Tab Murphy has been a working screenwriter in Hollywood since the early 1980s.
He received an Academy Award nomination for his work on "Gorillas in the Mist," the story of Dian Fossey, which starred Sigourney Weaver.
In the 1990s, Tab wrote a remarkable string of successful animated Disney films, including "Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Tarzan," "Atlantis – the Lost Empire" and "Brother Bear," which was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.