Biography
Joseph Murtagh is a British screenwriter and producer. He was born on 5 February 1990 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, and graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2015.
His feature debut was the screenplay for Calm with Horses (2019, also known as The Shadow of Violence), an adaptation of a Colin Barrett short story directed by Nick Rowland. He created and wrote the BBC series The Woman in the Wall (2023) and wrote episodes of Say Nothing (2024). Earlier credits include additional writing on American Animals (2018) and several short films made during his studies.
Murtagh was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow in 2016. He has received a BAFTA nomination and an IFTA nomination for his work on Calm with Horses.
