Standard Operating Procedure is Errol Morris’s eighth feature-length documentary film. His preceding film, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From The Life Of Robert S. McNamara, received the 2003 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature. Further directing credits include The Thin Blue Line (1988), A Brief History of Time (1991) and Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997). His films have won many awards, including the Academy Awards®, the Golden Horse (Taiwan International Film Festival), and the Grand Jury Prize (Sundance Film Festival). Morris also directed the television series First Person (2001) and has made numerous award-winning television commercials.