John Murphy

AN CAILÍN CIÚIN has become the first ever Irish language film to be nominated for an Oscar.  Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams announced the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards live from Los Angeles this afternoon.  Among the nominees for Best International Feature was the stunning Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin/The Quiet Girl (the latter is its name…

I was delighted to be asked to sit down with Sean from the FNI Wrap Chat podcast before the christmas to discuss all things North Circular, An Cailin Ciuin and the whole editing craic. You can hear the podcast here

Ireland’s Oscar entry, An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl has made history by becoming the first Irish language feature film to be shortlisted by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for this year’s Best International Feature Film category. An Cailín Ciúin is one of 15 films shortlisted from 92 countries who submitted to…

The winners of the IFTA awards, hosted by the Irish Film & Television Academy, were announced last week. I was delighted to be among the winners for my editing on ‘An Cailin Ciúin’. It’s a huge honour for me and I’m thrilled that my peers in the editing branch of the Academy chose to recognise…

Following its world premiere at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) has won The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for Best Film and a special mention from the children’s jury. This is a historical first for an Irish-language film and speaking about the award Director Colm…

New work on TV Alert! Rome V Republic, examines the relationship between Church and state in Ireland from the time of Wolfe Tone, through independence and into the modern era. Presented by former Minister for Justice Michael McDowell it airs tonight on RTE One at 10:10pm. I was delighted to edit this documentary for director…

Over 700,000 people in Ireland suffer from some form of neurological condition. As this number is set to increase as the population ages, the importance of brain research cannot be underestimated. Over the course of this programme, we follow patients experiencing four such conditions; Epilepsy, Motor Neurone Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease – as…

Delighted to have been nominated for an Editing IFTA for my work on ‘Giles’ That show is also nominated for best Sports Programme. Also nominated in that category is ‘Crash and Burn’ which I also cut. Looking forward to a great night with lots of my pals! Full list of nominations… ENTERTAINMENT Brendan O’Connor’s Cutting…