Why this filmmaker matters
Michael S. Murphey has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Producer in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Michael S. Murphey has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Murphey set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Joel Soisson
Producer
5 shared titles · Trick or Treat

Scott Spiegel
Director
3 shared titles · From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Robert Rodriguez
Executive Producer
3 shared titles · From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Duane Whitaker
Actor
2 shared titles · From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Danny Trejo
Actor
2 shared titles · From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Quentin Tarantino
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Lawrence Bender
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Gianni Nunnari
Producer
2 shared titles · From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Meir Teper
Producer
2 shared titles · From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
Rhet Topham
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Trick or Treat

Álvaro Rodríguez
Screenplay
2 shared titles · From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
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