SimonMorris
- Writer
- Producer
Before Simon Morris became resident film reviewer and arts presenter for Radio New Zealand, he had a freelance television career encompassing scriptwriting, reporting and directing. He wrote for high-rating soaps like Close to Home, City Life and Shortland Street, directed classic music videos and was a key part of the Radio with Pictures team.
Screenography
Biography
Simon Morris was 13 when his family moved from England to Wellington. He was glad to leave England’s "bizarre" class system behind. Simon was born in Holland to Kiwi parents; his dad Alan was completing a BBC training course at the time. Originally the family left Holland for New Zealand when Morris was a baby, but they were lured back to England after Alan got another job with the BBC. When the family settled downunder, Simon enrolled at Onslow College.
“You can do anything on radio. Unlike TV, where everything is so expensive and there are so many people, you can just have one person producing a radio show.”