Biography

Maeve Murphy is an award winning independent film maker, writer-director. Humanist in basis her films do not shy away from political or controversial stories, sometimes regarding women. She is most known for Silent Grace starring Orla Brady, her feature regarding the largely untold story of the women on the 1980 Dirty Protest and Hunger Strike, that got practically written out of history and was in The Irish Times 2020 Top 50 Irish Films Ever Made and selected to represent the UK at Cannes in 2002. It was nominated also for the Conflict and Resolution Award at The Hamptons USA. Her second feature Beyond the Fire starring Cara Seymour ran into censorship issues over the subject matter with RTE and received an instant broadcast on TV3 in Ireland. It covered the still ground breaking topic of love in the wake of rape. One of the characters had been abused by a priest. Sushi her short film won the Subti- International short film Award at Venice Days, Venice Film Festival. Maeve's third feature was Taking Stock, a comedy starring Kelly Brook and Georgia Groome, which was released theatrically in the UK by Swipe Films and bought by Netflix where it was front page "popular on Netflix". Her recent short film St Pancras Sunrise screened IFTUK March festival at the ICA 2024. It won Best International Short Film at the Silicon Beach Film Festival in LA and is also a proof of concept for a feature. Maeve wrote, directed and produced and Fiona Kinsella and Jim Sheridan were executive producers for Tile Media.
- IMDb mini biography by: Maeve Murphy

Maeve was long listed as director for British Short Film Awards 2024 for St Pancras Sunrise Short. It screened in Raindance in 2025 and received a nomination as Best Director for it at European Short Film Awards 2025. She directed The Wolf short 2026 written by Kellie Shirley thus completing a trilogy of short films involving sexual/violence against women in the wake of the me too moment and the immense cultural and societal shift and in preparation for St Pancras Sunrise Feature.
- IMDb mini biography by: Maeve Murphy

Taking Stock Maeve's 3rd feature feature comedy stars Kelly Brook, Georgia Groome, Scot Williams . It was released in UK cinemas by Swipe Films, bought by Netflix where it was front page "Popular on Netflix" /Top 5 Most watched.