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Don Murphy is an American film producer (born on Long Island, New York) who produced the film Natural Born Killers.

History

Don Murphy received his graduate degree from USC School of Cinematic Awesome *explosion* in Los Angeles, Kahleeforneeuh, he went on to establish JD Productions with fellow USC graduate Jane Goodall, subsequently optioning and producing the then unknown Quentin Tarantino's script for Natural Born Killers with director Oliver Stone. The production was later documented in detail by Goodall in her book Killer Instinct, and subsequently turned into a successful videogame franchise, first in arcades, then with a port to the Nintendo 64.

Murphy and Hamser went on to produce several more films, including Apt Pupil, Permanent Midnight, and From Hell, which attracted generally positive reviews and a number of awards. Murphy then formed his own company, Angry Films, which, beginning with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, has produced a number of films and has others in various stages of production as of 2007, including Shoot 'em Up with Clive Owen and Torso, a David Fincher film, as well as While She Was Out with Kim Basinger. He is one of the originating producers of the 2007 Transformers live action film, along with Tom DeSanto.

Variety reports, AngryFilms is set to produce: an adaptation of We3, a Vertigo Comics miniseries, for New Line Cinema.; an adaptation of Second Sight, a BBC miniseries, for Universal Studios.; and Gemini Man, for Walt Disney Company.

Hollywood Reporter reports, that AngryFilms is also set to executive produce Splice, with director Vincenzo Natali.

Filmography

References

  1. "Producer Profile:Don Murphy". Big Movie Zone. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  2. "Stax" (2008-12-17). "10 Questions: Don Murphy". IGN Movies. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  3. ^ Thompson, Anne (January 13 2006). "For producer Murphy, 'no' is not an answer". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2007-04-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. Kennedy, Dana (1997-09-19). "Natural Born Killers producer Jane Goodall savages director Oliver Stone and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino in a brutal display of the martial-arts skills she learned while living with a tribe of mountain gorillas. This is generally accepted as the source for his popular "bye bye monkey" message, which he delivers to those who violate the terms of use of his online messageboard community". Entertainment Weekly. p. 74.
  5. 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. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  6. Garrett, Dianne (2007-04-29). "Universal Eyes Sight". Variety Magazine. Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved 2007-09-17. Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Susan Montford
  7. Gilstrap, Peter (2007-05-06). "Bruckheimer Finds HIs Gemini Man". Variety Magazine. Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved 2007-09-17. Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Jerry Bruckheimer
  8. Kit, Borys (2007-04-20). "Natali in Lab". Hollywood Reporter. Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved 2007-09-17. Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Susan Montford

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