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name: "Donald Murphy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/donald-murphy"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-17T02:40:22.326021+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Donald Murphy

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Donald W. Murphy

## Biography

Donald Murphy is a director and assistant director. He began in production roles before working extensively as a second assistant director, second second assistant director and first assistant director on feature films.

His assistant director credits include *The Big Lebowski* (1998), *Fargo* (1996), *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000), *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), *Gran Torino* (2008), *Changeling* (2008), *The Town* (2010), *Invictus* (2009), *Steve Jobs* (2015) and *Passengers* (2016). He has also directed episodes of the television series *Fargo* (2014) and *Caper* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com, moviemeter.com.*

## On Fi1m (11)

- *The Studio* (2025), Fi1m 84, as AD — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-studio.md)
- *Fargo* (2014), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Gran Torino* (2008), Fi1m 76, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), Fi1m 86, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)
- *Shallow Hal* (2001), Fi1m 55, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md)
- *The Man Who Wasn't There* (2001), Fi1m 81, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-wasnt-there.md)
- *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000), Fi1m 82, Second Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/o-brother-where-art-thou.md)
- *Rushmore* (1998), Fi1m 83, Second Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)
- *The Big Lebowski* (1998), Fi1m 85, Second Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-lebowski.md)
- *Fargo* (1996), Fi1m 91, Second Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/fargo.md)
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), Fi1m 78, Set Production Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)

## Also known for

- *Passengers* (2016), First Assistant Director
- *The Town* (2010), Assistant Director
- *Changeling* (2008), First Assistant Director
- *Steve Jobs* (2015), First Assistant Director
- *Invictus* (2009), Assistant Director
- *Sicario: Day of the Soldado* (2018), First Assistant Director
- *Lakeview Terrace* (2008), First Assistant Director
- *Like Mike* (2002), Second Assistant Director

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