Nick Vincent Murphy

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Nick is a writer from Kilkenny, Ireland. He co-wrote the critically acclaimed comedy series, MOONE BOY, with Chris O'Dowd. They made three seasons together. The show won an International Emmy for Best Comedy, was Number 1 on the Hollywood Reporter's Best Comedies of 2013, and in 2020 was named Number 17 in the New York Times’ list of Best International TV Shows of the Decade. It also won three IFTA awards, the British Comedy Award for Best Sitcom, and was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Scripted Comedy.

Nick and Chris wrote four MOONE BOY books for Macmillan – ‘The Blunder Years’, ‘The Fish Detective’, ‘The Marvellous Activity Manual’, and ‘The Notion Potion’. Their first book won the Children's Book of the Year Award at the Irish Book Awards 2014.

Nick wrote the coming-of-age feature film HIDEAWAYS, and co-wrote SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE FARMER’S LLAMAS, which won the International Emmy for Best Kids Animation in 2017. He recently worked with WildBrain and Cartoon Saloon on the Nickelodeon animation series, DORG VAN DANGO, serving as Head Writer/Executive Story Editor, leading 19 writers in four countries across 52 episodes. He was also a writer on the science-fiction drama series, INTERGALACTIC, for Sky in the UK.

He is currently working on THE CRIMS, a live-action comedy-drama series in development with WildBrain and an animated feature film MEAN MARGARET. He lives in Los Angeles.

Television

Production	Company	Notes
SMALL TOWN, BIG STORY 2023	Playground / FilmNation Entertainment / Sky Studios	Co-writer of episode 4 of six-part drama series for Sky, with Chris O'Dowd (written & created by). Starring Christina Hendricks and Paddy Considine.
INTERGALACTIC 2019 - 2020	Moonage Pictures/Tiger Aspect/Sky	Writer, 1 Episode. Science Fiction Drama Series. Showrunner: Julie Gearey. Exec Producers: Iona Vrolyk
DORG VAN DANGO 2019 - 2020	Cartoon Saloon / WildBrain	Animated TV Series. Head Writer/Executive Story Editor/Developed By 52 X 15-minute episodes. Helped to develop the series, wrote the pilot episode, and rewrote the show bible. Sole Writer of 6 episodes, including 2-part season finale, and did various amounts of writing on the other 46 episodes. Ran 4 story rooms in Toronto and Ireland, working with 19 writers in 4 countries.
SHAUN THE SHEEP 'THE FARMER's LLAMAS' 2015	Aardman Animations/ BBC 1/ Amazon Video	Co-writer Half-hour special. Winner of Best Kids' Animation at International Emmy Awards, 2017 Nominated for Best Drama in the Children's Bafta Awards, 2016
MOONE BOY 3 2014	Sky 1/ HotCod/ Babycow/ Sprout	6 episodes. Co-written with Chris O'Dowd. Series directed by Chris O'Dowd. *Nominated in five categories at the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards 2015, including Best Writer: Soap and Comedy, and Best Comedy
MOONE BOY 2 (2013-14)	Sky / HotCod / Babycow / Sprout	5 episodes co-written with Chris O'Dowd. 1 episode sole-credit - "Ghost Raft". Series directed by Ian Fitzgibbon. Starring Chris O'Dowd, Peter McDonald, Deirdre O'Kane. Also featuring: Johnny Vegas, Simon Day, Pat Shortt, Amy Huberman. * Winner of Best Sitcom at the The British Comedy Awards, 2014 * Winner of Best Entertainment (2nd year in a row) and Best TV Director (Ian Fitzgibbon) at the Irish Film & Television Awards, 2014 * Nominated Best Scripted Comedy, BAFTA Television Awards, 2015 * Nominated in 6 categories at the 10th annual Irish Film and Television Academy Awards * Nominated for Best Script Programme at the Broadcast Digital Awards, 2014 * Nominated for Best Scripted Comedy at Royal Television Society Awards 2015 * Nominated for Best Comedy, Televisual Bulldog Awards, 2015
MOONE BOY 2012	Sky 1 / HotCod / Babycow / Sprout	Co-written with Chris O'Dowd 6 x 30 min comedy series Directed by Declan Lowney Starring Chris O'Dowd, Peter McDonald, Deirdre O'Kane. Also featuring Steve Coogan and Johnny Vegas. * Winner of Best Comedy at the 41st International Emmy Awards, 2013 * Winner of Best Entertainment at the Irish Film & Television Awards, 2013 * Nominated for Best Drama Script at the Irish Film & Television Awards, 2013 * Nominated for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress at the Irish Film & Television Awards, 2013 * Nominated for Best Multichannel at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, 2013 * No 1 on The Hollywood Reporter's Best Comedies of 2013
CAPTURING SANTA 2010	Sprout / Sky 1	Co-written with Chris O'Dowd Part of Sky's "Little Crackers" season Directed by Peter Cattaneo Starring Chris O'Dowd, Sharon Horgan, Clive Swift * Screened at Dublin Film Festival, 2011 * Palm Springs Film Festival, 2011 * Bermuda Film Festival, 2011 * Atlanta Film Festival, 2011 * Winner of Grand Prize Short Film and Audience Award Ages 8-14 at the New York International Children's Film Festival, 2012
THE RUNNING MATE 2007	Rubicon Films / TG4 (Ireland)	Co-writer of episodes 3 & 4 4 x 1 hour comedy-drama series €2m budget Directed by Declan Recks Starring: Denis Conway, Don Wycherley * Winner of Best Single Drama and Nominated for Best Television Script at The Irish Film & Television Awards 2008
THE OFFSIDE SHOW 2005	Caboom / TV3 (Ireland)	Co-Writer 6 x 30m live interactive comedy chat show about soccer

In Development

Production	Company	Notes
SNAKE ISLAND		Screenplay for an original animated feature film, developed with assistance from Screen Ireland.
MEAN MARGARET	AstroNomical/ L’Atelier	Screenplay for an animated feature film based on the book by Tor Seidler. Director: Barry Cook (MULAN)
THE CRIMS	WildBrain	Series Creator / Head Writer / Executive Producer Writer of Pilot Script and Show Bible. Adaptation of “The Crims” series of books by Kate Davies.
PUCK		Screenplay for an original animated feature film.

Film

Production	Company	Notes
HIDEAWAYS (AKA THE LAST FURLONG) 2011	Fidélité, (France) / Octagon Films (Ireland) / Filmgate (Sweden)	Feature Film. Writer. Director: Agnès Merlet Starring: Harry Treadaway, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Thomas Brodie-Sangster Filmed in Ireland with a budget of €6.6m. Distributor: Wild Bunch * World Premiere at The Tribeca Film Festival, NY, USA, 2011 * Winner: Best European Fantastic Feature, Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, 2011 * Irish Premiere at Galway Film Festival, 2012

Short Films

Production	Company	Notes
BIG MASSIVE PROTEST 2006		Director and editor Short documentary * Screened at the Stranger Than Fiction documentary festival and Galway Film Festival, 2006
WAITING ROOM 2001		Writer / Director Short film. * Screened at Galway Film Festival, 2001, and broadcast on RTE 2
DEAD LEG 2001		Writer / Director Short film * Winner: Best Film Script at the Irish National Student Media Awards 2001

2000 - 2001: Masters in Film Production, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.

1996 - 2000: Bachelor of Arts in English & History, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.