Tony Lee Moral Biography

Tony Lee Moral is a documentary filmmaker and author of several acclaimed biographies and non-fiction titles. He has written five books on Alfred Hitchcock, including A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, The Myths, The Legacy (University Press of Kentucky). Tony has interviewed many of Hitchcock’s closest collaborators, and his work is widely cited by film scholars and classic cinema enthusiasts.

He also writes across biography, intellectual history, and visual culture. His forthcoming titles include Friedrich Nietzsche: The Ground-breaking Thinker Who Revolutionized Philosophy (Arcturus), which dismantles the myths surrounding the philosopher, and Picasso’s Playbook (HENI), a cultural biography exploring Picasso’s influence on power, politics, and contemporary art.

With over three decades in broadcasting, Tony has produced award-winning documentaries for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and international broadcasters, specialising in culture, history, and the environment. His writing blends narrative storytelling with deep archival research. He holds a degree in Zoology and began his career at the BBC Natural History Unit, working as a researcher for David Attenborough on The Private Life of Plants. Today, he writes across biography, fiction, and media history.