Tom Murray openly admits to getting a late start in life with filmmaking. Having studied
filmmaking in his college years, and long term fan of documentary films, it was only in his
“50+” years that he tackled his first feature length work. Inspired by his upbringing on a
dairy farm in northern Illinois, “FARM FAMILY...in search of Gay life in rural America”
was voted Best Feature Length Documentary at the Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film
Festival in 2004 and has been acquired by Viacom as part of the initial acquisitions for
LOGO TV, the new Gay and Lesbian cable channel. Now a resident of the Gulf coast of
Florida, in 2005 Tom completed his second feature, “FISH CAN‘T FLY” which takes a
look at the way in which Gay people of faith go about putting their spirituality and
sexuality in harmony. He’s currently working to put the finishing touches on the DVD for
his third feature documentary titled “ALMOST MYSELF” which takes a look into the world
of transgender individuals. The film was inspired after meeting a transgender woman
who twenty years after having surgery and living as a woman, is considering a return to
life as a man again. The film received several honors including the jury award for "Best
Documentary" at the Tampa Intl. Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and also the audience
award for "Favorite Documentary' at the Southwest Film Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in
Albuquerque, NM.
"TELL" continues the director's tradition of taking a closer look at some of the lesser
seen parts of LGBT culture. Conducting interviews with more than 14 LGBT military
veterans and their allies, the film is sure to put a human face on the ongoing
controversial policy of "don't ask, don't tell" which effects each and every gay, lesbian,
bisexual or transgender person who wants to join the military and serve their country.
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