Campion E. Murphy (born November 12, 1962, Torrance, California) is a writer/director.
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Born and raised in Los Angeles, Campion Murphy worked in the entertainment business for several years. He then segued into indie filmmaking, writing and directing the short film "Citation of Merit". Inspired by his late father's World War II experiences, Citation was accepted into six film festivals.
Murphy has since developed other projects including a half-hour pilot for ABC studios titled "Raising Shane". It was based on his life in his early 20s when he became the legal guardian of his then 13-year-old nephew. Soon after, he began compiling a varied body of scripted works including action-thrillers, a dark comedy and an edgy family drama. In 2011, Murphy later directed his indie-thriller "Escapee" starring Dominic Purcell (Prison Break). "Escapee" is the story of a high-risk patient (Purcell) who escapes from a mental hospital and terrorizes a small town.
Dominic Haakon Myrtved Purcell is an Australian actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Lincoln Burrows in Fox's Prison Break and Mick Rory / Heat Wave in The CW's The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, as well as Drake from Blade: Trinity.
Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring, that was broadcast on Fox for four seasons, with 81 episodes from August 29, 2005 to May 15, 2009, and a fifth season which aired from April 4, to May 30, 2017. The series revolves around two brothers, one of whom has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other who devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison and clear his name. The series was produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions, in association with Original Television and 20th Century Fox Television. Along with creator Paul Scheuring, the series is executive produced by Matt Olmstead, Kevin Hooks, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse, Neal H. Moritz, and Brett Ratner who directed the pilot episode. The series' theme music, composed by Ramin Djawadi, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2006.
Most recently, Murphy wrote and directed the short film "The Day I Finally Decided to Kill Myself". Initially, the story was written in memory of his brother who committed suicide in the late 1980s. He decided to make the story into a short film later when another brother committed suicide in 2012. Afterwards, Murphy switched gears and took a turn at writing and directing a hybrid comedy, "Barry Avenue", based on his young single years living in a Los Angeles bungalow.
Murphy maintains residences in both Los Angeles and Louisiana. He continues to develop projects for both film and television.
Faith Alexis Ford is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Corky Sherwood on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown, for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and as Hope Shanowski on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith.
Murphy Brown is an American sitcom created by Diane English that premiered on November 14, 1988, on CBS. The series stars Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television newsmagazine, and later for Murphy in the Morning, a cable morning news show.
Hope & Faith is an American television sitcom, starring Faith Ford and Kelly Ripa as Hope Shanowski and Faith Fairfield. Hope is a homemaker and mother of three and Faith is her sister, a soap opera star whose character is killed off, leading her to move in with Hope and her family in the fictional suburban Cleveland town of Glen Falls, Ohio. It originally aired on ABC from September 26, 2003 to May 2, 2006. During its first and second seasons, the series was part of the revived TGIF comedy block.
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