Shannon Murphy
Illustration — Director Shannon Murphy 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.
Shannon Murphy
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- Nationality
- Australia
- Occupation
- television director · theatre director · film director
- Education
- Australian Film Television and Radio School
- Known for
- Babyteeth
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Illustration — Director Shannon Murphy 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.
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Shannon Murphy was an Australian film director, television director and theatre director. The film director studied at Australian Film Television and Radio School. Works include Babyteeth.
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Early life and education
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.
Career
Career
Murphy's graduating short film, Kharisma (2014), was screened at Cannes Film Festival. Her short film Eaglehawk (2016) was selected for the Dendy Awards at the Sydney Film Festival in 2016. Murphy's debut feature film, Babyteeth (2019), stars Eliza Scanlen as a terminally ill teen. It was nominated for best film at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. It earned positive reviews in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and Variety. Murphy directed episodes five and six of the third season of Killing Eve, which premiered in 2020. Variety listed her as one of the "10 directors to watch" in 2020.
Filmography
Filmography
• Being Brendo (2012, TV series) • The Comeback (2013, short) • Love Me Tender (2014, short) • Kharisma (2014, short) • Pineapple Squat (2015, short) • Eaglehawk (2016, short) • Love Child (2017, TV series) • Offspring (2016/2017, TV series) • Sisters (2017, TV series) • Rake (2018, TV series) • On the Ropes (2018, TV series) • Babyteeth (2019, film) • Killing Eve (2020, TV series) • Dave (2023, TV series) • The Power (2023, TV series) • Dope Girls (2025, TV series) • Dying for Sex (2025, TV series)
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- 1.Ritman, Alex. BAFTA Smashes Record for Female Director Nominees. The Hollywood Reporter.
- 2.Shannon Murphy. IFFR. 2019-12-12.
- 3.women in film: an interview with Eaglehawk director shannon murphy. lip magazine. 2016-06-14.
- 4.Festival detail - Festival profiles - Festivals and markets. Screen Australia.
- 5.Olsen, Mark. Director Shannon Murphy pulls at the performances of 'Babyteeth'. Los Angeles Times. 2020-06-19.
- 6.Lodge, Guy. Film Review: 'Babyteeth'. Variety. 2019-09-04.
- 7.Biennale Cinema 2019 Babyteeth. La Biennale di Venezia. 2019-07-15.
- 8.Travers, Peter. 'Babyteeth' Review: Love, Death and Something to Chew On. Rolling Stone. 2020-06-18.
- 9.Lawson, Richard. Review: Babyteeth Marks the Arrival of a Thrilling New Director. Vanity Fair.
- 10.Quinn, Karl. 'Out of the box, bonkers': Australian director Shannon Murphy on Killing Eve. The Sydney Morning Herald. 2020-04-18.
- 11.Simon, Alissa. 10 Directors to Watch: Theater-Sharpened Australian Helmer Shannon Murphy Bites Into 'Babyteeth'. Variety. 2020-01-03.
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