Tab Murphy

Tab Murphy
Born Olympia, Washington [1]
Residence Los Angeles, California
Nationality American
Alma mater USC Film School (screenwriter)
Washington State University (forestry and wildlife)
Occupation Film and television writer
Years active 1987-present
Notable work

Tab Murphy is an American screenwriter who works in movies and television, notable for writing Disney movies, like The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and for directed Last of the Dogmen.

Biography

Murphy attended USC Film School and works on screenplays for films and television programs since 1983, with his theatrical debut with Gorillas In the Mist, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his writing. In 1995, Murphy made his directorial debut with Last of the Dogmen, and also wrote the feature. Afterwards, Murphy has spent nearly ten years with The Walt Disney Company writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1996, Tarzan in 1999, Atlantis: The Lost Empire in 2001, and Brother Bear in 2003. During his time with Disney, he was hired by TriStar Pictures to write a treatment to a planned sequel to the 1998 film Godzilla.[2] But due to negative reviews from critics and audiences alike, the planned sequel was cancelled. After working with Disney for a few years, he then left the company in 2006 and went to work at Warner Bros. for a couple years. Some of his works included Batman/Superman: Apocalypse, and Batman: Year One. He then went to Sony to write Dark Country. He's currently writing an animated feature directed by Kirk Wise, and a TV pilot that's just recently sold. His latest role includes the writing and story for the Warner Bros. animated Cartoon Network series, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!.

Filmography

Title Year Role
My Best Friend Is a Vampire 1987 Writer, associate producer
Gorillas In the Mist 1988 Story
8 Seconds 1994 Writer
Last of the Dogmen 1995 Director, writer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 Writer, animation story
Tarzan 1999 Writer
Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001 Writer, story
The Making of Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2002 Himself, special thanks
Brother Bear 2003 Writer
Dark Country 2009
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse 2010
Batman: Year One 2011
Thundercats 2011-2012 Writer (7 episodes)
Teen Titans Go 2013 Writer: story, teleplay (2 episodes)
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! 2016 Story and writer (1 episode)
Untitled China Project 2017 Writer
Beniji Safari TBA

Unproduced Features

Bibliography

Year Title Notes
2005 Untitled Short Story This short story was discover by Dark Country's director Thomas Jane for Murphy to write the film.[4]
2012 Dark Country Digital graphic novel, based on Murphy's script [5]

Collaborators

Awards nominations

References

  1. ↑ "Tab Murphy's Official Facebook Page".
  2. ↑ Murphy, Tab (October 19, 1999). "Godzilla 2 Story Treatment". Scifi Japan.
  3. ↑ Murphy, Tab (October 19, 1999). "Godzilla 2 Story Treatment". Scifi Japan.
  4. ↑ Rick Marshall (October 6, 2009). "Thomas Jane Channels Pulp Horror For Directorial Debut 'Dark Country'". MTV Movies Blog. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ Matt Moore (May 30, 2012). "Thomas Jane's Raw expands into digital realm". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ "1989 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. March 29, 1989. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  7. ↑ "27th". Annieawards.org. January 31, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ "31st". Annieawards.org. January 31, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.


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