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Tom Murray is founding and current director of the Creative Documentary Research Centre at Macquarie University. He has worked in documentary production for over 25 years as a writer, director, and producer, and his work has been selected in some of the world's most prestigious international film festivals, and won high accolades in the film, television, radio, and audio industries.
Tom's scholarly awards including the Max Crawford Medal, the highest accolade for early career humanities scholars in Australia, and senior scholars have noted that ‘in the fields of history and media [Prof Murray] has made a globally exceptional contribution to public understanding both in Australia and across the world’ and is one of ‘Australia’s finest contemporary historical documentary makers’.
Tom's work is deeply interdisciplinary and investigates and acknowledges the history of colonialism, Indigenous culture and knowledge systems, screen and audio production, documentary media, environmental history, ethics and reciprocity, embodied and affective knowing, creative scholarship, and inter-cultural storytelling.
As a consultant to numerous state film funding agencies and international media organisations he has worked across Australia and the Pacific region to develop documentary and media skills and scholarship.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Mangatharra Road. Global Trade in the 19th Century: Arnhem Land, Makassar, China, Netherlands
1/12/24 → 1/12/25
Project: Research
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MQRIS: Virtual Reality (VR) fieldwork research system
Murray, T., Pearlman, K., Barkat, I., Lloyd, K., Suchet-Pearson, S., Evans, T., Power, R., Sone, Y. & Knowles, J.
11/04/21 → …
Project: Other
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MQRIS: Observational Documentary Fieldwork Kit
Murray, T., Pearlman, K., Barkat, I., Long, J., Sone, Y. & Burtt, J.
11/04/19 → …
Project: Other
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MQRIS: Ultra High Definition Cinema Cameras
Murray, T., Pearlman, K. & Barkat, I.
15/03/19 → …
Project: Other
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MQRIS: High Precision Cinematic Lighting System
Murray, T., Pearlman, K. & Barkat, I.
14/03/18 → …
Project: Other
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Joanna Braithwaite: Thinking with Animals
Murray, T. & Janiszewski, L., 2024Research output: Non-traditional research output › Curatorship
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Creative arts, screen research, neo-liberalism, and a dance
Murray, T., 2023, In: Media Practice and Education. 24, 3, p. 221-234 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Peribiophoty
Murray, T., Pearlman, K., Russo, S., Teo, H-M., Tulloch, R., Yuen-Collingridge, R. & Choat, M., 2023, In: Journal of Embodied Research. 6, 1, 20 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The 'poietic' turn: creative arts research in the academy
Murray, T. & Rossmanith, K., 2023, In: Continuum. 37, 1, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vibrations in Australian drawing
Davis, R., Gouriotis, K., Janiszewski, L. & Murray, T., 2023Research output: Non-traditional research output › Curatorship
Prizes
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APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards - Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
Murray, Tom (Recipient), 1 Dec 2020
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Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Award for Best Director of a Feature Documentary
Murray, Tom (Recipient), 27 Sept 2008
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Finalist ATOM Award for Best Documentary – Social & Political Issues
Murray, Tom (Recipient), 14 Oct 2021
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Activities
- 1 Membership of committee
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Creative Documentary Research Centre (External organisation)
Karen Pearlman (Member), Tom Murray (Chair), Kate Rossmanith (Member) & Bronwen Neil (Member)
2022 → 2023Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Press/Media
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One of Australia’s oldest cold cases: why after 90 years a family is still waiting for justice
13/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Aboriginal Diggers, Forgotten, Hidden, Bridge : Tom Murray, Prof Screen Arts, Macquarie U (vol#421
11/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment