Seamus Murphy is a Naarm/Melbourne-based writer and director.

His short film Henry Needs a New Home (2019) premiered at Melbourne International Film Festival and showed at numerous Australian and international film festivals. In 2019 he participated in MIFF’s Accelerator Lab for emerging Australian and New Zealand directors.

His first short film, Reunion (2017), won ‘Best Victorian Short’ at Monster Fest, which included a prize of $9,000 for his next film work.

Murphy has also worked extensively as a freelance editor and camera operator for major television programs and music videos. 

He is the founder of Cup Films, which supports independent short and feature films in Australia, and he’s currently in development for his first feature film.