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Don Murphy | |
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Born | 1965 |
Nationality | United States |
Education | USC School of Cinema-Television (CNTV) |
Alma mater | Georgetown University |
Occupation | Film Producer |
Known for | Co-producer, Natural Born Killers (1994) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Transformers (2007) |
Website | http://www.donmurphy.net/board |
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Don Murphy (born 1965) is an American film producer who produced Natural Born Killers among many other films.
Personal background and education
Born in 1965, Murphy grew up in Hicksville, New York, was educated at Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York, and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) from the Business School of Georgetown University, in Washington D.C.[1] In the 1980s, during the summer, he worked as a copywriter at Diener Hauser Bates, a "now defunct" advertising company then representing "over 70% of the film studios," on ad campaigns for such films as Blow Out (1981), Under the Rainbow (1981) and Ragtime (1981).[1]
He is married to Susan Montford, a film director, film producer, and screenwriter with whom he frequently collaborates.[1]
Career
Murphy founded Jane & Don Productions, Inc. with Jane Hamsher, a Stark graduate-student colleague.[1] Their first project was optioning then-unknown Quentin Tarantino's original screenplay for Natural Born Killers and co-producing that 1994 satirical crime film, which was directed by Oliver Stone.
In 1998, he formed his own company, Angry Films,[1] which has produced several films, beginning with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) and including: Shoot 'em Up (2007), starring Clive Owen; While She Was Out, starring Kim Basinger (2008); and Torso (2009), directed by David Fincher.[2] Murphy is one of the originating producers of the 2007 Transformers live action film.[3] In 2005 and 2007 Variety reported that Angry Films was also producing an adaptation of We3, a Vertigo Comics miniseries, for New Line Cinema;[4] a feature-film adaptation of Second Sight, the 2000–2001 BBC miniseries starring Clive Owen, for Universal Studios;[5] and Gemini Man, for Walt Disney Company.[6]
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)
- While She Was Out (2008)
- Torso (in production) (2009)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (in post production) (2009)
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Don Murphy (2008). "Human Stuff: Secret Biography". DonMurphy.net. Angry Films (Don Murphy). Retrieved 2008-11-22.
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(help) - ^ Anne Thompson (2006-01-13). "For Producer Murphy, 'no' Is Not an Answer" (Web). Hollywood Reporter. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
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(help) - ^ Ben Fritz (2005-06-07). "New Line Takes On 'We3' Killer Cuties". Variety. Reed Elsevier. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms [sic] shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar.
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Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms [sic] shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar.
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(help) - ^ Peter Gilstrap (2007-05-06). "Bruckheimer Finds His Gemini Man". Variety. Reed Elsevier. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms [sic] shingle along with Jerry Bruckheimer.
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References
- August, John, Jane Hamsher, Quentin Tarantino, and Oliver Stone (introd.) (1994). Natural Born Killers: A Novel: The Strange Wild Ride of Mickey and Mallory Knox. New York: Signet Books (Penguin Group). ISBN 9780451183231.
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(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Hamsher, Jane (1997). Killer Instinct: How Two Young Producers Took On Hollywood and Made the Most Controversial Film of the Decade. New York: Broadway Books. ISBN 9780553069143.
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(help) - Sanchez, Robert (2006-01-23). "Exclusive Video Interview: Don Murphy Isn't Angry He's Just Misunderstood" (Web (WMP and Quicktime). IESB.net: The Movie Reporter. IESB.net. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
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(help) - Tarantino, Quentin (2000). Natural Born Killers: The Original Screenplay (Web). New York: Grove Press. ISBN 9780802134486. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
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External links
- Angry Films (US) at the Internet Movie Database.
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- DonMurphy.net – Don Murphy's official Website published by Angry Films (Don Murphy).
- Jane & Don Productions Inc. – Listing in the Cortera Business Directory.
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