Josh 'Bones' Murphy is a director and producer of film, commercials and branded entertainment. He was co-producer and second unit director of the feature film adaptation of David James Dunkin's classic novel 'The River Why' that won the Gerald Hirschfeld, ASC Best Cinematography at the 2010 Ashland Independent Film Festival. He produced the elevated genre film 'Here Alone', which won Best Narrative Feature at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and was awarded the Empire State Filmmakers Award. He co-produced the 2018 multi-award winning, inspirational feature documentary The Push about the first spinal cord injured athlete to push himself to the South Pole and was a contributor to Alex Gibney's film 'The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley' about Elizabeth Holmes and the failure of biotech giant Theranos. Most recently he directed, produced, and co-wrote the feature documentary film 'Artifishal' that was commissioned by Patagonia founder and owner Yvon Chouinard, and premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival where it was a finalist for the Tribeca X Prize. It recently won the San Francisco Green Film Festival, the American Conservation Film Festival, the Banff Film Festival, the InScience Film Festival in the Netherlands, the International Outdoor Documentary Festival of China, the Special Jury Award from the Jackson Wild Film Festival, the Jury Award at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival and the Golden Gate Award at the International Oceans Film Festival. It had over 2000 local screenings worldwide before being released on Amazon Prime, iTunes, and YouTube where it earned over 2 million views in the first month. Prior to film he was trained as a natural resource scientist and fisheries biologist. His childhood idol was Jacques Cousteau and through him he discovered a love for film and the environment.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Director, producer and writer
- 5 on MovieCove
What are Josh Murphy's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 3
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Josh Murphy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Josh Murphy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
5 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
The Plastic Detox(2026)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Artifishal(2019)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Here Alone(2016)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The River Why(2010)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Career shape
Across their 5 MovieCove titles.
How do Josh Murphy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 57, detractors 17. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Josh Murphy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Josh Murphy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Monroe shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Mark MonroeShared titles: The Plastic Detox (2026), The Push: Owning Your Reality Is Where the Journey Begins (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Monroe
Cinematographers and editors
- August ThurmerShared titles: The Plastic Detox (2026), Artifishal (2019)See all 2 shared titles with August Thurmer
- Collin KrinerShared titles: The Plastic Detox (2026), Artifishal (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Collin Kriner
Producers
- Laura WagnerShared titles: The Plastic Detox (2026), Artifishal (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Laura Wagner