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Shannon Murphy

{{Short description|Australian film and television director}}

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Shannon Murphy is an Australian film and television director. She made her feature film debut with Babyteeth (2019), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2021.{{Cite web|last=Ritman|first=Alex|title=BAFTA Smashes Record for Female Director Nominees|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bafta-smashes-record-for-female-director-nominees|access-date=2021-03-09|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-us}}

Early life and education

Murphy was raised in Hong Kong. In 2013, she received a graduate diploma in directing from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.{{Cite web|title=Shannon Murphy|url=https://iffr.com/en/persons/shannon-murphy|date=2019-12-12|website=IFFR|language=en|access-date=2020-05-17}}

Career

Murphy's graduating short film, Kharisma (2014), was screened at Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|title=women in film: an interview with Eaglehawk director shannon murphy|url=https://lipmag.com/arts/film-arts/women-in-film-an-interview-with-eaglehawk-director-shannon-murphy/|date=2016-06-14|website=lip magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-19}} Her short film Eaglehawk (2016) was selected for the Dendy Awards at the Sydney Film Festival in 2016.{{Cite web|title=Festival detail - Festival profiles - Festivals and markets|url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/festivals-and-markets/festival-profiles/sydney-film-festival/9431|website=Screen Australia|access-date=2020-05-15}}

Murphy's debut feature film, Babyteeth (2019), stars Eliza Scanlen as a terminally ill teen.{{Cite web|last=Olsen|first=Mark|date=2020-06-19|title=Director Shannon Murphy pulls at the performances of 'Babyteeth'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-06-19/shannon-murphy-babyteeth-actors|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-27|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Lodge|first=Guy|date=2019-09-04|title=Film Review: 'Babyteeth'|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/babyteeth-review-1203322916/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-27|website=Variety|language=en}} It was nominated for best film at the 2019 Venice Film Festival.{{Cite web|title=Biennale Cinema 2019 {{!}} Babyteeth|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2019/venezia-76-competition/babyteeth|date=2019-07-15|website=La Biennale di Venezia|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}} It earned positive reviews in Rolling Stone,{{Cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=2020-06-18|title='Babyteeth' Review: Love, Death and Something to Chew On|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/babyteeth-movie-review-1015794/|access-date=2020-06-27|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} Vanity Fair,{{Cite magazine|last=Lawson|first=Richard|title=Review: Babyteeth Marks the Arrival of a Thrilling New Director|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/06/babyteeth-on-demand-review-shannon-murphy-eliza-scanlen|access-date=2020-06-27|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-us}} and Variety.

Murphy directed episodes five and six of the third season of Killing Eve, which premiered in 2020.{{Cite web|title='Out of the box, bonkers': Australian director Shannon Murphy on Killing Eve|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/out-of-the-box-bonkers-australian-director-shannon-murphy-on-killing-eve-20200417-p54ktw.html|last=Quinn|first=Karl|date=2020-04-18|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}

Variety listed her as one of the "10 directors to watch" in 2020.{{Cite web|last=Simon|first=Alissa|date=2020-01-03|title=10 Directors to Watch: Theater-Sharpened Australian Helmer Shannon Murphy Bites Into 'Babyteeth'|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/features/10-directors-to-watch-theater-sharpened-australian-helmer-shannon-murphy-bites-into-babyteeth-1203455866/|access-date=2020-08-14|website=Variety|language=en}}

Filmography

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