About David C. Murphy
An award-winning filmmaker based in Glasgow, Scotland. David’s short films have been showcased at events such as the Scottish Short Film Festival, Florida Movie Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe. He has also been nominated for awards including Best Director at the Unrestricted View Film Festival in London, Most Original Film at the Scottish Short Film Festival, and recently won for Best Scottish Director at The HB Film Festival.
After graduating in 2014 from the University of the West of Scotland, being awarded for Best Factual Film at the year-end awards show, David began directing fiction. His first being the crowdfunded 1930’s-set short film Dames! about gender roles in the film industry, which became an official selection at the Florida Movie Festival. He followed this with two more shorts, J. Costello, which has been praised for its tender and caring depiction of living with dementia, and Living Arrangement which won 4 awards including Best Drama and Best Actress.
His project Left: A Dating App Love Story, has received an award for Best Editing, nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Most Original Film, and screened at events such as the Scottish Short Film Festival, The HB Film Festival, Unrestricted View Film Festival and Edinburgh Fringe.
David has recently completed a new short film titled Bait starring John McQuiston (1815, The Nest) and Ronan Doyle (The Witcher: Blood Origin, The Last Bus). David has also directed theatre and owns a videography company.
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