Pembroke College.
He was the Associate Director at the National Theatre in London, before taking over as Artistic Director of the Bristol Old Vic theatre in 2009. He is the younger brother of satirist Chris Morris. From 1988 to 1994, Morris worked in broadcasting and journalism, as a critic and feature-writer for The Times Literary Supplement, The Independent, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Observer, and appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation television and radio programmes Kaleidoscope, Night Waves and The Late Show.
Morris was Artistic Director of Battersea Arts Centre (Baccalaureate) before taking up his post at the National Theatre in 2004.
In September 2009 Morris took over as Artistic Director of the Bristol Old Vic theatre. Here he oversaw a £20 million renovation of the building, as well as producing and directing new productions.
As well as directing many theatrical productions, Morris has directed and produced several operas., including The Death of Klinghoffer for the English National Opera in 2011 and for the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in 2014. One interviewer said of Morris: "His tastes are catholic, and frequently risky, but they can produce some of the most inspired, inventive theatre in Britain today."
Selected productions
1999: Macbeth, director, Baccalaureate
2001: Jerry Springer: The Opera, producer, Baccalaureate
2005: Coram Boy, producer, National Theatre, Olivier
2007: A Matter of Life and Death, writer and adaptor, National Theatre, Olivier
2007–2011: War Horse, co-director and producer, National Theatre, Olivier.
Transferring to West End and Broadway.