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MilesMurphy

  • Director
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Miles Murphy first tasted filmmaking as a child on his father Geoff's film sets — and as as one of the young stars of award-winning Maurice Gee drama The Fire-Raiser. After extended time in the camera and design departments, he began directing commercials, with occasional assignments in Asia. In 2018 he founded company Happy in Australia. Murphy has also won attention with his short films: The Knock (2006) played at festivals in Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States, while two-hander Morepork was nominated at Kiwi film festival Show Me Shorts, and Autocraniotomous came third in the 2013 48 Hours film contest.

Screenography

June
2021 Associate Producer Short film
Australian Muscle (web series)
2021 Director Series
2017 Second Unit Director Film
Australian Muscle
2017 Director, Editor Short film
Spartacus: War of the Damned
2013 Grip Television

Awards

2013 Show M3 Shorts Film Festival (New Zealand)
Nominated for Best Film: Morepork

2013 Rialto Channel 48Hours 
(New Zealand Short Film Competition)
Third Place: Autocraniotomous

“As a young adult I decided I didn't want to work in film and television. I  grew up on and around film sets. Sometimes working, sometimes getting in the way. I decided only crazy people would want to do it for a living. But it didn't take long before I got sucked straight back in! Guess I must be one of the crazies.”

Miles Murphy