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Don Murphy is an American film producer who rose to prominence with the film Natural Born Killers.

History

In 1992 Murphy formed JD Productions in Los Angeles with Jane Hamsher, who documented the early days of the company in her book Killer Instinct. They produced a string of films including Natural Born Killers, Apt Pupil, Permanent Midnight, and From Hell. In 1998, Murphy formed his own company, Angry Films, which, beginning with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, has produced a number of films and has others in various stages of production as of 2007, including Shoot 'em Up with Clive Owen and Torso, a David Fincher film, as well as While She Was Out with Kim Basinger, written and directed by Susan Montford, and others. Murphy also played a key role in getting Disney to develop a live action version of Kiki's Delivery Service. He is the originating producer of the Transformers film. According to a report in Variety, AngryFilms is also set to produce an adaptation of We3, a Vertigo Comics miniseries, for New Line Cinema.

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Fritz, Ben (2005-06-07). "New Line takes on 'We3' killer cuties". Variety Magazine. Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved 2007-03-23. Don Murphy is producing the pic with his AngryFilms shingle along with Susan Montford and Rick Benattar. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)