Robert Murphy is an award-winning cinematographer, director and editor based in Los Angeles. He has worked as cinematographer on twelve feature films and as editor on six feature films, in addition to dozens of shorts, music videos, and commercials. He has also acted in several films as well, including “In Search of a Midnight Kiss” and “Rage.”
In 2009, Robert worked as the cinematographer and supporting actor in the feature film “In Search of a Midnight Kiss,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the John Cassavetes Independent Spirit Award for best feature film under $500,000. It was also named one of the top ten independent films of the year by the National Board of Review. It was directed by Alex Holdridge and starred Scoot McNairy and Sara Simmonds.
In 2011 Robert won the award for best cinematography at the Los Angeles Downtown Film Festival for the feature comedy “Carlos Spills the Beans,” directed by Brian McGuire.
Murphy's work as both cinematographer and co-editor was again featured at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2013 for the Amazon Prime feature film “9 Full Moons.” starring Amy Seimetz, Bret Roberts, Donal Logue, Harry Dean Stanton, Brian McGuire, Pamela Adlon, and Dale Dickey. It was directed by Tomer Almagor.
In 2019, Robert was the cinematographer on the web series/talk show “Food for Thought,” starring Kate Zenna and featuring actors Paul Greene and Chris Williams, among others.
Robert recently completed shooting the feature comedy “Hollywood.con,”directed by Mika Boorem. It’s currently available on Amazon and stars Mika Boorem, Tom Arnold, Herbert Russell, and Paige Howard.
In 2022, Robert worked as cinematographer for “Red Mountain,” a thriller feature set in the mountain town of Ojai. This film is now in post-production and was directed by Brent Florence and produced by Bryan Bahari.
Also in 2022, Robert worked as cinematographer and co-editor on the feature film "Peridot," which was released to great reviews by Gravitas Pictures and Peccadillo Pictures in North America and the UK in the fall of 2022. Peridot is directed by Shayne Collins and produced by Shayne Collins, Lisa Hall, Bernadette Camus and Robert Murphy.
Robert has also shot and co-edited several shorts for visionary comedic actor/director Malie Mason.
Critical Reviews of Robert’s cinematography from Meet Me in Montenegro:
“Director of photography Robert Murphy deserves a Spirit Award of his own for his breathtaking and evocative lensing of ever-cinematic Berlin and Montenegro.”
—Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
“Robert Murphy’s cinematography is the movie’s highpoint, especially his shots of East Berlin’s graffiti-covered tenement walls and a small-time amusement park, with its revolving rides and festoons of light that are at once tawdry and haunting.”
—-Simi Horwitz, Film Journal
A graduate of the University of Texas film program, Robert now lives in Los Angeles. His cinematic inspirations are Stanley Kubrick, Julia Ducournau, Roger Deakins, Andrea Arnold, Vittorio Storaro, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Martin Scorsese, Ilana Glazer, Robert Richardson, Florence Pugh, Kate Winslet, Paul Thomas Anderson, Greta Gerwig, Sarah Polley, and Quentin Tarantino.
Robert would also like to give a big shout out to his parents, Bob and Carolyn Murphy, and his brother Billy, for their continued support and encouragement through the years.
