Steven Murphy

Steven attended Winchester University where he received his degree in Theatre Studies It was the same course he attempted to get on when left school but because he was working full time as a bouncer he was told he wouldnt be able to devote the time to the course as the other students were funded by their parents A lost decade ensued where he drifted in an out of every employment going but he was unable to settle as he wasnt following his passion of cinema After gaining his degree he wrote and staged his play Doorways based on his 20 years experience as a bouncer and soldier He was then fortunate enough to win a writing scholarship with The National Theatre and an acting one with New York Film Academy He needed to save funds in to live in New York for two years so he bought himself a taxi to work all the hours he could and entered a cage fighting tournament for a prize of 5000 but unfortunately he broke his leg But every cloud has a silver lining and this inspired him to turn Doorways into a feature film himself even though he had no experience of film making and no cash He raised money locally and sold his taxi adapted the script and directed it himself only because he couldnt afford a director It was a self given apprenticeship with only his love of cinema as a guide He then went on to make his second feature from his original screenplay the same way writing acting coproducing and directing He is now in post production of his third feature Relentless which has already won several awards After Relentless he was let down by several so called producers to produce our screenplay to SKULL HUNTER Se7en meets TAXI DRIVER So in the meantime he saw the BBC Writers Room were looking for 12 hour comedydrama episodes he wrote 1 episode which led to a 6 part series Then he thought hed produce the pilot episode myself of HAPPY HOURS An ensemble piece based around a run down pubHe then managed to get a security job in Cannes at the RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL party During my time there he managed to secure funding for SKULL HUNTER The first time he has never had to fund the films myself by selling possessions and cage fighting Now its complete and he is arranging the premiere