Don Murphy (born ca. 1972) is an American film producer best known for Natural Born Killers. His then-production partner, Jane Hamsher, wrote a book about their turbulent process making that film called Killer Instinct: How Two Young Producers Took on Hollywood and Made the Most Controversial Film of the Decade. For the song, see Natural Born Killaz. ... Jane Hamsher is an American film producer, author, and liberal blogger. ...

Career

Murphy formed JD productions with Hamsher, and they produced a string of well-regarded films including Apt Pupil, Permanent Midnight, and From Hell. Hamsher has since quit the movie business, becoming a noted political blogger. Apt Pupil (1982) is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in Different Seasons (1982). ... Permanent Midnight is a 1998 movie directed by David Veloz starring Ben Stiller. ... The cover of the From Hell collected edition. ...

In 1998, Murphy formed his own company, Angry Films, which beginning with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has become a "prolific" production office, with numerous films in various stages of production as of 2007,^[1] including Shoot 'em Up with Clive Owen and Torso, a David Fincher film, as well as While She Was Out with Kim Basinger, directed by his spouse Susan Montford, and others. Murphy also hopes to make a film with Lee Tamahori in the vein of Once Were Warriors.^[2] This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shoot Em Up is a 2007 action/thriller film written and directed by Michael Davis. ... Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ... Torso is the film adaptation of Brian Michael Bendiss graphic novel of the same name. ... David Leo Fincher (born August 28, 1962) is an American music video and film director known for his dark and stylish portraits of the human experience. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Kimila Ann Basinger (pronounced ) (born December 8, 1953 in Athens, Georgia) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. ... Filmmaker- Director, Writer and Producer - short films include Hairpin and Strangers. Screenwriter of THE FAMILY JAM, a screenplay about the early days of the Charles Manson Family based on the book by Ed Sanders. ... Lee Tamahori, born 1950 in Wellington, New Zealand, is best known as a film director although he got his start as a commercial artist and photographer in the late 1970s. ... Once Were Warriors, published in 1990, was New Zealand author Alan Duffs bestselling first novel. ...

Murphy also played a key role in getting Disney and Hayao Miyazaki to agree on a U.S. DVD release for Kiki's Delivery Service.^[1] Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿, Miyazaki Hayao), born January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, is a director of animation films and a co-founder of the animation studio, Studio Ghibli. ... DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Kikis Delivery Service (, Witchs Delivery Service) is a 1989 anime film, produced, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki . ...

He is the originating producer of the upcoming Transformers film for which he attended the Toronto TransformersCon in 2006. Transformers is a 2007 live action science fiction film conceptually based on the Transformers franchise and toy line. ... Convention Exclusive G1 Vol 3 issue #1 from TransformersCon 2004. ...

As of 2005, Murphy's AngryFilms was set to produce an adaptation of We3, a DC Comics miniseries, for New Line Cinema; Susan Montford and Rick Benattar are also named in Variety reports.^[3] Cover artwork to the WE3 trade paperback. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. ... Filmmaker- Director, Writer and Producer - short films include Hairpin and Strangers. Screenwriter of THE FAMILY JAM, a screenplay about the early days of the Charles Manson Family based on the book by Ed Sanders. ... Variety (linguistics) is a concept that includes for instance dialects, standard language and jargon. ...

Personal life

Murphy was born and raised on Long Island in New York.^[4] He is a graduate of Chaminade High School and Georgetown University (graduating from the McDonough School of Business in 1985) as well as the USC School of Cinema-Television. This article is about Long Island in New York State. ... NY redirects here. ... Chaminade High School is a Roman Catholic high school for young men in Mineola, New York. ... Georgetown University, incorporated as the The President and Directors of the College of Georgetown, is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. With roots extending back to March 25, 1634 and founded in its current form on January 23, 1789... The University of Southern Californias School of Cinema-Television is the oldest film school in the United States, established in 1929 as a joint venture with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ...

He is married to filmmaker Susan Montford. Filmmaker- Director, Writer and Producer - short films include Hairpin and Strangers. Screenwriter of THE FAMILY JAM, a screenplay about the early days of the Charles Manson Family based on the book by Ed Sanders. ...

Filmography

• Monday Morning (1990)
• Double Dragon (1994)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• Apt Pupil (1998)
• Permanent Midnight (1998)
• Bully (2001)
• From Hell (2001)
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
• Transformers (in development)

Double Dragon is a 1994 live-action film adaptation of the video game franchise of the same name. ... For the song, see Natural Born Killaz. ... Apt Pupil (1982) is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in Different Seasons (1982). ... Permanent Midnight is a 1998 movie directed by David Veloz starring Ben Stiller. ... Bully is a 2001 movie, based on actual events, which stars Brad Renfro, Rachel Miner, Bijou Phillips, Nick Stahl, and Michael Pitt. ... The cover of the From Hell collected edition. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Transformers is a 2007 live action science fiction film conceptually based on the Transformers franchise and toy line. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "For producer Murphy, 'no' is not an answer", Reuters Movie News, January 13, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-04-16.
2. ^ Stax. "10 Questions: Don Murphy", IGN, December 17, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-04-16.
3. ^ Fritz, Ben, Claude Brodesser. "New Line takes on 'We3' killer cuties", Variety Magazine, Reed Elsevier Inc., 2005-06-07. Retrieved on 2007-03-23. (in English) “Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar.”
4. ^ Don Murphy. Channel 4. Retrieved on 2007 April 16.

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External links

• Official Site
• Don Murphy at the Internet Movie Database
• Angry Films at IMDb
• IESB - Video Interview (WMP and Quicktime)
• Video of the Don Murphy Panel from TransformersCon Toronto 2006