--- title: Errol Morris | TIME description: Morris is an AcademyAward–winning filmmaker and the author most recently of [tempo-ecommerce src="https://www.amazon.com/Ashtray-Man-Who-Denied-Reality/dp/0226922685" title="The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality)" context="body"]. canonical: https://time.com/author/errol-morris/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/errol-morris/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Errol Morris ## Errol Morris _Morris is an Academy_ _Award–winning filmmaker and the author most recently of_ \[tempo-ecommerce src="https://www.amazon.com/Ashtray-Man-Who-Denied-Reality/dp/0226922685" title="The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality)" context="body"\]_._ ## Errol Morris *  May 22, 2018 ### [Why Donald Trump Can't Kill the Truth](https://time.com/5287062/errol-morris-ashtray-donald-trump-lies-fake-news/) Academy Award–winning documentarian Errol Morris explains [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 8, 2015 ### [Errol Morris: Documentary of a Murder](https://time.com/3814586/errol-morris-walter-scott-shooting-documentary-of-a-murder/) The camera vs. the police officer’s account gives us a powerful story [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/errol-morris/","name":"Errol Morris"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/errol-morris/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/errol-morris/"},"name":"Errol Morris","jobTitle":null,"description":"Morris is an AcademyAward–winning filmmaker and the author most recently of [tempo-ecommerce src=\"https://www.amazon.com/Ashtray-Man-Who-Denied-Reality/dp/0226922685\" title=\"The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality)\" context=\"body\"].","url":"https://time.com/author/errol-morris/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```