Barbara Morgan
BiographyBarbara Morgan co-founded the Austin Film Festival in 1994 and has served as the sole Executive Director since 1999. As a filmmaker, Morgan developed and produced the film Natural Selection, a semifinalist script from the 1996 screenplay competition. The film has been on Showtime, the Sci-fi channel and was released internationally. In 2005, Morgan co-produced the feature documentary Antones: Home of the Blues, which has been released internationally as well. Most recently, Morgan produced a documentary for the Austin Independent School District 125th anniversary. Currently, she is in post production on a feature documentary Portrait of Wally with U.T professor, Andrew Shea and producing a television series called "On Story: presented by the Austin Film Festival" currently running on KLRU. In 2010, Morgan produced a reading of Bud Shrake's play "A Friend of Carlos Monson" with director Jeff Nichols. Morgan serves on the Board of Directors for a number of organizations, including Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau, International Film Festival Summit and The Wittliff Collection.
In the role of actor
Weiner (26/04/2016)
A disgraced former congressman attempts to resurrect his political career in Weiner. Anthony Weiner was a seven-time congressman, who was forced to resign following a scandal involving him texting risque pictures to women. Two years later, Weiner tries to move on and run for mayor of New York City. Despite an early lead in the polls, […]