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Director-Producer Morris Abraham began his career in Canada directing and producing the country's most popular television shows before moving to Los Angeles. Morris has directed , produced, and consulted on major television series and specials, talk shows, sketch comedy shows, award shows, game shows, and music series. 

 

He has directed a wide range of network programming including major hit television series like Mad TV, In Living Color, Late Night With Conan Obrien, Kids Say The Darnest Things, music series Soul Train, and The New Mickey Club. He has worked extensively with actors Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey, Damon Wayans, Rosie O'Donnell, Howie Mandel, Steve Harvey and Tiffany Haddish.

 

In addition to his seasoned body of work in the comedy series, talk show, and standup specials arena, Morris consecutively directed high profile "live" TV award shows and event specials including The Miss America Pageant, The Soul Train Music Awards, Teen Choice Awards, CCMA and CMT Awards. He also directed "tribute" specials honoring Bradley Cooper, Charlize Theron, and Scarlett Johannson for the American Cinematheque/Egyptian Theater of Hollywood. 

Credits

Morris Abraham

Live Events & Specials 

American Cinematheque Salutes Charlize Theron,

Bradley Cooper and Scarlett Johannson 

4th Annual Hero Dog Awards 

Holiday Festival on Ice 

CCMA Country Music Awards 

CMT Music Awards - 4 Seasons 

The Teen Choice Awards - 4 Seasons 

Miss America Pageant - 3 Seasons 

9th 10th Annual Lady of Soul Awards 

17th, 18th, and 19th Annual Soul Train Music Awards

TV Guide Awards   

Juno Music Awards 

Lance Burton Master Magician Specials 

Howie Mandel Standup 

Louie Anderson Standup 

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AMC

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Hallmark

IMG/GLOBAL

CMT

CMT/MTV/TNN

FOX/Bob Bain

ABC/Bob Bain 

Tribune

Tribune 

FOX/Bob 

CTV

NBC

HBO

SHOWTIME

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Reality Competition Series 

Mario Brothers (Pilot)

Fit 4 Fashion

Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge

WCG Ultimate Challenge

I Wanna Be a Soap Star - Reality

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Disney XD

FOX/SE Asia

CW/Telepictures

Syfy

LMNO/ABC TV

Music Series

Soul Train Weekly - Dance Series (4 Seasons)

Hi Fi Room 

The New Mickey Mouse Club 

Kids Inc. 

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Tribune/DCP

ABC Family 

Disney

Disney

Talk Shows

Rosie O'Donnell (LA episodes)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (selected episodes) 

Sharon Osbourne 

Later with Greg Kinnear  

The Joan Rivers Show (selected episodes)

Last Call (Late Night Pilot) 

House Party with Steve Doocie 

Vicki Lawrence 

Regis Philbin 

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Consulting Director

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Telepictures

NBC

Telepictures

NBC

Tribune/PGHM

NBC

NBC

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Lifetime

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Comedy

MAD TV (Multiple Episodes)

In Living Color (Multiple Episodes) 

Kids Say The Darndest Things

Super Dave - Single Camera

Primetime Comedy (Sketch)

Bizarre (Sketch) 

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FOX

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CBS/LMNO

Spike

NBC

Showtime

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