Fred Murphy
Fred Murphy (born December 16, 1942 in New York City ) is an American cameraman .
Life
Murphy had studied architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design . He then went to sea as a sailor on an oceanographic ship for several years .
Murphy made his debut in film as a "girl for everything", then worked as an electrician for commercials and photographed no-budget films and experimental shorts in the early 1970s . From the mid-1970s Murphy was behind the camera in the tightest budget films of some newcomers such as Martha Coolidge and Claudia Weill . Weills / Murphy's amusing women's story Girl Friends also received international attention in 1978.
Since the mid-1980s, Fred Murphy made it into the A-League of Hollywood cameramen. He now photographed more expensive mainstream products, but returned more personal time and again, silent films like A Trip to Bountiful - Travel to happiness , The Dead and enemies - the story of a love back. Murphy's specialty is comedies. Especially the director Paul Mazursky engaged Murphy several times.
Since the new millennium, Fred Murphy has also signed up for several successful television series, for example he filmed the majority of the episodes of the successful drama series Good Wife between 2009 and 2016.
Filmography (selection)
- Movies unless otherwise stated
- 1975: Not a Pretty Picture
- 1977: Local Color
- 1977: Girl Friends ( Girlfriends )
- 1978: The Other Sister ( The Scenic Route )
- 1979: imposter ( imposters )
- 1979: Land of My Heart ( Heartland )
- 1980: Love for a Lifetime ( Tell Me Riddle )
- 1981: The State of Things ( The State of Things )
- 1981: American Monster ( Q: The Winged Serpent )
- 1982: Eddie and the Cruisers ( Eddie and the Cruisers )
- 1983: Discokiller in New York ( Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer ) (TV movie)
- 1982: Touched
- 1984: Key Exchange
- 1984: What Sex am I? (Documentary)
- 1985: A Trip to Bountiful - Travel to happiness ( A Trip to Bountiful )
- 1985: Death of an Angel
- 1985: Free Throw ( Hoosiers )
- 1987: Best Seller ( Best Seller )
- 1987: The Dead (The Dead)
- 1987: Penguins in the Bronx ( Five Corners )
- 1987: Tender Love ( Fresh Horses )
- 1987: The Texas Grill Idiot ( Full Moon in Blue Water )
- 1988: Final Game ( Night Game )
- 1989: Enemies - A Love Story ( Enemies: A Love Story )
- 1990: No Baby On Board ( Funny About Love )
- 1990: A normal wedding day ( Scenes from a Mall )
- 1991: My Father - My Friend ( Jack the Bear )
- 1992: Stage Fright ( The Pickle )
- 1994: Murder in the First
- 1995: A Family Thing - brothers against their will ( A Family Thing )
- 1995: The Fantasticks
- 1996: Metro - negotiating is a matter of nerves ( Metro )
- 1996: The Wedding Anniversary ( Faithful )
- 1997: October Sky
- 1998: Dance with Me
- 1998: Rocket Boys
- 1998: Echoes - Voices from the Between World ( Stir of Echoes )
- 2000: Soul Survivors ( Soul Survivors )
- 2001: The Mothman Prophecies ( The Mothman Prophecies )
- 2002: Auto Focus
- 2002: Freddy vs. Jason
- 2002: The High School Tricksters ( Cheaters )
- 2003: Partners and Crime (TV movie)
- 2004: Secret Window ( Secret Window )
- 2005: Dreamer ( Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story )
- 2006: The Chaos Camper ( RV )
- 2007: Anamorphic - The Art of Killing ( Anamorphic )
- 2007-2008: In Treatment - The Therapist ( In Treatment , TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2008: Drillbit Taylor - A man for all accidents ( Drillbit Taylor )
- 2008: Who the Ghosts Love ( Ghost Town )
- 2009: Fringe - Borderline cases of the FBI ( Fringe , TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2009-2016: Good Wife ( The Good Wife , TV series, 103 episodes)
- 2017–2019: The Good Fight (TV series, 7 episodes)
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 592.
Web links
- Fred Murphy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Murphy, Fred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York, United States |