(l-r) James Rolleston and Dean O.Gorman.
Kiwi director Matt Murphy grew up helping out on shoots with his filmmaker father Geoff.
Geoff made his feature debut with Goodbye Pork Pie in the early 80s. Murphy the younger worked on the film as a teenager before embarking on his own career as a gaffer, an art director and finally a director himself, based out of Sydney but shooting commercials globally.
Murphy has now made his own feature debut — with Pork Pie, a remake of his father.s film in Australian cinemas May 4.
The director began writing the screenplay, his first, five years ago, and describes his early drafts as .a bit too Hollywood..
.I wrote bigger car chases, more fantastic stunts,. Murphy tells If. .And then I realized films are about the characters, about people and their journeys. You can have the biggest event ever but if it.s not...
Kiwi director Matt Murphy grew up helping out on shoots with his filmmaker father Geoff.
Geoff made his feature debut with Goodbye Pork Pie in the early 80s. Murphy the younger worked on the film as a teenager before embarking on his own career as a gaffer, an art director and finally a director himself, based out of Sydney but shooting commercials globally.
Murphy has now made his own feature debut — with Pork Pie, a remake of his father.s film in Australian cinemas May 4.
The director began writing the screenplay, his first, five years ago, and describes his early drafts as .a bit too Hollywood..
.I wrote bigger car chases, more fantastic stunts,. Murphy tells If. .And then I realized films are about the characters, about people and their journeys. You can have the biggest event ever but if it.s not...
- 5/3/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
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