Wesley Morris

Wesley Morris is a distinguished American film critic, journalist, and podcast host, celebrated for his incisive cultural commentary. Born on December 19, 1975, in Philadelphia, he graduated from Yale University in 1997. Morris began his career as a film critic at the San Francisco Chronicle and later at The Boston Globe, where he won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2012. He currently serves as a critic-at-large for The New York Times and co-hosts the acclaimed podcast Still Processing with J. Wortham .

Throughout his career, Morris has contributed to various publications, including Grantland, and has been recognized for his thoughtful analyses of race, identity, and culture in media. In 2021, he received a second Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for his work at The New York Times, making him the only writer to have won the Criticism prize more than once .

Morris's writing is marked by a profound engagement with the complexities of contemporary culture. He has remarked, "Movies are visual, aural, they involve people, and life, and ideas and art, they are so elastic. They can hold anything, withstand everything, and make you feel anything" . This perspective underscores his belief in the transformative power of cinema and its capacity to reflect and shape societal narratives.