Mathew Murray

Mathew Murray
Born (1993-06-04) June 4, 1993
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Director, web series creator, writer, filmmaker, producer
Years active 2013–present

Mathew Murray (born June 4, 1993) is a Canadian writer, director, and filmmaker.

Career

Murray began experimenting with film in his early teens, working on a variety of projects spanning documentary, alternative and fiction genres. He attended film school at York University in Toronto.[1] As a student, his short films screened at numerous film festivals.[2][3][4][5][6]

Teenagers

In early 2014, Murray's first web series teenagers (2014–present) gained significant popularity on YouTube and initially attracted media attention because its cast included several Degrassi stars including Chloe Rose.[7][8][9][10][11] The series received positive reviews from blogs and indie publications,[12][13][14][15][16] and screened at various festivals, winning awards at both the 2014 and 2015 Los Angeles Web Series Festival.[17][18][19]

For the second season of the series, award-winning director T.J. Scott served as executive producer.[20][21] The first episode of the second season premiered on July 26, 2015,[22] and has since been viewed over 1 million times.[23] Narcity.com ranked the series #1 on its 2015 list of the '11 Toronto Based Web Series You Need To Check Out.'[24]

In 2016, Murray was nominated for 'Best Drama Series' and 'Best Screenplay' at the Vancouver Web Series Festival.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Film student jets off to Cannes : York University – School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design". ampd.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Creaghan's score to be heard at Cannes | Londoner". Thelondoner.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  3. ↑ "Toronto Student Film Festival " Archive " e". Tsff.ca. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  4. ↑ "One Voice Film Festival's Photos - One Voice Film Festival | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  5. ↑ "YoungCuts Film Festival - Top 100 Short Films of 2013". www.youngcuts.com. YoungCuts Film Festival.
  6. ↑ "Film student jets off to Cannes". www.mississauga.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  7. ↑ "New web series Teenagers attracts Degrassi alum » Playback". Playbackonline.ca. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  8. ↑ "Chloe Rose & Ray Ablack Team Up For "Teenagers" Web Series". Kary's Degrassi Blog. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  9. ↑ "1 LOVE T.O. » “Teenagers” Web Series". 1loveto.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  10. ↑ "Cityonmyback.com » VIDEO: Teenagers Web Series (Teaser + Premiere Info)". cityonmyback.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  11. ↑ "New webseries shines spotlight on real-life teen experience - Urbanology Magazine". Urbanology Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  12. ↑ Newcomb, Roger (2014-01-29). "Indie Series of the Week Poll Results (January 19-25, 2014)". We Love Soaps. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  13. ↑ "Interview : Iscreammusic with the cast of 'Teenagers' | The Iscream". www.theiscream.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  14. ↑ "AS IF BEING A TEENAGER WAS EVER EASY : Teenagers Webseries | Starved Magazine". Culturestarved.com. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  15. ↑ "Teenagers Web Series Episode 1 (Video & Review)". Kary's Degrassi Blog. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
  16. ↑ "Teenagers Web Series: Episode 8 (Video & Review)". Kary's Degrassi Blog. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  17. ↑ "Roma Web Fest | 2014 LAWEBFEST LIST OF AWARD-WINNING SHOW". Romawebfest.it (in Italian). 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  18. ↑ "Korean Web Fest Selections 2015".
  19. ↑ "T.O. Web Fest 2014 Winners & Nominees".
  20. ↑ Julianna Cummins. "Canadian Screen Awards '15: Orphan Black, Degrassi clone winning ways". Playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  21. ↑ "T.J. Scott". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  22. ↑ "Sex, drugs & violence: Toronto's provocative Web Series "Teenagers" returns for Season Two". Shedoesthecity. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  23. ↑ "teenagers web series - S2.E1 - "The Difference Between Sex and Fucking"". YouTube. 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  24. ↑ "11 Toronto Based Web Series You Need To Check Out". www.narcity.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  25. ↑ "Vancouver Web Fest". www.vancouverwebfest.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.

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