My script for Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You for Discovery Channel won this silver trophy from the Telly Awards. The show also won Best Nature and Wildlife Program from both the Houston Worldfest awards and the New York Festivals TV and Film Awards.

Dorg Van Dango

Tween animated series currently in production. Produced by DHX and Cartoon Saloon for Nickelodeon

Dorg Van Dango follows the adventures of Dorg, a normal kid in the town of Normill, who meets four escapees from Area 51. Dorg disguises them as teenagers and hides them in the basement in the local shopping mall. With his new best friends attempting to help navigate life’s challenges, Dorg’s world just got a whole lot less normal and a lot more fun!

Episode: Dorg Wants to Bounce | Written by Luke Murphy

Dorg just wants to borrow his sister's new bouncy boots. But when his magical friends get involved, they'll have to ride a balloon through a thunderstorm to get those boots safely back… hopefully, before she notices they’re gone.

Episode: Dorg Goes to Adventure Club | Written by Luke Murphy

It’s Dorg’s turn to do the laundry. When his magical friends help him to slack off, they’ll end up dealing with a giant spider, an angry gorilla, and one oversized pair of underpants. And still the laundry isn’t done.

Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You

One hour special made for Discovery Canada

Script and animation by Luke Murphy

Mother Nature is Trying to Kill You is a light-hearted look at the dark side of nature. Half-animated, half live action, we meet nature’s biggest bullies, nastiest tricksters, and greediest gluttons. This clip is about the wonderfully wicked parasite, toxoplasma.
Produced by Karen McCairly. Presented by Dan Riskin. Based on the book by Dan Riskin.

Green Heroes

Episode: Transport

Script by Luke Murphy. Co-directed by Luke Murphy and Joan Prowse.

Green Heroes profiles the people who do great things for the planet we’re sharing. In this episode, we meet entrepreneurs like Frank Stronach, to find out the future of how to get around.
Produced by Cinefocus for TVO.

From On Spec magazine #114

Falling

The ghost of a murdered woman needs to move on… but she won't go until she gets revenge on her husband.

From Metaphorosis Speculative Fiction magazine

A Sacrifice for the Queen

Karen has always been a devoted servant to the alien monarch of her city, but today will make her ask how much she’s prepared to give up for the people she loves.

From the Tesseracts anthology, Superhero Universe

Lost and Found

Desperate and out of work, Lilya finds a Help Wanted sign where only someone with her peculiar gift could spot it. This could be the perfect job, but what is her boss hiding, and who is she really working for?

From the anthology Chilling Ghost Short Stories

Death and Champagne

At a research lab besieged by protestors, a scientist makes a profound discovery… and learns that the cost of it is beyond anything she imagined.

From the anthology Growing Concerns

Redpath

A young environmental activist sneaks into a party at the mansion of a corporate tyrant. When she’s caught, she’ll have to decide if she’s prepared to pay the price of her ideals.

From The Irish Times

Remembering Jonathan Corrie

On Monday a homeless heroin addict died in Dublin city centre. He was Jonathan Corrie, and he was one of my best friends when I was a boy. Continue…

From Macleans

Rob Ford on the couch: Why the mayor is his own worst enemy

Rob Ford is a complicated man, a mystery to himself and a riddle to his city. More than that: Rob Ford is engaged in a secret war against a powerful enemy he can't see. And his war won't end until he surrenders. Continue…

From Eye Magazine

Tax the sacks: Why we need a plastic bag tax

Yesterday I bought a two-litre carton of milk at the corner store: four dollars and nine cents, and the nice lady pulled open a plastic bag and started to put the milk inside. ‘That's grand,’ said I, gripping the carton about the midriff. ‘I don't need a bag.’ I could bear the carton the full fifty metres back to my house without plastic assistance. Continue…

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