Tab Murphy | |
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 Murphy at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023 | |
| Born | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. [1] |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, film producer, film director |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Tab Murphy is an American screenwriter, film producer, and film director.
Tab Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Murphy at GalaxyCon Austin in 2023 | |
| Born | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. [1] |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, film producer, film director |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Tab Murphy is an American screenwriter, film producer, and film director.
Murphy's theatrical debut, Gorillas in the Mist , was nominated for an Academy Award for his writing. In 1995, Murphy made his directorial debut with Last of the Dogmen and wrote the feature. Afterwards, Murphy has spent nearly ten years with The Walt Disney Company writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1996, Tarzan in 1999, Atlantis: The Lost Empire in 2001, and Brother Bear in 2003. During his time with Disney, he was hired by TriStar Pictures to write a treatment to a planned sequel to the 1998 film Godzilla . [2] But due to negative reviews from critics and audiences alike, the planned sequel was cancelled. After working with Disney for a few years, he then left the company in 2006 and went to work at Warner Bros. Animation for a couple years. His work includes Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and Batman: Year One , and he wrote several episodes for the 2011 Thundercats reboot, Teen Titans Go! and Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! . While at Warner Bros., Murphy wrote the direct-to-video 3D thriller film Dark Country for Sony Pictures and Stage 6 Films, based on a short story written by Murphy, and directed by Thomas Jane. He was attached to write an animated feature directed by Kirk Wise called Galaxy Gas, [3] and a TV pilot that was sold to Legendary Pictures. [4] Towards the end of the 2010s, Murphy became involved as a writer of two crowdsourced short films: The Haunted Swordsman [5] and The Passengers, based on the Stephen King short story Rest Stop . [6] In June 2020, Murphy became attached to write a reimagining of the 1980 horror film The Changeling . [7]
| Title | Year | Role |
|---|---|---|
| My Best Friend Is a Vampire | 1987 | Screenwriter, associate producer |
| Gorillas in the Mist | 1988 | Story |
| Last of the Dogmen | 1995 | Director, screenwriter |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996 | Screenwriter, animation story |
| Tarzan | 1999 | Screenwriter |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | 2001 | Screenwriter, story |
| The Making of Atlantis: The Lost Empire | 2002 | Himself, special thanks |
| Brother Bear | 2003 | Screenwriter |
| Dark Country | 2009 | |
| Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | 2010 | |
| Batman: Year One | 2011 | |
| Thundercats | 2011-2012 | Teleplay (7 episodes) |
| Teen Titans Go! | 2013 | Writer: story, teleplay (2 episodes) |
| Road to Slipstream | 2014 | Special thanks |
| Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | 2016, 2017 | Writer: story, teleplay (2 episode) |
| The Haunted Swordsman [5] | 2019 | Short film; writer |
| The Passenger [6] | 2020 | |
| Bobbleheads The Movie | Story | |
| Kangaroo Valley | 2022 | Documentary; screenwriter |
| The Changeling [7] | TBA | Screenwriter |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Untitled Short Story | This short story was discovered by Dark Country's director Thomas Jane for Murphy to write the film. [9] [10] |
| 2012 | Dark Country | Digital graphic novel, based on Murphy's script [11] |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the 1831 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The film was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise and produced by Don Hahn, from a screenplay written by Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, and the writing team of Bob Tzudiker and Noni White. Featuring the voices of Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, and Kevin Kline, the film follows Quasimodo, the deformed and confined bell-ringer of Notre Dame, and his yearning to explore the outside world and be accepted by society, against the wishes of his cruel, puritanical foster father Claude Frollo, who also wants to exterminate Paris' Roma population.
Tarzan is a 1999 American animated coming-of-age adventure comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is based on the 1912 story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, being the first animated major motion picture version of the story. The film was directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck and produced by Bonnie Arnold, from a screenplay by Tab Murphy and the writing team of Bob Tzudiker and Noni White. It stars the voices of Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Rosie O'Donnell, Brian Blessed, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight, and Nigel Hawthorne.
Gary Trousdale is an American animator, film director, screenwriter and storyboard artist. He is best known for directing films such as Beauty and the Beast (1991), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). He frequently works with Kirk Wise and Don Hahn.
Jonathan Roberts is an American screenwriter, television producer and author. He is known for having co-written Disney's The Lion King.
Russell H. "Russ" Edmonds is an American Disney animator who has worked as a character animator, an animator, a supervising animator, a lead animator and a final line animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He worked on several Disney feature films, including Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tarzan, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Home on the Range, The Princess and the Frog, and Winnie the Pooh. He studied at the Program in Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts. Along with his wife, Angela, Edmonds owns and directs the Edmonds Studios, an independent animation production studio in Red Bluff, California.
Rubén Procopio is an American animation and comic book artist, animator and sculptor. Long affiliated with Walt Disney Feature Animation as an animator and sculptor, Rubén is credited with restoring the maquette process to feature animation film production in the early 1980s. He is the founder of Masked Avenger Studios, whose clients include Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Studios, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Electric Tiki and DC Comics. He is known for his versatile sculpting and illustration style in both cartoony and realistic characters, with an emphasis on Disney characters, superheroes, and the masked heroes of yesteryear.
Kirk Wise is an American film director, animator and screenwriter best known for his work at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Wise has directed Disney animated films such as Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Atlantis: The Lost Empire. He also directed the English-language translation of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. He frequently works with Gary Trousdale and Don Hahn.
Judge Claude Frollo is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Disney's 34th animated film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). He was based on Archdeacon Claude Frollo from Victor Hugo's 1831 novel.
The Disney Renaissance was a period from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation returned to producing critically and commercially successful animated films. These were mostly musical adaptations of well-known stories, similar to the films produced during the era of Walt Disney from the 1930s to 1960s. The resurgence allowed Disney's animated films to become a powerhouse of successes at the domestic and foreign box office, earning much greater profits than most of the Disney films of previous eras.
The 27th Annual Annie Awards were held on November 6, 1999.
Events in 1969 in animation.
Events in 1961 in animation.
Events in 1948 in animation.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a Disney media franchise, commencing in 1996 with the release of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The franchise is based on the 1831 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.
Sergio Pablos is a Spanish animator, director and screenwriter. While at the helm of his company, Pablos developed several concepts for animated feature films, most notably the original ideas upon which Despicable Me and Smallfoot were based.
Events in 1955 in animation.
Events in 1951 in animation.
Events in 1947 in animation.
Kangaroo Valley is a 2022 nature documentary film made for Netflix, directed by Kylie Stott and written by Tab Murphy. Narrated by Sarah Snook, the film is a coming-of-age adventure starring a nervous baby eastern grey kangaroo named Mala as she faces hungry dingoes and winter snows to survive her first year out of pouch. The film features a debut new track from Australian pop star Sia called ‘We Can Do Anything.’ It was released on December 14, 2022.
