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I'M A HIP KID FROM NEW YORK NOW RESIDING IN VENICE BEACH, CA. MY APARTMENT IS ON THE BEACH AND I LOVE IT. WAKING UP TO THE OCEAN & THE VENICE BOARDWALK IS TRULY AMAZING AND INSPIRING. LEFT MY CREW, MY FAMILY, MY NIGHT CLUB PROMOTING IN NYC TO FURTHER PURSUE MY FILMMAKING CAREER. I STUDIED FILM PRODUCTION IN COLLEGE AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY & THEN METHOD ACTING AT THE LEE STRASBERG THEATRICAL INSTITUTE IN NYC. I HAVE GUEST VJ'D ON BOTH MTV AND MUCH MUSIC USA. I AM A TWO TIME NY EMMY NOMINATED EDITOR. MY SHORT FILM "NUMB" WHICH I WROTE, DIRECTED, EDITED, & PRODUCED WAS AN OFFICIAL SELECTION IN FOUR FILM FESTIVALS IN 2005. I DIRECTED INDY BAND, CAGE9'S MUSIC VIDEO FOR THEIR SINGLE "SICK OF IT!" OFF THEIR ONYX INCH EP-BMG. THAT GOT ME A MENTION IN THE APRIL 2004 ISSUE OF ROLLING STONE LATIN AMERICA. MY SHORT FILM ENTITLED "WASTED" WHICH I ALSO WROTE, DIRECTED, EDITED, & PRODUCED, WON THE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM AT THE 2006 OTHER VENICE FILM FESTIVAL. I HAVE MY OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY WITH MY BROTHER KIERAN CALLED ALTERED STATE ENTERTAINMENT,LLC WHERE WE PRODUCE INDEPENDANT PROJECTS OF ALL GENRES. I HAVE SEVERAL FEATURE LENGTH SCREENPLAYS IN THE WORKS AND JUST FINISHED MY BABY...A COMING OF AGE STORY ENTITLED "FALLEN FROM GRACE" WHICH WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET PRODUCED AS WE SPEAK. I AM ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING FOR DISNEY AS A TELEVISION EDITOR IN BURBANK,CA. PHOTOGRAPHY IS A PASSION OF MINE AND HAVE BEEN BUILDING MY PORTFOLIO WITH ALL TYPES OF IMAGES FOR SOME TIME NOW. I'M NOT NARROW MINDED SO I SHOOT EVERYTHING. I AM OBSESSED WITH THE WORK AND LIFE OF SALVADOR DALI. I OWN A SIGNED DALI LITHO...BY FAR THE COOLEST THING I HAVE BESIDES MY RIDICULOUS 500+ DVD COLLECTION. I AM VERY OUTGOING, SPONTANEOUS & ADVENTUROUS. I LIKE TO SKATEBOARD WHEN I HAVE TIME, CHILL WITH MY CREW & THROW PARTIES AT VARIOUS NIGHT CLUBS. I LIKE TO DANCE SO I LOVE THE CLUBS-WHETHER HOUSE, TRANCE, DRUM N' BASS OR HIP HOP. BUT I ALSO LOVE ROCK SHOWS. I'VE SEEN A MILLION CONCERTS, BOTH INDY & MAINSTREAM. I HAVE THE TICKET STUBS TO PROVE IT. I STUDY WING CHUN KUNG FU UNDER GRANDMASTER WILLIAM CHEUNG WHO WAS BRUCE LEE'S TEACHER. KUNG FU IS AMAZING & KEEPS ME IN CHECK! I HAVE CRAZY ANXIETY AND I WORK LIKE A MAD MAN...I MIGHT BE THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON YOU KNOW OR DON'T KNOW...BUT I KEEP IT REAL! I CONSIDER MYSELF A NATURAL BORN LEADER. I LOVE LIONS AND YES I'M A LEO. I'VE STRUGGLED ALONG THE WAY BUT HAVE STUCK WITH IT AND EVERYDAY I AM GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ACHIEVING MY GOALS AND MAKING MY DREAM BECOME A REALITY...

My Interests

FILMMAKING, PHOTOGRAPHY, WRITING, PRODUCING ELECTRONIC MUSIC, WRITING, WATCHING & STUDYING MOVIES, ALL TYPES OF MUSIC, ROCK CONCERTS, BAR SCENE & CLUB SCENE, NEW YORK CITY, LOS ANGELES, IRELAND, ITALY, NICE CARS, ART, SALVADOR DALI, SURREALISM, GOOD FOOD & RESTAURANTS, MARTIAL ARTS/KUNG FU, WORK, TALENTED PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE ME, INDY ROCK SCENE, SKATEBOARDING, PHOTOSHOP, AVID EDITING, DVD'S, BIG HD TV'S, & LOUD STEREO EQUIPMENT!

I'd like to meet:

OTHER INDY OR PRO FILMMAKERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ARTISTS, MODELS, & BANDS. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CHANGE OR TAKE OVER THE WORLD ARE ALSO WELCOME...

check out all the winners and more at VENICEOFILMFEST.com

Music:

MY TASTE IN MUSIC IS PRETTY ECLECTIC-I LOVE MUSIC IT'S WHAT KEEPS ME GOING & DEFINETLY DEFINES ONEZ LIFE. WE'LL START WITH: AURA, LED ZEPPELIN, THE BEASTIE BOYS, RADIOHEAD, GREEN DAY, U2, CAGE9, VAEDA, NAS, PINK FLOYD, THE WHO, THE BEATLES, ROLLING STONES, MOBY, BOWIE, BIGGIE, EMINEM, THE KILLERS, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, BOB MARLEY, DAMIAN MARLEY, MATISYAHU, ALL AMERICAN REJECTS, 50 CENT, AEROSMITH, WUTANG CLAN, JAY Z, NAS, BIGGIE, LOST BOYS, ERIC B & RAKIM, PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH, KRS ONE, MOBB DEEP, 2PAC, FALL OUT BOY, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, OPERATION IVY, A.F.I., DMX, JADAKISS, DR. DRE, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, GANGSTAR, DJ SHADOW, CRYSTAL METHOD, BIG PUN & FAT JOE, BILLY JOEL, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, BUSH, BECK, BOB DYLAN, BLINK 182, BJORK, BLUR, THE BOUNCING SOULS, RANCID, NOFX, BRAND NEW, THE CLASH, THE SEX PISTOLS, THE CURE, CREEDANCE, CYPRESS HILL, AUDIOSLAVE, THE BEATNUTS, BECK, BEACH BOYS, THE DOORS, FRANK SINATRA, MOZART, BEETHOVEN, GORILLAZ, GUN N' ROSES, INCUBUS, INTERPOL, THE KILLERS, ANGELS & AIRWAVES, THE MUSE, MODEST MOUSE, SNOW PATROL, AEROSMITH, HEAD AUTOMATICA, JEFF BUCKLEY, JETHRO TULL, JANIS, JIMI HENDRIX, JOHN LENNON, JURRASIC 5, KAYNE WEST, LESS TAHN JAKE, LINKIN PARK, LENNY KRAVITZ, LOU REED & THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, REDMAN, LUDACRIS, LYNARD SKYNARD, MARVIN GAYE, METALLICA, MORRISSEY, MINOR THREAT, NWA, NAUGHT BY NATURE, NINE INCH NAILS, NO DOUBT & GWEN STEFANI, FLEETWOOD MAC, OASIS, OURS, PHISH, THE GRATEFUL DEAD, THE PIXIES, PHARCYDE, OUTKAST, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, TOOL, THE RAMONES, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, RUSH, SANTANA, SIMON & GARFUNKEL, SMASHING PUMPKINS, STP, SUBLIME, TALKING HEADS, TEARS FOR FEARS, THIRD EYE BLIND, BRAND NEW, TOM PETTY, VAN HALEN, VELVET REVOLVER, THE VERVE, WHITE STRIPES, SHE WANTS REVENGE, ARCADE FIRE, WEEZER, & YELLOWCARD. ALMOST ALL EAST COAST HIP HOP, CLASSIC ROCK, PUNK, AND ROCK AS LONG AS THERE'S TALENT BEHIND IT, I LIKE IT. YOU CAN SEE HOW MY MUSIC TASTES VARIES & I'M LEAVING OUT A TON BUT ITZ ALL JUST SO DAMN GOOD!!

Movies:

WHERE DO I BEGIN I OWN OVER 500 DVD'S: THE DEPARTED, SCARFACE, THE GODFATHER TRILOGY, GOODFELLAS, CASINO, A BRONX TALE, APACOLYPSE NOW, RAGING BULL, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, STAR WARS TRILOGY, INDIANA JONES TRILOGY, GOONIES, BACK TO THE FUTURE, ET, KING OF NEW YORK, ROCKY, SID & NANCY, DONNIE DARKO, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, THE MALTESE FALCON, PUBLIC ENEMY, ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, A DOG DAY AFTERNOON, CITIZEN KANE, CASABLANCA, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, FIGHT CLUB, AMERICAN HISTORY X, DONNIE BRASCO, CARLITOS WAY, BLADE RUNNER, PIE, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, TRAINSPOTTING, PULPFICTION, RESEVOIR DOGS, KIL BILL VOL. 1 & 2, EL MARIACHI, DELICATESSAN, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, THIS BOY'S LIFE, GANGS OF NEW YORK, MEAN STREETS, PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE, THE DEER HUNTER, GIA, AIRPLANE, BRAVEHEART, GLADIATOR, BEN HUR, SPARTACUS & A MILLION MORE...

Television:

BROTHERHOOD, THE SOPRANOS, ENTOURAGE, ROME, CARNIVALE, SIX FEET UNDER, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, THE CONTENDER, SMALLVILLE, BEHIND THE MUSIC, VH1 STORYTELLERS, REVERB, E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY, THE SIMPSONS, SOUTH PARK, MONSTER GARAGE, RAP CITY, MUSIC VIDEOS.

Books:

CATCHER IN THE RYE, THE ART OF WAR, ON THE ROAD, THE DAVINCI CODE, ANGELS & DEMONS, THE CELESTINE PROPHECY, SALVADOR DALI'S: DIARY OF A GENIUS, EASY RIDERS & RAGING BULLS, REBEL WITHOUT A CREW, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, & EVERYTHING BY MY IDOL...SHAKESPEARE.

Heroes:

FIRST & FOREMOST GOD & JESUS CHRIST OF COURSE, MY FATHER & MOTHER, MY SISTER (AURA) & BROTHER KIERAN, MY FRIENDS, SALVADOR DALI, AL PACINO, ROBERT DENIRO, MARLON BRANDO, SEAN PENN, JAMES CAGNEY, HUMPHREY BOGART, JAMES DEAN, LEE STRASBERG, MARTIN SCORSESE, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, STANLEY KUBRICK, STEVEN SPIELBERG, GEORGE LUCAS, QUENTIN TARRANTINO, ROBERT RODRIGUEZ, SID VICIOUS, BEASTIE BOYS, GREEN DAY, BEATLES, ROLLING STONES, THE WHO, LED ZEPPELIN, RADIOHEAD, NAS, U2 & ANYONE WHO GIVES ME FINANCING TO MAKE MY MOVIE!!!

My Blog

'Wasted" Wins 2006 Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film At OVFF

OVFF Audience Choice Short - "WASTED"The Audience Choice Abbot Award went to Wasted by Brendan G. Murphy, a native of Suffern, NY who now lives in Venice and works by day as an editor for Disneys ABC ...
Posted by Brendan G. on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:03:00 PST