Rich Murray(I)
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Rich Murray made his feature film directing debut with Rap Game (2001), which
premiered at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. Snipes was released
commercially in 2002 through his company RuffNation Films in
association with Columbia/Tri-Star. Prior to "Snipes", Murray directed
over 125 music videos for such star artists as Kris Kross, Spin
Doctors, Fugees, Arrested Development, Monica, Jeff Healy and Billy Ray
Cyrus. With such a diverse list of credits, Murray is perhaps the only
director who has had a #1 video in four different genres of music.
Murray was raised in Philadelphia in the gritty, working-class neighborhood depicted in the film "Rocky." His intense interest in movie making began at an early age and after graduating from Temple University with a B.A. in Communications in 1984, Murray began his professional career by directing some of the earliest rap videos for hip hop legends Schoolly D and Roxanne Shante. A short time later he began his apprenticeship as a line-producer an assistant director on a long list of low budget independent film projects.
In 1988 Murray joined The Director's Guild of America as an assistant director and he his list of credits include Cadillac Man (1990), Dernière sortie pour Brooklyn (1989) and She-Devil - La Diable (1989). In the 90s Murray focused exclusively on directing music videos and has been nominated for numerous awards for his work.
In 1999 Murray launched RuffNation Films with his long time friend, RuffHouse Records Chairman Chris Schwartz. The two partners envision RuffNation Films as a music-film hybrid; that will take full advantage of the expertise that both have gathered during 18 years in the music and film industry.
Murray was raised in Philadelphia in the gritty, working-class neighborhood depicted in the film "Rocky." His intense interest in movie making began at an early age and after graduating from Temple University with a B.A. in Communications in 1984, Murray began his professional career by directing some of the earliest rap videos for hip hop legends Schoolly D and Roxanne Shante. A short time later he began his apprenticeship as a line-producer an assistant director on a long list of low budget independent film projects.
In 1988 Murray joined The Director's Guild of America as an assistant director and he his list of credits include Cadillac Man (1990), Dernière sortie pour Brooklyn (1989) and She-Devil - La Diable (1989). In the 90s Murray focused exclusively on directing music videos and has been nominated for numerous awards for his work.
In 1999 Murray launched RuffNation Films with his long time friend, RuffHouse Records Chairman Chris Schwartz. The two partners envision RuffNation Films as a music-film hybrid; that will take full advantage of the expertise that both have gathered during 18 years in the music and film industry.
