The Adventure of Community: A Conversation with Film-maker Josh "Bones" Murphy

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Join me for an adventurous conversation with adventure film-maker and local valley resident Josh "Bones" Murphy. Josh Murphy is a director and producer of film, commercials, and branded entertainment who began his career in film as a professional skier turned filmmaker and launched the UNPARALLELED series of award winning action sports films in the early 2000’s. Josh directed and produced PURPLE MOUNTAINS for POW (Protect Our Winters) about legendary snowboarder turned climate activist, Jeremy Jones. He also directed and produced THE SCALE OF HOPE for Patagonia about aspiring alpinist, climate activist, and former Obama White House Climate Team member, Molly Kawahata, as she struggles with mental illness while trying to create a new climate narrative framed around systemic change and hope.

Josh also directed, produced, and co-wrote the multi-award winning feature documentary ARTIFISHAL (2019) that was commissioned by Patagonia founder and owner Yvon Chouinard and premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival where it was a finalist for the Tribeca X Prize. It won the Banff Film Festival, the San Francisco Green Film Festival, the American Conservation Film Festival, the InScience Film Festival in the Netherlands, the International Outdoor Documentary Festival of China, the Special Jury Award from the Jackson Wild Film Festival, the Golden Gate Award at the International Oceans Film Festival. The film had over 3000 local screenings worldwide before being released on Amazon Prime, iTunes, and YouTube where it earned over 2 million views in the first month.

Prior to film Josh was trained as a scientist with two degrees in natural resource science and fisheries biologist. His childhood idol was Jacques Cousteau and through him he discovered a love for film and the environment. Josh lives in San Geronimo, California.