Mike L. Murphy

Mike L. Murphy
Born	Michael L. Murphy January 29, 1975(1975-01-29) Los Gatos, California, USA
Nationality	American
Other names	Mike Murphy
Occupation	Film maker Animation director Animator Digital artist Previsualization designer
Home town	Los Gatos, California

Mike L. Murphy (born January 29, 1975 in Los Gatos, California) is an American film maker, animation director, animator, and previsualization designer in film and television.^[1][2]

Background

Murphy grew up in Los Gatos, California and left high school a year early after getting a tour of Walt Disney Feature Animation studios while they were making Aladdin. He subsequently attended California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California. He also redesigned Mrs. Butterworth and directed her animation.^[3][4]

Career

Murphy's first film as director was his 2004 Night of the Brocolli, about a man whose dinner vegetables exact a revenge.^[5] This was followed by his 2005 film Get Lost, and then by his 2006 film Rose, which premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, and won 1st place for cinematography.^[6] His works include the films Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and Iron Man.^[7] In 2010 he directed the animated sequences for 20th Century Fox's Diary of a Wimpy Kid.^[8] In 2011 he was the director and producer of the Young Storytellers Foundation "Bohemian Dream Party", a charity event to benefit arts education for Los Angeles based youth.^[9]

Filmography

As director/writer

• Night of the Broccoli (2004)^[5]
• Get Lost (2005)^[1]
• Rose (2006)

As digital artist

The Iron Giant (1999) Stuart Little (1999) Osmosis Jones (2001) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Scooby-Doo (2002) Stuart Little 2 (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) I, Robot (2004) Robots (2006) Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (2006)

Meet the Robinsons (2007) Iron Man (2008) Bedtime Stories (2008) Hotel for Dogs (2008) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2008) Fast and Furious (2009) 2012 (2009) Cats & Dogs 2 (2010) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) Fast Five (2011) Hop (2011)

Television Or Internet

As director

• Mrs. Butterworth's (animation director) (2007)
• Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs presents Dirty Presidents (director) (2008)
• Coca-Cola Share the Magic (director) (2009)
• Pufferville (commercial) (director) (2011)
• Trahm: Legacy (short film) (director) (2011)

Video games

• Halo 2 (Microsoft) (animatics designer)

Recognition

Awards & nominations

• 2006, Won 1st place for cinematography at the Rhode Island International Film Festival^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Brodesser, Claude (September 14, 2000). "Revolution finds Lost: Duo Barker and Murphy to create animated tale". Variety (variety.com). http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117786411.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=get+lost+revolution. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
2. ^ "Mike L. Murphy". The New York Times (movies.nytimes.com). http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1467686/Mike-L-Murphy/filmography. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
3. ^ "'Wimpy kid' now a force as a director". Business Week (businessweek.com). March 22, 2010. http://bx.businessweek.com/walt-disney-company/wimpy-kid-now-a-force-as-a-director/5436052215858312173-1bb62c72b97d7556a710c5c0b526e68f/. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
4. ^ "Wimpy kid now a force as a director". San Jose Mercury News' (Allvoices archive). March 22, 2010. http://www.allvoices.com/news/5457511/s/50610715--wimpy-kid-now-a-force-as-a-director. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Rosenblatt, John (January 11, 2008). "Talk to the Hand". Austin Chronicle (austinchronicle.com). http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A580275. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "10th Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival". Rhode Island International Film Festival. film-festival.org. http://www.film-festival.org/2006Festival.php. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
7. ^ Thinking animation: bridging the gap between 2D and CG (illustrated ed.). Thomson Course Technology. 2007. ISBN 1598632604. 
8. ^ "Custom Film Effects Transports Diary of a Wimpy Kid". CG News (cgnews.com). March 23, 2010. http://www.cgnews.com/2010/03/custom-film-effects-transports-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-to-big-screen/. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
9. ^ The Hollywood Interview (theHollywoodInterview.blogspot.com). http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com/2011/03/green-fairies-and-stars-in-bohemian.html. Retrieved 14 March 2011. 

External links

• Mike L. Murphy at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website

Persondata
Name	Murphy, Mike L.
Alternative names	Michael Murphy
Short description	American film director and digital artist
Date of birth	1975-01-29
Place of birth	Los Gatos, California
Date of death
Place of death