Films
In an attempt to lose weight, a heartbroken woman is consensually blackmailed by a dominatrix.
Written, Produced and Directed by David C. Murphy
Starring Melissa Ainsworth, Shannon Davidson, Lauren C Moore, Maddie Rose Hill
Currently submitting to film festivals
An actor hired to play a vulnerable victim as part of an investigative television sting finds himself challenged by a pressure salesman, the voices in his ear, and his own need for justice.
WINNER Best Scottish Director (David C. Murphy) – HB Film Festival 2024
NOMINEE Best Scottish Film – HB Film Festival 2024
NOMINEE Best Male Actor (John McQuiston) – HB Film Festival 2024
A lonely call center worker meets a University student on a dating app, but despite their relationship developing well, he finds the temptation to return to the app difficult to resist.
WINNER Best Editor (David C. Murphy) – HB Film Festival 2021
WINNER Café Flicker’s The BIG Flick 2022
NOMINEE Best Creative or Original Film – Scottish Short Film Festival 2021
NOMINEE Best Director (David C. Murphy) – Unrestricted View Film Festival 2021
NOMINEE Best Screenplay (David C. Murphy) – Feel The Reel International Film Festival 2021
Full Filmography
Pact (2026)
Currently submitting to film festivals
Bait (2024)
WINNER Best Scottish Director (David C. Murphy) – HB Film Festival 2024
NOMINEE Best Scottish Film – HB Film Festival 2024
NOMINEE Best Male Actor (John McQuiston) – HB Film Festival 2024
Left (2021)
WINNER Café Flicker’s The BIG Flick 2022
WINNER Best Editing – The HB Film Festival 2021
NOMINEE Best Short Film – The HB Film Festival 2021
NOMINEE Best Director (Short Film) – Unrestricted View Film Festival 2021
NOMINEE Most Creative/Original Film – Scottish Short Film Festival 2021
NOMINEE Best Screenplay – Feel the Reel International Film Festival 2021
Living Arrangement (2018)
WINNER Best Drama Film – Flicks Film Festival 2019
WINNER Best Actress in a Short (Rachel Still) – Flicks Film Festival 2019
WINNER Best Editing (David C. Murphy) – Flickers Film Festival 2019
WINNER Best Sound Design – Flicks Film Festival 2019
J. Costello (2016)
“We almost always see people living with dementia portrayed the same way in tv and film: violently confused or pathetically pitiable. McQuiston’s Jay is neither; he’s infused with joy.”
-Christy Turner, Dementia Sherpa
Dames (2015)
Premiered in Cineworld, Glasgow
Official Selection – Florida Movie Festival 2016
