Imogen Murphy

Imogen Murphy
NationalityIrish
Alma materDún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
OccupationFilm 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).

  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.
  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".