Errol Mark Morris ( born February 5 , 1948 ) is an American film director primarily of documentaries examining and investigating , among other things , authorities and eccentrics . His 1988 documentary '' The Thin Blue Line '' , is cited among the best and most influential documentaries ever made . In 2003 , his documentary film '' The Fog of War : Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara '' won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature . Morris was born on February 5 , 1948 , and raised in a Jewish family in Hewlett , New York . He had one older brother , Noel , who was a computer programmer . After being treated for strabismus in childhood , he refused to wear an eye patch . As a consequence , he has limited sight in one eye and lacks normal stereoscopic vision
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