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==Personal background and education== ==Personal background and education==
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|author=Anne Thompson|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001843484|title=For Producer Murphy, 'no' Is Not an Answer|date=]|work=]|format=]|publisher=]|accessdate=]}}</ref> In 2005 and 2007 '']'' reported that Angry Films was also producing an adaptation of '']'', a ] miniseries, for ];<ref>{{cite news|author=Ben Fritz|coauthors=Claude Brodesser|title=New Line Takes On 'We3' Killer Cuties|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117924066.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1|work=]|publisher=]|date=]|accessdate=]|quote=Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with ] and ].}}</ref> a feature-film adaptation of '']'', the 2000–2001 ] miniseries starring ], for ];<ref name=Garrett>{{cite news|author=Dianne Garrett|title=Universal Eyes Sight|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963982.html?categoryid=1970&cs=1|work=]|publisher=]|date=]|accessdate=]|quote=Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with ] and ].}}</ref> and '']'', for ].<ref name=Gilstrap>{{cite news|author=Peter Gilstrap|title=Bruckheimer Finds His Gemini Man|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964381.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1|work=]|publisher=]|date=]|accessdate=]|quote=Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with ].}}</ref> |author=Anne Thompson|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001843484|title=For Producer Murphy, 'no' Is Not an Answer|date=]|work=]|format=]|publisher=]|accessdate=]}}</ref> In 2005 and 2007 '']'' reported that Angry Films was also producing an adaptation of '']'', a ] miniseries, for ];<ref>{{cite news|author=Ben Fritz|coauthors=Claude Brodesser|title=New Line Takes On 'We3' Killer Cuties|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117924066.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1|work=]|publisher=]|date=]|accessdate=]|quote=Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with ] and ].}}</ref> a feature-film adaptation of '']'', the 2000–2001 ] miniseries starring ], for ];<ref name=Garrett>{{cite news|author=Dianne Garrett|title=Universal Eyes Sight|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963982.html?categoryid=1970&cs=1|work=]|publisher=]|date=]|accessdate=]|quote=Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with ] and ].}}</ref> and '']'', for ].<ref name=Gilstrap>{{cite news|author=Peter Gilstrap|title=Bruckheimer Finds His Gemini Man|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117964381.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1|work=]|publisher=]|date=]|accessdate=]|quote=Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with ].}}</ref>

==Murphy and Misplaced Pages==

Murphy has called Misplaced Pages "one of the greatest evils known to man" and hopes that its founders end up in "chains". Through his popular website he has identified dozens of Misplaced Pages users and has brought attention to their families and employers.<ref name=DonMurphy>{{cite web|author=Don Murphy|url=http://www.donmurphy.net/bio.html|title=Human Stuff: Secret Biography|work=DonMurphy.net|publisher=Angry Films (Don Murphy)|date=]|accessdate=]}}</ref> Don has said that the difficult task of "curing" Wikipediots has fallen unto him.


==Filmography== ==Filmography==

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Don Murphy
Born1966
New York
NationalityUnited States
EducationUSC School of Cinema-Television (CNTV)
Alma materGeorgetown University
OccupationFilm Producer
Known forCo-producer, Natural Born Killers (1994)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Transformers (2007)
Websitehttp://www.donmurphy.net/board
Notes

Don Murphy (born 1966) 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. 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).

He is married to Susan Montford, a film director, film producer, and screenwriter with whom he frequently collaborates.

Career

Murphy founded Jane & Don Productions, Inc. with Jane Hamsher, a Stark graduate-student colleague. 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, 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. Murphy is one of the originating producers of the 2007 Transformers live action film. In 2005 and 2007 Variety reported that Angry Films was also producing an adaptation of We3, a Vertigo Comics miniseries, for New Line Cinema; a feature-film adaptation of Second Sight, the 2000–2001 BBC miniseries starring Clive Owen, for Universal Studios; and Gemini Man, for Walt Disney Company.

Murphy and Misplaced Pages

Murphy has called Misplaced Pages "one of the greatest evils known to man" and hopes that its founders end up in "chains". Through his popular website he has identified dozens of Misplaced Pages users and has brought attention to their families and employers. Don has said that the difficult task of "curing" Wikipediots has fallen unto him.

Filmography

Notes

  1. ^ Don Murphy (2008). "Human Stuff: Secret Biography". DonMurphy.net. Angry Films (Don Murphy). Retrieved 2008-11-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  2. "Don Murphy: Filmography". Moviefone. Retrieved 2008-11-21. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. Anne Thompson (2006-01-13). "For Producer Murphy, 'no' Is Not an Answer" (Web). Hollywood Reporter. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 2008-05-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  4. 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 shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. Dianne Garrett (2007-04-29). "Universal Eyes Sight". Variety. Reed Elsevier. Retrieved 2007-09-17. Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  6. 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 shingle along with Jerry Bruckheimer. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

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