---
name: "Karen Murphy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-murphy"
fi1m_id: "karen-murphy"
imdb_id: "nm0614422"
tmdb_id: 1117953
wikidata_id: "Q117011702"
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T11:45:04.348896+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."
---

# Karen Murphy

## Identity

Karen Murphy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-murphy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karen-murphy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0614422
- **TMDB ID:** 1117953
- **Wikidata ID:** Q117011702
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117011702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614422/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1117953

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 54 (4), 2010s 69 (2), 2020s 63 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 59 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 6 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 5, Science Fiction 4, Action 3, Drama 3, Fantasy 2, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,738m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117011702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614422/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1117953

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Order*](https://film.one/film/the-order.md) (75), [*Nightbitch*](https://film.one/film/nightbitch.md) (56)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Bride!*](https://film.one/film/the-bride.md) (57)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Karen Murphy is an Australian production designer. She has served as production designer on *Nightbitch* (2024), *The Order* (2024) and *The Bride!* (2026).

Trained as an architect in Sydney, she began working in film on the art department of Baz Luhrmann’s *Moulin Rouge!* (2001). She collaborated frequently with Luhrmann and Catherine Martin on subsequent projects, including art direction on *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003) and *Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith* (2005).

Murphy’s production design credits include *A Star Is Born* (2018), *Queen & Slim* (2019), *Elvis* (2022) and *Chevalier* (2022). She has received an Academy Award nomination and multiple Art Directors Guild and BAFTA nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com, motionpictures.org, press.searchlightpictures.com, productiondesignerscollective.org.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *The Bride!* (2026), Fi1m 57, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bride.md)
- *Nightbitch* (2024), Fi1m 56, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/nightbitch.md)
- *The Order* (2024), Fi1m 75, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-order.md)
- *A Star Is Born* (2018), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born.md)
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), Fi1m 56, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md)
- *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* (2009), Fi1m 45, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-origins-wolverine.md)
- *Australia* (2008), Fi1m 58, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/australia.md)
- *Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith* (2005), Fi1m 67, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith.md)
- *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), Fi1m 46, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Flesh Impact* (2026), Production Design
- *The Bride!* (2026), Production Design — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bride.md)
- *Nightbitch* (2024), Production Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/nightbitch.md)
- *The Order* (2024), Production Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-order.md)
- *Chevalier* (2023), Production Design
- *Queen & Slim* (2019), Production Design
- *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019), Production Design
- *A Star Is Born* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/a-star-is-born.md)
- *It Comes at Night* (2017), Production Design
- *The Light Between Oceans* (2016), Production Design
- *Felony* (2014), Production Design
- *Florence Has Left the Building* (2014), Production Design
- *Cryo* (2012), Production Design
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), as Art Direction — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md)
- *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* (2009), as Art Direction — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-origins-wolverine.md)
- *Australia* (2008), as Art Direction — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/australia.md)
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe* (2005), as Art Direction
- *Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith* (2005), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith.md)
- *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md)
- *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md)
- *Enemies*, Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Elvis*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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