Imogen Murphy

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Imogen Murphy
NationalityIrish
Alma mater Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Occupation Film director

Imogen Murphy is an Irish film and television director. [1] In 2021 she was nominated for an Irish Film & Television Academy award. In 2020 she was lead director and co-story writer on Irish-Canadian murder mystery series Dead Still , [2] [3] which was nominated for the Royal Television Society Ireland Drama Award 2021, [4] and for seven awards at the 17th Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Drama, Best Script and Best Director.

Imogen Murphy's short film, Seanie & Flo, won the 2020 audience award at the Chicago Irish Film Festival. [5] In 2018 she directed the second series of Irish comedy drama Can't Cope, Won't Cope , [6] [7] which was nominated for Best Drama Series at the 2019 Celtic Media Festival. [8]

In 2017, she directed the film Cry Rosa [9] which won the Kurzfilm Hamburg International Film Festival Mo Award, and was nominated for a Royal Television Society award as well as the award for best short drama at the 15th Irish Film & Television Awards. [10] [11] Previously Murphy directed blocks of drama series Red Rock and Hollyoaks . [12]

Imogen Murphy is a graduate of the National Film School of Ireland at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT).

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References

  1. ↑ "#64 | Imogen Murphy | Director". 5 July 2019.
  2. ↑ Hale-Stern, Kaila (15 June 2020). "Dead Still's Imogen Murphy on Directing TV, Indomitable Irish Women, and Making a Mischievous Victorian Murder Mystery". The Mary Sue . Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Clarke, Stewart (30 May 2020). "Acorn TV, Ireland's RTE Team for Morbidly Comic Drama 'Dead Still'". Variety . Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "RTS Ireland/Gradaim RTS Television Awards announces Nominees for 2021".
  5. ↑ "Chicago Irish Film Festival (2020)". IMDb .
  6. ↑ "Can't Cope Won't Cope Begins Filming Series 2 | the Irish Film & Television Network".
  7. ↑ "Can't Cope Won't Cope Begins Filming Series 2". The Irish Film & Television Network. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Can't Cope Won't Cope".
  9. ↑ "BBC Two - Cry Rosa".
  10. ↑ "Regional Awards - Northern Ireland 2018". 13 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Ifta Awards 2018: The full list of nominations". The Irish Times .
  12. ↑ "Imogen Murphy".
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