Maeve Murphy
Irish film director and screenwriter
Maeve Murphy is an Irish director-screenwriter. In 2011, as director for her short film Sushi, she won the Sub-ti short film competition, co-judged by Venice Days, Venice Film Festival. In 2020, the Irish Times listed Murphy's Silent Grace as no 38 in their 50 Best Irish Films Ever Made. Silent Grace had previously been selected to represent the UK at Cannes but couldn't show as it had shown in the market . Maeve wrote and directed the St Pancras Sunrise short which was executive produced by Jim Sheridan. Part inspired by ECP's church occupation it won 8 awards internationally. In 2024 it was long listed on the British Short Film Awards and in 2025 Maeve was nominated Best Director for it at the European Short Film Awards.
Maeve was also short listed for the Jack Gold Prize for Best Direction at Fastnet Film Festival for short film The Wolf in 2026.
Early life
Murphy was born in Belfast in Northern Ireland. As a teenager, she was one of the hosts of BBC Northern Ireland's youth TV series Wise Crack.
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