James Murphy decided to gather some friends together, take a home video camera, and shoot a short untitled parody of The Lord of the Rings, the film series that made him want to become a filmmaker. Although very entertaining to those who made it and close friends, Murphy didn't think it was worthy of public viewing. He did, however, think that making a larger Lord of the Rings parody was a great idea to pursue.This was the start of his production company, Murphy's Law Productions, in 2003.Murphy continued his new-found tradition in January 2004 when he wrote, produced, and directed a short film for the Art Institute of Atlanta's Digital Media Scholarship Competition called The Remurs. This was James Murphy's first attempt at multi-camera angle filmmaking with non-linear editing. He didn't win the competition, but he came out with more experience than before.He went on to produce and edit two blooper shows for his high school news programs (one in the fall of 2003 and one in the spring of 2004). Both received high acclaim among locals.Since then, Murphy has been busy in Atlanta furthering his career to one day be among the greats in the filmmaking industry, and to one day entertain people in the United States and worldwide. He has since joined forces with other Atlanta greats Allen C. Robinson (together forming Monolith Pictures) and Patricia M. Gaddy.
