Jackson Murphy, known as Lights Camera Jackson, is an American film critic and entertainment columnist. He is the creator of the website Lights-Camera-Jackson.com, and has made appearances on television and radio. In 2010, he became the youngest winner to date of a New York Emmy Award for "On Camera Talent: Commentator/Editorialist".
Post-radio career
In 2010, He was nominated for two local New YorkEmmy awards in 2010, and won "On Camera Talent: Commentator/Editorialist". Murphy made numerous national TV appearances during the summer, including Weekend Today in late June and The Early Show four different times. He has also appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "The Nate Berkus Show", "Fox and Friends" and was featured on "Live with Regis and Kelly". Murphy was signed by CBS as a contributing critic to The Early Show and, in the fall, also became a regular contributor on The Morning Show on the Seven Network in Australia. He has appeared on #1 Aussie "chat Show" more than 20-times. For five years his movie reviews also appeared every weekend in The Record newspaper, and he has been the subject of articles and stories in both the U.S. and internationally, including an article in Variety. In July 2011, Jackson became a regular contributor for the popular movie review show , in which he appeared on three episodes of the program. In those appearances, he provided commentary on 3-D film technology and listing his best and worst movies of the year at the time. As the youngest member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association Jackson appeared on the "Critics Choice Movie Awards" in January 2013. Since November 2013, Jackson also has regularly appeared on "The Buttery Popcorn Report" on The FLY 92.3 in Albany, New York, as a part of the station's "Morning Rush". On The Buttery Popcorn Report, Jackson gives his opinions on all the new movies new in theaters that week, as well as New At Home on DVD/Blu-ray. In 2016 he became the film critic on the Connecticut-based "CT Style" TV show, telling audiences which new movies to See and which ones to Skip. He also makes annual Awards Season appearances on Fox Sports Radio, analyzing the Academy Awards Nominations and making his Oscar Predictions. Jackson is also a regular contributor to the popular 'Animation Scoop' website, providing Q&A interviews with the most important and successful members of the animation world.
Best Films of the Year
Murphy compiled "best of the year" movie lists beginning in 2009, thereby helping provide an overview of his critical preferences. His top choices were:
In 2010, Howard Stern lambasted Murphy on his radio show, stating that he was too young and inexperienced to provide meaningful or valid criticism. Since then, Murphy has been frequently criticized by the public and media. Matt Cherette of gawker.com described Murphy's Inception review as "insufferable."
Accusation of Sexism
In 2016, Jackson attended the Critics Choice Awards and took photos with many stars including comedian Amy Schumer. He then tweeted a photo of him and Schumer together with the caption "Spent the night with @amyschumer. Certainly not the first guy to write that.” Twitter users immediately called out for the Tweet for its sexist content and unprofessional tone. Schumer herself weighed in tweeting back, "I get it. Cause I’m a whore? Glad I took a photo with you. Hi to your dad.” In response, Jackson deleted the tweet and tweeted, "Thought you’d like the joke. I should leave the comedy to you! Thanks for the photo. Glad you won last night!”. Schumer responded saying, "that's really okay honey. I just remember thinking you and your dad were sweet and it was a bummer to read that".
