---
name: "Joseph Murtagh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-murtagh"
fi1m_id: "joseph-murtagh"
tmdb_id: 2214268
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 February 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:11:48.425344+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."
---

# Joseph Murtagh

## Identity

Joseph Murtagh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-murtagh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-murtagh
- **TMDB ID:** 2214268
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2214268

Writer. Born 5 February 1990 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 February 1990, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2214268

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Calm with Horses*](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md) (74)

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## 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*.

*Sources: imdb.com, iftn.ie, screendaily.com, nfts.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Calm with Horses* (2020), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Calm with Horses* (2020), Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/calm-with-horses.md)
- *Group B* (2015), Writer

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