Sarah Jane Murray

Sarah Jane Murray is an Irish-born academic and EMMY award-nominated screenwriter and filmmaker [1] who works in the United States. She is also known for applying story design principles to corporate and non-profit brand and impact strategy.

Born in Ireland, she graduated from Auburn University with a BA in French and Philosophy, and studied at the École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines in Lyon before getting her MA and PhD from Princeton University. Murray is also a graduate of the UCLA professional program in screenwriting, where she studied under Chairman Richard Walter. She is the author of From Plato to Lancelot: A Preface to Chretien de Troyes (Syracuse UP, 2008).[2] and "Basics of Story Design: Twenty Steps to an Insanely Great Screenplay" published in the Nibbles Series in 2016. She teaches great texts and film making at Baylor University as an "Associate Professor of Great Texts and Creative Writing."[3]

In recent years, Murray's research has focused on the art of storytelling and the importance of story in shaping culture. In 2014, she launched the free story worksheet to empower screenwriters and writers to tell great stories. [4] [5] In just eight weeks, it went viral in 135 countries. This led to her 2014 TEDx on insanely great storytelling in San Antonio [6] and a second TEDx in Santa Cruz on storytelling ethics, entitled "Write and Wrong." [7] Murray's interest in storytelling spans from the films and VR experiences of the 21st century all the way back to the origins: in 2011, she was awarded a major grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) to translate the Ovide moralisé, an important cultural story of the Middle Ages (expected completion, August 2016).[8][9] Murray is also the co-chair of the Working group on Film, Media & Storytelling for the Nexus Global Youth Summit. As a passionate modern-day abolitionist, she sits on the boards of Nomi Network and Exodus Cry.


References

  1. ↑ "SJ Murray". imdb. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Whalen, Logan E. (2011). "Rev. of Murray, From Plato to Lancelot". Speculum 86 (1): 248–50.
  3. ↑ "Great Texts: Dr. Sarah-Jane Murray". Baylor University. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Free Story Worksheet, 2015". [Livingston+McKay].
  5. ↑ "Free Story Visual, 2015" (PDF). [Livingston+McKay].
  6. ↑ "Hardwired for Story". [TEDx].
  7. ↑ "Write and Wrong". [TEDx].
  8. ↑ "NEH major grant awards]]".
  9. ↑ "Baylor Professor Receives Grant from NEH]]".

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