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Donald Murphy(II)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Production Department
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Donald Murphy is known for Million Dollar Baby (2004), Passengers (2016) and Men in Black (1997).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby (2004)
    Million Dollar Baby
    8.1
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2004
    Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers (2016)
    Passengers
    7.0
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2016
    Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
    Men in Black
    7.3
    • Production Department
    • 1997
    Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (2007)
    No Country for Old Men
    8.2
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2007

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Laura Dern, Carol Burnett, Leslie Bibb, Allison Janney, Ricky Martin, Josh Lucas, Kristen Wiig, Kaia Gerber, and Amber Chardae Robinson in Palm Royale (2024)
      Palm Royale
      6.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2024–2025
    • Seth Rogen in The Studio (2025)
      The Studio
      8.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • High Desert (2023)
      High Desert
      6.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Michael Keaton, Rosario Dawson, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, John Hoogenakker, Will Poulter, and Kaitlyn Dever in Dopesick (2021)
      Dopesick
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Michael B. Jordan in Without Remorse (2021)
      Without Remorse
      5.8
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Natalie Portman and Mehdi Taleghani in Lucy in the Sky (2019)
      Lucy in the Sky
      4.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Dan Stevens in Legion (2017)
      Legion
      8.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second unit director
      • 2018–2019
    • Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro in Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
      Sicario: Day of the Soldado
      7.1
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari, and Jennifer Bartels in American Woman (2018)
      American Woman
      6.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Liam Neeson in Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
      Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
      6.4
      • first assistant director
      • 2017
    • Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers (2016)
      Passengers
      7.0
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Warren Beatty, Alden Ehrenreich, and Lily Collins in Rules Don't Apply (2016)
      Rules Don't Apply
      5.7
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Logan Marshall-Green in Quarry (2016)
      Quarry
      8.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Triple 9 (2016)
      Triple 9
      6.3
      • first assistant director: LA unit
      • 2016
    • Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs (2015)
      Steve Jobs
      7.2
      • first assistant director
      • 2015

    Director

    • Fargo (2014)
      Fargo
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Caper (2014)
      Caper
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014

    Production Department

    • Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
      Men in Black
      7.3
      • set production assistant: New York
      • 1997
    • Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman in The Quick and the Dead (1995)
      The Quick and the Dead
      6.5
      • set production assistant
      • 1995
    • Paul Newman, Tim Robbins, and Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
      The Hudsucker Proxy
      7.2
      • set production assistant
      • 1994
    • Val Kilmer, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, and Kurt Russell in Tombstone (1993)
      Tombstone
      7.8
      • set production assistant
      • 1993
    • Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
      Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
      6.9
      • office production assistant: New York
      • 1992
    • Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
      Glengarry Glen Ross
      7.6
      • office production assistant
      • 1992
    • Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer in Frankie and Johnny (1991)
      Frankie and Johnny
      6.8
      • production assistant: New York
      • 1991

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Donald W. Murphy

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