Memphis filmmaker Morgan Jon Fox (Blue Citrus Hearts,
OMG/HaHaHa) has been named one of the “25 New Faces of
Independent Film” in the Summer 2009 issue of Filmmaker
magazine. Fox is the third Memphis filmmaker — following Craig
Brewer and Kentucker Audley — to be so-honored.

“I knew several months ago that I was short-listed, then I found out
a couple of weeks ago that I’d made it,” says Fox, who was interviewed
and photographed for the story but decided not to talk about the honor
until Filmmaker released it. The story is now online. Hard
copies of the magazine should be hitting local newsstands soon.

Filmmaker writes of Fox, “Memphis-based Morgan Jon Fox is
still getting comfortable with the label of being the voice of the
YouTube generation. Since premiering his third feature,
OMG/HaHaHa at NewFest in New York City last June, his low-tech
improvised/Web cam/quasi-documentary hybrid of a group of gay,
straight, and transgender Memphis teens has struck a chord with young
festivalgoers as well as critics.”

Fox, who served as assistant director on Brewer’s $5 Cover
series, is currently working on Savage County, another
MTV-sponsored web series, which will begin shooting locally in August.
The horror genre series is the brainchild of MTV New Media’s Davis
Harris, who was involved in $5 Cover. Fox, who will serve as
second assistant director, and producer Erin Hagee (also of $5
Cover) are working on putting together the local cast and crew for
the project. (Incidentally, at the same time the local $5 Cover
band is getting back together, the franchise is expanding with the
beginning of production on $5 Cover: Seattle, helmed by
IndieMemphis vet Lynn Shelton, a Seattle filmmaker whose current film,
Hump Day, is emerging as an art-house hit.)

In addition, Fox is getting ready for the DVD release of his latest
film, OMG/HaHaHa, which is due out in September from Water
Bearer Films. Fox is also completing his documentary This is What
Love in Action Looks Like. And after assisting on two web-based
series, Fox currently is developing his own web product, an entirely
fictional, story-driven series focused on Memphis high school life.