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'''Don Murphy''' is an [[United States|American]] [[film producer]]. |
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Don Murphy is an American film producer. He was born and raised on [[Long Island, New York|Long Island]] in [[New York]].<ref name="Bully bio">{{cite web | url=http://www.channel4.com/film/cinemadvd/microsites/B/bully/code/CREW2.html | title=Don Murphy | publisher=[[Channel 4]] | accessdate=2007-04-16}}</ref> He is a graduate of [[Chaminade High School]] and [[Georgetown University]] (graduating from the [[McDonough School of Business]] in [[1985]]) as well as the [[USC School of Cinema-Television]]. |
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He is married to filmmaker [[Susan Montford]]. |
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⚫ | Murphy formed JD productions with [[Jane Hamsher]], and they produced a string of films including ''[[Natural Born Killers]]'', ''[[Apt Pupil]]'', ''[[Permanent Midnight]]'', and ''[[From Hell]]''. In 1998, Murphy formed his own company, Angry Films, which beginning with ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' has become a "prolific" production office, with numerous films in various stages of production [[as of 2007]],<ref name="Ammo">{{cite news |
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Don Murphy first came to prominence through his work on ''[[Natural Born Killers]]''. The process was chronicled by Murphy’s then partner, [[Jane Hamsher]] in her controversial tell-all, “[[Killer Instinct: How Two Young Producers Took on Hollywood and Made the Most Controversial Film of the Decade.]]” <ref>ISBN 076790074X</ref> |
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On October 22, 1997, Murphy famously got into an altercation with [[Quentin Tarantino]] at a Hollywood restaurant because of remarks made in the book Killer Instinct, which were attributed to Murphy <ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987297,00.html|title=People: Live Pulp|author=[[Joel Stein]] |
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|publisher=[[TIME magazine]]|date=[[November 3]] [[1997]]|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref>. Murphy filed an assault and battery suit on November 14, 1997 for $5,000,000 against Tarantino after Tarantino spoke of "bitch-slapping" Murphy on ''[[The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show]]''.<ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290811,00.html|title=Pop Culture News: LOOSELY LAWLESS|author=[[A.J. Jacobs]]|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=[[December 26]],[[1997]]|accessdate=2007-03-20}}</ref> <ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,290468,00.html|title=Pop Culture News:MONITOR|author=Tricia Laine|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=[[November 28]] [[1997]]|accessdate=2007-03-20}}</ref> According to Murphy the two have long since reconciled and put the incident behind them <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.donmurphy.net/dmbiskind.html|title=An Open Letter to Peter Biskind|author=Don Murphy|date=[[January 13]] [[2004]]|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref>. |
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* ''[[Shoot 'em Up (film)|Shoot 'Em Up]]'' (2007) |
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* ''[[Torso (2007 film)|Torso]]'' (2009) |
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== References == |
== References == |
Revision as of 07:03, 12 July 2007
Don Murphy is an American film producer.
Films
Murphy formed JD productions with Jane Hamsher, and they produced a string of films including Natural Born Killers, Apt Pupil, Permanent Midnight, and From Hell. In 1998, Murphy formed his own company, Angry Films, which beginning with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has become a "prolific" production office, with numerous films in various stages of production as of 2007,[1] including Shoot 'em Up with Clive Owen and Torso, a David Fincher film, as well as While She Was Out with Kim Basinger, directed by his spouse Susan Montford, and others. Murphy also played a key role in getting Disney to develop a live action version of Kiki's Delivery Service.[1] He is the originating producer of the Transformers film. As of 2005, Murphy's AngryFilms was set to produce an adaptation of We3, a DC Comics miniseries, for New Line Cinema; Susan Montford and Rick Benattar are also named in Variety reports.[2]
Filmography
- Monday Morning (1990)
- Double Dragon (1994)
- Natural Born Killers (1994)
- Apt Pupil (1998)
- Permanent Midnight (1998)
- Bully (2001)
- From Hell (2001)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
- Transformers (2007)
- Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
- Torso (2009)
References
- ^ a b "For producer Murphy, 'no' is not an answer". Reuters Movie News. January 13 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
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(help) - ^ Fritz, Ben (2005-06-07). "New Line takes on 'We3' killer cuties". Variety Magazine. Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar.
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External links
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- Angry Films at IMDb
- IESB - Video Interview (WMP and Quicktime)
- Video of the Don Murphy Panel from Toronto TransformersCon 2006