Fi award at the Coney Island Film Festival in 2024 and is now streaming on DUST.

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Works as
Editor, director, producer and writer
Titles
4 on MovieCove

What are James Martin Morrison's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
35%
Power
35%
Bonds
12%
Ideas
10%
Morality
7%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Contemplative
3
Melancholic
3
Dread
1
Hopeful
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch James Martin Morrison's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).

Subscription and free streaming for James Martin Morrison's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

4 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Fly(2024)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Immigration Nation(2020)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
  • Unnatural Selection(2019)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • Diverge(2016)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

Career shape

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles from 2016 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing1 of 4: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 4: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 4: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleEditing4 of 4: 3 only editing, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s2 · crew2020s2 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does James Martin Morrison work with?

People who share at least 2 of James Martin Morrison's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christina Clusiau shares the most, 3.

Directors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers