Colleen Murphy (filmmaker)

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Colleen Murphy
CM
BornColleen Louise Murphy
1954
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Occupation screenwriter, playwright, film director
Period1980s-present
Notable works Termini Station , The December Man, Beating Heart Cadaver
Spouse Allan King (1987-2009) [1]
Website
www.colleenmurphy.ca

Colleen Louise Murphy CM (born 1954 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian screenwriter, film director and playwright. [2] She is best known for works including her plays The December Man, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2007 Governor General's Awards, and Beating Heart Cadaver, which was a shortlisted nominee for the same award at the 1999 Governor General's Awards, and the film Termini Station , for which she garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 11th Genie Awards. [3]

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Life and career

Murphy was a student at the Canadian Film Centre in the 1990s, and has also directed numerous films, both short films and feature films. Her first feature film as a director, Shoemaker , received two prizes from the Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival, and garnered two acting nominations at the 18th Genie Awards. Her second feature film, Desire , also garnered two acting nominations at the 22nd Genie Awards.

She has served as playwright in residence at a variety of institutions, including the Factory Theatre in Toronto, Ontario; the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta; the Finborough Theatre in London, England and the University of Guelph. [3] She was named playwright in residence at the University of Alberta's theatre department in June 2014. [4]

She received the Order of Canada in 2024. [5]

Personal life

Murphy was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, and raised in Northern Ontario.

She was married to filmmaker Allan King from 1987 until his death in 2009. [6]

She resides in Toronto. [5]

Works

Films

Plays

References

  1. ↑ Haig-King Film Arts Ltd. Archived 2013-09-10 at archive.today fonds at Library and Archives Canada.
  2. ↑ "On Writing, with Colleen Murphy" Archived 2015-09-10 at the Wayback Machine . Open Book Toronto, March 19, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Playwright Colleen Murphy Is Writer-in-Residence". University of Guelph, October 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ "University names Colleen Murphy to playwright post". Edmonton Journal , June 27, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Order of Canada Appointees – June 2024". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
  6. ↑ "Canadian documentary maker Allan King dies at 79". CBC News, June 15, 2009.
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