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MurrayKeane

  • Director
  • Actor
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Fresh from drama school Toi Whakaari, Murray Keane was cast as a 1960s teen in TV series Peppermint Twist. He followed it by playing multiple roles in sketch show Away Laughing, and co-starring in short film Valley of the Stereos. In the early 1990s Keane began transitioning into directing, via both short films and the first of many Shortland Street episodes. Among many other high profile shows, he has directed for Outrageous Fortune, Westside, Step Dave and The Almighty Johnsons. In 2008 he created and directed boy racer series Ride with the Devil. He has been nominated twice for his directing work on Interrogation. 

Screenography

Power Rangers Ninja Steel
2017 - 2018 Director Series
800 Words
2015 - 2018 Director Series
Westside
2015 - 2020 Director Series
Consent - The Louise Nicholas Story
2014 As: Brad Shipton Television
Step Dave
2014 - 2015 Director Series

Awards

2006 Qantas Television Awards
Nominated for Best Director: for Interrogation

2006 Air New Zealand Screen Awards
Nominated for Best Director - Drama/Comedy Programme: for Interrogation

“I'm really proud of Diplomatic Immunity ... We all sit back and go 'where did that not take off?' Because we had really high hopes for that. ”

— Murray Keane, on 2008 comedy series Diplomatic Immunity, in his ScreenTalk interview for NZ On Screen

Related images

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Nigel Harbrow (as Bob Schollum), Rob Kipa-Williams (Clint Rickards) and Murray Keane (Brad Shipton); a photo taken for TV movie Consent: the Louise Nicholas Story.
Photo by Matt Grace
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Peter Sinclair hits Roseville to judge Peppermint Twist's Giant Limbo contest. Top row from left: Chris (Murray Keane), Dean (D'Arcy Waldengrave), Spiro (Stanley Findlay), Peter Sinclair, Harvey (Stephen Judd), unknown actors. Bottom row: Diane (Ruth Bijl), Mandy (Louise Graham) & Lynette (Felicity Samuel).
Photo courtesy of TVNZ
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Cast members from Peppermint Twist in front of a poster for movie Cleopatra.
Photo courtesy of TVNZ
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Band The Hi-Tones on Peppermint Twist. From left, Joseph (Iain Rea), drummer Chris (Murray Keane), Harvey (Stephen Judd), Spiro (Stanley Findlay) and friend. 
Photo courtesy of TVNZ
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The Hi-Tones, the budding pop group which featured on Peppermint Twist. From left, Spiro (Stanley Findlay), Harvey (Stephen Judd), Joseph (Iain Rea) and Chris (Murray Keane).
Photo courtesy of TVNZ