Beth Murphy is a documentary director, founder of the film production studio Principle Pictures

Principle Pictures

Principle Pictures is an independent documentary production company based in the Boston, MA area that produces programming on human rights, history, science and medicine -- often with an international focus. Its mission is to tell stories that compel social change...

, and an author. She has produced/directed numerous television documentaries for Discovery International, The History Channel

The History Channel

History, formerly known as The History Channel, is an American-based international satellite and cable TV channel that broadcasts a variety of reality shows and documentary programs including those of fictional and non-fictional historical content, together with speculation about the future.-...

, Discovery Health

Discovery Health Channel

Discovery Health Channel is a website owned by Discovery Communications, created for people interested in health and wellness. Until December 31, 2010, it was a U.S. cable television specialty channel dedicated to television programming that highlights various aspects of health and wellness...

, Lifetime Television

Lifetime Television

Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...

 and PBS. In 2002, she produced the documentary Fighting For Our Future, hosted by Melissa Joan Hart

Melissa Joan Hart

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 whoch focused on young women who have been diagnosted with breast cancer

Breast cancer

Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...

. In 2003, she wrote a companion book which was published by McGraw Hill. Her 2007 work, Beyond Belief, premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...

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Filmography

• Heroes of Hope: Crisis in Kosovo (public television, 2002)
• Fighting for Our Future (Lifetime Television, 2002)
• Breast Cancer Legacy (Discovery Health, 2004)
• Flying Pyramids, Soaring Stones (The History Channel, 2004)
• Flu Time Bomb (Discovery International, 2006)
• Beyond Belief (2007)

External links

• Beth Murphy blog
• Beth Murphy Short biography