A Sr Technical Writer in IT through the 1990s, I studied screenwriting as a minor toward my university BA in Psychology and worked as a writer for five years remotely with Scorpio Pictures in the late 90s. Owner of Last good Nerve Productions (1993).
I retired from IT in 2016 to produce films from my writings. It's gone better than I'd expected...
My award winning true crime drama screenplay about a 17 year old protecting a murder witness from the local Tacoma mafia in 1974 is, The Teenage Bodyguard. Nearly made into a film several times, waiting for the right director.
Gray and Lover The Hearth Tales Incident, is an award-winning horror comedy.
My screenplays are up on ScriptRevolution.com.
Since I joined here in 2010, producer/writer/director of the filmic poem, historical WWI documentary, "Pvt. Ravel's Bolero" with over 60 international awards like Best Humanitarian Film, Best War Documentary, Best Editing, Best Art Film, etc.
My produced short noir horror film, "Gumdrop", a short horror has won multiple awards.
I have more than a few works out: books, ebooks with more to come, including new audiobooks on Amazon, Smashwords, audible.com, and iTunes. I'm in several anthologies with other writers.
DEATH OF HEAVEN is an epic horror sci fi book of galactic proportions that won the 2024 New York City Big Book Award for Horror.
LinkTree https://linktr.ee/jzmurdock
