Any Filmmaker who took a risk and showed the world his/her vision!
Directors
Steven Spielberg, Bob Zemeckis, Tim Burton, M. Night. lol, Mainstream.
Awards
Best Screenplay 2006 San Fernando Valley Film Fest
Best Screenplay Nomination 2006 Beverly Hills Film Fest
Kirk Murray's Interests
General
To change the hearts of many and make a difference in this world.
Music
Daniel Klintworth's Soundtracks. Alternative. Anything that stirs the soul.
Movies
Jurassic Park. Back to the future trilogy. Donnie Darko. A Few Good Men. Magnolia. And everything in between.
Television
Discovery Channel. National Geographic. History Channel. Spike TV. (That's right)
Books
(Film Production)
FROM REEL TO DEAL by Dov S-S Simens, MAKING MOVIES by John Russo, INDEPENENT FILMMAKER'S LAW AND BUSINESS GUIDE by Jon M. Garon, INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION by Gregory Goodell, HOW TO SHOOT A FEATURE FILM FOR UNDER $10,000 AND NOT GO TO JAIL by Bret Stern, WHAT THEY DON'T TEACH YOU AT FILM SCHOOL by Camille Landau and Tiare White
(Screenwriting)
MAING A GOOD SCRIPT GREAT by Linda Seger, THE WHOLE PICTURE by Richard Walter, HOW NOT TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY by Denny Martin Filnn, THE SCREENWRITER'S BIBLE by David Trottier
(Directing)
DIRECTING ACTORS by Judith Weston, THE FILM DIRECTOR by Richard L. Bare, SHOT BY SHOT by Steven D. Katz.
If you know any other good books on these subjects please share the knowledge!
Heroes
Anyone who took a risk and showed their vision to the world.
HEYYY bro =D I just released my first solo mixtape on the 4th of July 2009 entitled "The Fun Rap Mixtape" and it would be as big as opening a door for me if you downloaded it and checked it out : D
IMPORTANT: If you have any trouble getting to the link or downloading my mixtape just send me a message telling me so and I'll be happy to assist you =D
So yeah thats pretty much it. Let's keep in touch and I'll keep you posted on new music.
My short horror story FEBRUARY 14th is published at this site http://www.snmhorrormag.com/snmjulyissue1.htm If you find the time please go there and leave me some feedback on the READER GUESTBOOK! Thanks for your support! Your friend, Brian
Hey Kirk Murray, we recently got out of the studio with Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction.. check out what we came up with and if you're in LA come to the Roxy June 20th or the Bordello July 5th -- Thanks!!
Just posted the Newest Song, "Prom King" I wrote this Last night unexpectedly. I was pushed into it actually. Took me about 30 minutes. I hope YOU like it ;)
aayyyyyy, I just put up a new song called "Chi Phi Party Anthem" this one features one of my best buds from the Chi Phi Fraternity @ Oregon State Jacob Curtis aka Hawaii 5-0 hahaha anyhooter, come stop by my page and take a listen. Let me know what you think!
This is based off the new Asher Roth song "I Love College" so be sure to listen up. I followed his word play to the best of my abilities lol
AND if you KNOW anybody at a Chi Phi Fraternity, let them know that they HAVE to listen to this song ;) Im sure they'll love it haha
HEY! Im being featured on the next YOUTUBE!! hahaha its only for talent though, like actors, singers, blah blah blah This site is designed to make this easily accessible for the "muscle" in the industry. The more views I get, the more attention I grab from the people upstairs ;-) So if you would PLEASE come by the website and at least click on my videos once, you dont even have to watch em if you dont want to lol but just click it, I would GREATLY appreciate it! They are really pushing me on this website and I dont wanna let em down! So I need your help again =)
Come join me about my excitement that Doritos is offering 1 Million for the best vid producer and is supporting our Indy film! All the 5 Finalists get $25,000! No Joke! Tell me what you think and can we work this. This is the thing:
So what do you think. Come join me, Lets win together! Or Maybe you can share with me about how your going to get your team together to pull this off. I really want to get ahead and some days the sloop is steep. I hoping to pull something like this off so I get a jump.
If you are you are a film maker, director, producer, or just aspiring, I really hope you make it to their site and share with me what happens.
I have done a little research... the last 2 winners... 1st year was a Film Project and the 2nd was an musician. So NOW it is our turn again... So let us show them!