Mark Murphy (I)
- Writer, director, producer and composer
Press clippings
How we made For Love Or Money
Writer and director Mark Murphy talks through the development and production of his "unromantic comedy", For Love Or Money.
British Comedy Guide, 9th July 2019Movie review - The Comedian's Guide to Survival (2016)
You may just see comedy from a different perspective once you're done.
Tony Black, Flickering Myth, 26th October 2016Film review: The Comedian's Guide To Survival
Comedies about stand-up comedy are difficult to pull off. How do you capture the highs and lows of performing live on film? How do you capture the buzz of the good gig, the despair of the bad gig? How do you capture a world that is simultaneously niche and mainstream? The Comedian's Guide to Survival comes pretty close.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th October 2016The Comedian's Guide to Survival review
As Charlie Chaplin once said, "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot". This rings true for this painfully awkward and brilliantly funny movie, directed by Mark Murphy, exploring the early comedic career of James Mullinger before he shot to fame.
Alexander Bawden, The Upcoming, 26th October 2016The Comedian's Guide to Survival review
Films about comedians are rarely funny, but The Comedian's Guide To Success breaks that curse by taking the angst and insider jokes of Louis CK's Louie and playing it broader, less arthouse. It's flawed, but with the movie taking its own advice about persistence, director and writer Mark Murphy more than gets away with it.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th October 2016The Comedian's Guide To Survival review
To be frank, it makes Sex Lives Of The Potato Men look like The Apartment.
Jimi Famurewa, Empire, 24th October 2016