Claire Murphy is a Studio Art and English major from Richmond, Virginia. While she has always been peripherally engaged in the arts, given that much of her extended family either paints or does photography, she didn’t realize her passion for filmmaking until her gap year between high school and college. Once she realized her love for film, she tried to learn as much as she could in a relatively short period of time. She taught herself a bit through reading lots of books on filmmaking techniques and watching dozens of movies, but her creative journey really picked up when she got to UVA. She has enjoyed her cinematography classes as a chance to learn from her peers and apply some of the screenwriting and directing techniques she learned about during her gap year. Claire has been involved in Filmmaker’s Society and LabShorts and tries to help out on as many shoots as she can- she loves being on set. Claire looks forward to being a Miller Arts Scholar and getting more involved in arts on grounds.