George Morrison

George Edward Morrison (3 November 1922 – 4 August 2025) was an Irish director of documentary films. His works included 1959 documentary Mise Éire and Saoirse?.

Early life Morrison was born in Tramore, County Waterford on 3 November 1922. His mother was an actress at Dublin's Gate Theatre, while his father worked as a neurological anaesthetist. The film was permitted to be screened only in the Irish language, which reduced its audience outside Ireland. The sequel, Saoirse?, was not as popular with the Irish public, perhaps due to its focus on the Irish Civil War, a subject that remained divisive for many years after peace was established.

Recognition Morrison was elected to Aosdána in 2005. The title of Saoi, one of the highest honours in Ireland, was bestowed upon him by the organisation, and he was invested with the torc of that role by President Michael D. Higgins in March 2017.

Personal life and death Morrison married Theodora FitzGibbon on 17 September 1960.