Paul Murphy

New Zealand Feature Film Director

Second Hand Wedding
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Second Hand Wedding

2007

A family rom-com shot on a $200k budget that ran 17 weeks in cinemas, reaching 7th on the all-time NZ box office.

Best Female Lead · Best Supporting Actress
Qantas NZ Film Awards 2008

Love Birds
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Love Birds

2011

Starring Rhys Darby and Sally Hawkins. Despite a national disaster impacting its release, it became the 3rd highest-grossing New Zealand film of the year.

Best Director, Foreign Film (Audience Award)
Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Festival, China

Lowdown Dirty Criminals
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Lowdown Dirty Criminals

2020

Starring James Rolleston, Samuel Austin and Rebecca Gibney. Two small-time crooks accidentally kill the wrong man and find themselves hunted by Wellington's most feared crime boss.

Available on Apple TV

A selection of work by Paul Murphy