Joseph R. Murphy (Joe Murphy) (born September 27, 1947, in Memphis, Tennessee) is a documentary filmmaker specializing in films about cultural obsessions. He graduated from Davidson College in 1969. His films include Hot Lime (1982) about fresco painter Ben Long, Doc and Merle (1985) about Doc Watson and his son Merle, Talk Hair Talk (1987), Auto Bond (1988) about automobiles, Shoes Required (1989), Life from Stone (1992) about sculptor Ray Lutgert, Slow Food Fast Times (1995) about Barbecue, and Age Matters (2000) about aging. He has recently finished work on a film about Type I diabetes. In addition, he has been working on new techniques for determining Pi using lentils.
Joe Murphy is currently a full professor at Appalachian State University.
Famous quotes containing the word murphy:
“Narcotics have been systematically scapegoated and demonized. The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is an anathema to these idiots. I predict that in the near future, right wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus.”
—Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter and director, and Dan Yost. Father Tom Murphy (William S. Burroughs)