Maureen Sylvia Murray
Maureen Sylvia Murray (born 1960) is a British Film Producer with a longstanding career in arts and drama film making and international co-production. Murray is Company Director of Foxtrot Films Ltd.
Education[edit]
Murray was educated at Villiers High School, Southall, Middlesex (formerly Southall Grammar School) 1971-1978. Awarded Diploma in European Business Studies, University of West London, 1979. Graduate of Creative Media European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE), 2000 http://www.creativeeuropeuk.eu/eave-european-producers-workshop Alumna of the Media Business School, 2006. http://cineuropa.org/en/schoolprofile/294886/
Affiliations[edit]
Founder Member of Women In Film & Television (UK). https://wftv.org.uk
Member of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA. http://www.bafta.org
Member of The Production Guild of Great Britain. https://productionguild.com
Member of The British Film Institute. http://bfi.org.uk
Member of the Creative Industries Federation
Mentorships[edit]
Selected as Mentor for WFTV's 2019 Mentorship programme.
Murray acts as an Industry Mentor with Screen Skills and The Production Guild.
Film Credits[edit]
Directed by Tony Palmer: http://www.tonypalmer.org
1981 – Production Secretary - At The Haunted End Of The Day (documentary profile of Sir William Walton OM)
1981 – Production Secretary - Death In Venice (film of the opera by Benjamin Britten)
1982 – Production Secretary - Once At A Border... (documentary profile of Igor Stravinsky)
1983 – Production Co-ordinator - Wagner (drama series about the life of Richard Wagner starring Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Ralph Richardson, Sir John Gielgud written by Charles Wood)
1984 – Assistant to the Director - Puccini (drama documentary starring Robert Stephens & Virginia McKenna)
1985 – Production Manager - God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (drama starring Trevor Howard, written by John Osborne)
1986 – Producer - Mozart in Japan (documentary featuring pianist Mitsuko Uchida and The English Chamber Orchestra)
1987 – Production Manager - Maria Callas (documentary profile)
1988 – Associate Producer - Testimony (feature drama starring Sir Ben Kingsley as Dmitri Shostakovich, based on the novel by Solomon Volkov)
1988 – Producer - In From The Cold? (documentary profile of Richard Burton)
1989 – Associate Producer - Hindemith – A Pilgrim’s Progress (docu-drama about Paul Hindemith with Sir John Gielgud)
1989 – Executive Producer - The Children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_(1990_film)(drama film starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Kim Novak, written by Timberlake Wertenbaker, based on the novel by Edith Wharton)
Directed by Chris Hunt:
1990 - Producer - Don’t Go Near The Water (documentary with Kirsty MacColl)
1991 - Producer - Jose Carreras and Friends (Royal Gala Concert performance film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7g4Wiest68&vl=en
1991 – Producer - Jose Carreras: A Life Story (Emmy Award - Best Arts Documentary) https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Carreras:_A_Life_Story
Directed by Ken Russell:
1991 - Producer - The Road To Mandalay (tv docu-drama)
1991 - Producer - The Mystery of Dr. Martinu (tv drama about composer Bohuslav Martinu)
1992 - Producer - The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax (tv drama)
1992 – Production Manager - Lady Chatterley (tv serial starring Sean Bean & Joely Richardson)
1994 – Producer - Classic Widows (tv documentary)
1995 - Producer - Ken Russell’s Treasure Island (tv musical adaptation)
1997 – Producer - In Search of the English Folk Song (tv documentary)
Directed by Barrie Gavin: 1993 – Producer - Verdi – A Life In Two Parts (tv series presented by Sir Mark Elder)
Directed by Michael Bray:
1997 – Line Producer - The Sea Change (drama feature starring Ray Winstone, Maryam d'Abo, Sean Chapman)
Directed by Bille August:
2004 – Production Supervisor - Return To Sender (drama feature starring Connie Nielsen & Aidan Quinn)
Production/Post Production credits with Film and Music Entertainment: 2007 Quest For A Heart (Director: Pekka Lehtosaari)
2009 White Lightnin' (Director: Dominic Murphy)
Directed by Margy Kinmonth:
1989 – Executive Producer - Steven Berkoff Actor-Writer-Director (tv documentary)
1994 = Executive Producer - Big Women (tv documentary with Dawn French)
2005 – Executive Producer - Nina Does Art (short film featuring Nina Conti)
2005 – Executive Producer - Rubens – A Master In The Making (short film)
2007 – Executive Producer – The Nutcracker Story (tv documentary)
2008 – Executive Producer - Mariinsky Theatre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre_(film (tv documentary commemorating the Theatre’s 225th anniversary, with Maestro Valery Gergiev) 2010 – Executive Producer - Looking for Lowry with Ian McKellen (tv documentary)
2013 – Executive Producer - Royal Paintbox (cinema documentary with HRH Charles, Prince of Wales)
2014 – Executive Producer - Hermitage Revealed (cinema documentary commemorating the Museum’s 250th anniversary)
2015 – Executive Producer - War Art with Eddie Redmayne (tv documentary)
2016 – Co-Producer – Revolution: New Art for a New World (cinema documentary)
Literary Collaborations[edit]
Murray is Curator of the Sir William Walton Archive at [[Giardini La Mortella, Ischia]], Italy. https://www.lamortella.org/en/ She co-wrote with Humphrey Burton CBE the pictorial biography William Walton – The Romantic Loner to mark Walton’s centenary (published OUP 2002). https://www.amazon.co.uk/William-Walton-Romantic-Centenary-Portrait/dp/0198162359 http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/Aug02/Walton_Romantic.htm Murray also acted as research consultant to The Selected Letters of Sir William Walton edited by Malcolm Hayes (published Faber & Faber 2002).
Murray advised author Clifford Thurlow on content for his book Making Short Films: The Complete Guide From Script To Screen (published Berg 2005). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/making-short-films-9781845200626/
Murray Executive Produced Thurlow’s short drama film Greta May https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810399/ and Line Produced Clive Brill’s short drama film Room Eleven written by Eoin O’Callaghan. https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8d4c1e68 Both shorts feature in Thurlow’s book.
Sources[edit]
- "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre_(film"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariinsky Theatre (film)
External Links[edit]
Official website: https://www.foxtrotfilms.com
imdb profile: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615169/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
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