Michael David Murphy
- Director
- Producer
- Editor
Michael Murphy is an Arizona native who is a creative and
entrepreneurial kinda guy. After college Mike pioneered a successful
chain of wireless retail stores in the Phoenix valley, at the time,
known as Bullseye Wireless. Although this was a great success, Mike
needed an outlet for his creativity, so he left the retail wireless
business to start his own magazine.
Mike created the nationally known "Extreme Boats Magazine." The magazine's growth spawned several divisions, and one that Mike personally developed and took passion in was the video division. His hands-on approach to capturing and editing all the video footage to be used for DVDs, virtual tours and video stories, gave readers an experience that had never been available from a printed magazine.
After running the magazine for several years and seeing it through its infancy, Mike sold the company to further pursue his passion of video and editing, and to ultimately tackle the new high definition video world emerging as a practical medium for feature film work. ClearVision Studios was formed.
Mike has directed and produced hundreds of high definition videos from the umbrella of ClearVision Studios. These high-end videos take advantage of the latest high definition cameras and encompass many forms of art such as the utilization of green screen technologies and 3D virtual sets.
Mike is a dedicated father and wanted to give his children the kind of family oriented entertainment lacking in today's market. He had the foresight to know that G-rated movies are more profitable than R-rated films, yet far more of the racier films get made. The average G-rated film is 11 times more profitable than its R-rated counterpart, but the film industry made more than 12 times as many R-rated as G-rated movies from 1989-2003. While the average G-rated movie earned a $79 million profit, the average R-rated film was $6.9 million in the black. Mike knew one thing: he could provide his family with the type of entertainment that is compatible with his values and also make a film that was profitable.
Mike created the nationally known "Extreme Boats Magazine." The magazine's growth spawned several divisions, and one that Mike personally developed and took passion in was the video division. His hands-on approach to capturing and editing all the video footage to be used for DVDs, virtual tours and video stories, gave readers an experience that had never been available from a printed magazine.
After running the magazine for several years and seeing it through its infancy, Mike sold the company to further pursue his passion of video and editing, and to ultimately tackle the new high definition video world emerging as a practical medium for feature film work. ClearVision Studios was formed.
Mike has directed and produced hundreds of high definition videos from the umbrella of ClearVision Studios. These high-end videos take advantage of the latest high definition cameras and encompass many forms of art such as the utilization of green screen technologies and 3D virtual sets.
Mike is a dedicated father and wanted to give his children the kind of family oriented entertainment lacking in today's market. He had the foresight to know that G-rated movies are more profitable than R-rated films, yet far more of the racier films get made. The average G-rated film is 11 times more profitable than its R-rated counterpart, but the film industry made more than 12 times as many R-rated as G-rated movies from 1989-2003. While the average G-rated movie earned a $79 million profit, the average R-rated film was $6.9 million in the black. Mike knew one thing: he could provide his family with the type of entertainment that is compatible with his values and also make a film that was profitable.