Dr Denis Murphy
Biography
I an an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Media Studies, where I currently teach modules on media and cultural labour, media and cultural theory, and media publics.
Before joining the Department of Media Studies I worked at the School of Creative Arts at Trinity College Dublin as a Government of Ireland Post-Doctoral Research Fellow researching the labour history of Irish film and television production, funded by the Irish Research Council. This was a continuation of my PhD research at Dublin City University's School of Communications.
Prior to joining the academic community, I was a media practitioner for over 20 years working as an editor, writer, producer and director in various screen production sectors including advertising, on-air promotion, news promotion, station branding, programme promotion and corporate multimedia production. I edited the short film Right Now Ladies And Gents (dir. John Paul Murphy, 2004), and co-produced and co-directed the documentary short The Bookbinder's Daughter (2010).
Research interests include creative labour, screen policy, and media industries, from a political economy perspective. My book Screen Workers and the Irish Film Industry will be published in 2024 by Liverpool University Press.
Research Interests
Short film
Creative labour
Film and television policy
Television studies
Media industries
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Murphy, Denis (2023) 'An All-Ireland Screen Policy? Public subsidy and screen employment on the ‘shared island’'. Irish Journal of Arts Management and Cultural Policy, 11 . | |
| 2023 | Barton, R.; Hadley, S.; Murphy, D. (2023) 'Covid-19, cultural policy and the Irish arts sector: continuum or conjuncture?'. Irish Studies Review, 31 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Barton, Ruth; Murphy, Denis (2022) 'Prominent careers and Irish screen policy'. Irish Journal of Arts Management and Cultural Policy, 9 . | |
| 2022 | Murphy, Denis (2022) 'Ardmore Studios, film workers and the Irish state, 1962–1964'. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 42 :244-2670. [Link] | |
| 2020 | O'Hagan, John; Barton, Ruth; Murphy, Denis (2020) 'Do state funding, geographic location, and networks matter?'. Cultural Trends, 29 (2):77-95. [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Denis Murphy (2018) 'Ardmore Studios, film workers and the Irish State: creative labour in the ‘Decade of Upheaval’'. SAOTHAR (JOURNAL OF THE IRISH LABOUR HISTORY SOCIETY), 43 :69-82. [Full-Text] | |
| 2015 | Murphy, Denis; O'Brien, Maria (2015) 'Irish film finance rebooted: the new Section 481'. Estudios Irlandeses, 10 . [Link] [Full-Text] |
Conference Contribution
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Murphy, Denis (2023) IRC Spotlight IRC Spotlight: Screen Funding and Quality Employment Dublin, . | |
| 2022 | Murphy, Denis (2022) IAMHIST 2022 Industrial Conflict and the Irish screen industries Kiel, . | |
| 2016 | Denis Murphy (2016) Irish Screen Studies 'It Came to Connemara': Roger Corman and the Irish Film Industry Dublin CIty University, 11/05/2016-11/05/2016. | |
| 2015 | Denis Murphy (2015) European Cinema Research Forum Annual Conference Beyond the “Tom Cruise Clause” – global production, local labour NUI Galway, . | |
| 2014 | Denis Murphy (2014) ECREA Conference Off the table: actors, use fees, and the withering away of residual payments Lisbon, . [Full-Text] | |
| 2013 | Denis Murphy (2013) ECREA European Film Cultures Ardmore Studios, Film Labour and the Irish State Lund University, . |
Film or Broadcast
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Denis Murphy (2014) St. Patrick, the mayor and the long con. Dublin: [Film or Broadcast] [Link] | |
| 2011 | Denis Murphy, Mark Noonan, Gerard Quine, Maria Caparros (2011) The Bookbinder's Daughter. Dublin: [Film or Broadcast] [Link] [Full-Text] |
Other Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Murphy, Denis (2022) 'Review: Positive Vibes - Love Yourself Today (2021)' Estudios Irlandeses, 17 . [Link] | |
| 2022 | Murphy, Denis (2022) 'Review: Hidden Assets (2021)' Estudios Irlandeses, 17 . [Link] | |
| 2021 | Murphy, Denis (2021) 'State of the Union: The new 'Shooting Crew' agreement' Estudios Irlandeses, 16 . [Link] | |
| 2020 | Murphy, Denis (2020) 'Review: The Hole in the Ground (2019)' Estudios Irlandeses, 15 . | |
| 2019 | Murphy, Denis (2019) 'Fear, Loathing (and Industrial Relations) in the Irish Film Industry' Estudios Irlandeses, 14 . [Link] | |
| 2018 | Denis Murphy (2018) 'Review: Cardboard Gangsters (2017)' Estudios Irlandeses, . [Link] [Full-Text] | |
| 2014 | Denis Murphy (2014) 'Amber, Screenworks, and the Production of Culture' Estudios Irlandeses, 9 (9) . [Link] [Full-Text] | |
| 2013 | Denis Murphy (2013) 'Review: Men At Lunch (2012)' Estudios Irlandeses, 8 . [Link] | |
| 2012 | Denis Murphy (2012) 'Review: Ballymun Lullaby (2011)' Estudios Irlandeses, 7 . [Link] |
Employment
Teaching Interests
- Media Industries
- Sound and cinematography
- Digital Video Editing and post-production
- Film Finance
- Media Policy
- Cultural Studies
- Irish Cinema
- Media Political Economy