Mathew Murray

Mathew Murray
Murray in 2015
Born	June 4, 1993 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	web series creator, writer, director
Years active	2013–present

Mathew Murray (born June 4, 1993) is a Canadian web series creator, writer and director.

Career

Murray attended film school at York University in Toronto.^[1] As a student, his short films screened at numerous film festivals.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Teenagers

In early 2014, Murray's first web series teenagers (2014–present) gained significant popularity on YouTube and initially attracted media attention because its cast included several Degrassi stars including Chloe Rose and Raymond Ablack.^{[7][8][9][10][11]} Since its release, the series has received positive reviews from blogs and indie publications,^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]} and has screened at festivals around the world, winning awards at both the 2014 and 2015 Los Angeles Web Series Festival.^[18][19][20] Susie Stone of culturestarved.com wrote: "I saw humans. Shattering and trembling, but at times so quiet and beautifully real. I saw short spurts of what is really happening in the teen world. This series is evocative, sweet, daring, and scary."^[21]

For the second season of the series, award-winning television director T.J. Scott served as executive producer.^[22][23] The first episode of the second season premiered on July 26, 2015,^[24] and has since been viewed over 2 million times on YouTube.^[25] The second season was nominated for various awards, including a Canadian Screen Award^[26] and four Indie Series Awards.^[27]

In 2016, for his work on teenagers, Murray won the award for Best Screenplay at the Vancouver Web Series Festival.^[28][29]

References

1. "Film student jets off to Cannes : York University – School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design". ampd.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
2. "Creaghan's score to be heard at Cannes | Londoner". Thelondoner.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
3. "Toronto Student Film Festival " Archive " e". Tsff.ca. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
4. "One Voice Film Festival's Photos - One Voice Film Festival | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
5. "YoungCuts Film Festival - Top 100 Short Films of 2013". www.youngcuts.com. YoungCuts Film Festival.
6. "Film student jets off to Cannes". www.mississauga.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
7. "New web series Teenagers attracts Degrassi alum » Playback". Playbackonline.ca. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
8. "Chloe Rose & Ray Ablack Team Up For "Teenagers" Web Series". Kary's Degrassi Blog. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
9. "1 LOVE T.O. » "Teenagers" Web Series". 1loveto.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
10. "Cityonmyback.com » VIDEO: Teenagers Web Series (Teaser + Premiere Info)". cityonmyback.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
11. "New webseries shines spotlight on real-life teen experience - Urbanology Magazine". Urbanology Magazine. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
12. Newcomb, Roger (2014-01-29). "Indie Series of the Week Poll Results (January 19-25, 2014)". We Love Soaps. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
13. "Interview : Iscreammusic with the cast of 'Teenagers' | The Iscream". www.theiscream.com. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
14. "AS IF BEING A TEENAGER WAS EVER EASY : Teenagers Webseries | Starved Magazine". Culturestarved.com. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
15. "Teenagers Web Series Episode 1 (Video & Review)". Kary's Degrassi Blog. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
16. "Teenagers Web Series: Episode 8 (Video & Review)". Kary's Degrassi Blog. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
17. "11 Toronto Based Web Series You Need To Check Out". www.narcity.com. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
18. "Roma Web Fest | 2014 LAWEBFEST LIST OF AWARD-WINNING SHOW". Romawebfest.it (in Italian). 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
19. "Korean Web Fest Selections 2015".
20. "T.O. Web Fest 2014 Winners & Nominees".
21. "AS IF BEING A TEENAGER WAS EVER EASY : Teenagers Webseries | Starved Magazine". www.culturestarved.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
22. Julianna Cummins. "Canadian Screen Awards '15: Orphan Black, Degrassi clone winning ways". Playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
23. "T.J. Scott". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
24. "Sex, drugs & violence: Toronto's provocative Web Series "Teenagers" returns for Season Two". Shedoesthecity. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
25. "teenagers web series - S2.E1 - "The Difference Between Sex and Fucking"". YouTube. 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
26. "7 reasons you should care about the Canadian Screen Awards this year". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
27. "Indie Series Awards: Nominations Announced For 7th Annual ISAs". www.indieseriesawards.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
28. "Vancouver Web Fest". www.vancouverwebfest.com. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
29. 23, Julianna Cummins March; 2016. "Riftworld, Sudden Master win at Vancouver Web Fest". Retrieved 2016-04-07.

External links

• Mathew Murray at the Internet Movie Database