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JJ Murphy
Professor
Film
6035 Vilas Hall
608-263-3965
jjmurphy@wisc.edu

Office Hours:
Thursday 2:00-4:00pm

Expertise and Activities

My films have been screened at numerous international film festivals, such as the New York Film Festival, Berlin, Edinburgh, Wellington, Auckland, Florence, the South Korean Experimental Film Exhibition, and the Virginia Festival of American Film. Most recently I have had my films screened at the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), the Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Sallaves (Porto, Portugal), the Hirshhorn Museum (Washington, D. C), the Barbican Film Centre (London), the Austrian Film Museum (Vienna), the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), and Anthology Film Archives (New York City).

I have written articles for Film Quarterly, Millennium Film Journal, Film Culture, Field of Vision, and Film Studies: An International Review. I have published a book entitled: Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work (Continuum Books, 290 pages, 2007). For more info about this publication, please see my web site: http://jjmurphyfilm.com

In 2006-2007, I was the guest curator of the Spotlight Film and Video Series at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. I am on the advisory board of an international research group "Re-Thinking the Screenplay" at the University of Leeds, UK. I serve on the editorial board of The Journal of Screenwriting. In spring of 2006, I received a Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award. I am an affiliate member of the Art Department at UW-Madison, where I serve on a number of MFA committees in painting and drawing and multimedia.

My major scholarly research interests include: screenwriting, American independent cinema, avant-garde cinema, and the films of Andy Warhol. I am also interested in all aspects of contemporary art, including film and video shown in museum and gallery contexts.

Education

M.A. University of Iowa, 1972
B.S. University of Scranton, 1969

Selected Works

Films

Horicon (1994) 16mm color/sound.
Frame of Mind (1985) 16mm color/sound.
Terminal Disorder (1983) 16mm color/sound.
The Night Belongs to the Police (1982) 16mm color/sound.
Preview (1980) 16mm color/sound .
Science Fiction (1979) 16mm color/sound.
Movie Stills (1977) 16mm b & w/silent.
Print Generation (1974) 16mm color/sound.
In Progress (1972) 16mm color/silent.
Sky Blue Water Light Sign (1972) 16mm color/sound.

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