JZ Murdock
Owner, Founder at LgN Productions
Screenwriter, Author, Filmmaker and Director
Bremerton, Washington
February 2012
6 days ago
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About JZ
An Imagineer, a Scenarist, a Writer of Drama, Horror, Comedy, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Non-Fiction, and the Technical (I have also been a Senior Technical Writer on high-end IT teams).
My short film "Pvt. Ravel's Bolero" (2022 - with 63 International Film Festival awards), a filmic poem and antiwar documentary. It has won Best Arthouse Documentary, Best Experimental Film, Best Short Documentary, and many others.
My 1970s-era True Crime Drama screenplay, "The Teenage Bodyguard", has won 13 awards now and we've had several directors interested (with producer Robert Mitas who has frequently worked with Michael Douglas). I'm still seeking the right director until I find one who sees what I see in the story, is It's not a "teen romp", but a serious film with some lighter moments. Not the other way around.
I'm now researching my new documentary about my grandfather who traveled the world in the 1940s through the 1960s when he worked in Vietnam for the military, as a civilian, and will take a lot of work, even more so than the "Bolero" film which was in the works over a period of years.
I worked with Italy's soundtrack composer/musician Andrea Fioravanti (Best Score - Cult Jury Film Festival 2023) on my film noir short, "Gumdrop", a short horror (2020 with 13 International Film Festival awards). It has won sixteen film festival laurels as Best Film Noir and Best Horror/Thriller.
The future is promising!
Unique traits: Diverse History of Skills: B.A. Psychology. Minor in Writing. Lifelong Martial Artist (Karate, Aikido) / weapons / firearms. USAF Parachute Rigger,. Sr. Technical Writer. Published Author/Writer. Systems/ Network/ Platform Administrator.. Cyber Security. Sr. Programmer Analyst. Personal Protection Specialist. Street Racer. SCUBA diver. Surfing, Skiing. Search and Rescue: First Responder First Aid.
Badges
Certifications
Loglines
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The Teenage Bodyguard Budget: $10M - $30M | Crime ⋄ Biography Based on true events, a gutsy 17 year old in 1974 protects a female murder witness from the Tacoma, WA mafia.
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Anthology of Evil - Horror Sci Fi Fiction Book Horror Anthology of short Horror and Sci Fi fiction ending with a story that is massive and leads into my book Death of Heaven. It also ties into my screenplay, HearthTales. Anthology of Evil on Smashwords Anthology of Evil on Amazon
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Colorado Lobsters Drama A recent MIT grad takes his late father's old job at a nuclear power plant for revenge in finding who killed his father. Short script.
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Popsicle Death Horror Death comes to visit a young boy for revenge as the one who's slight to a popsicle vendor led to the vendor's suicide.
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Sarah Horror An old woman tries to live through the nightmare of her life complicated by Alzheimer's and a geographical nightmare.
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Poor Lord Ritchie's Answer to a Question he Knever Knew Comedy ⋄ Horror ⋄ Sci-fi A medieval Lord loses his family sword and his reputation while being lost in time and dealing with his amorous sisters.
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Sealed in Lies Romance ⋄ Thriller A spy discovers that the Vice President vies for the Presidency through assasination and tries to stop it while running from his own people with the wife of his nemisis.
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Ahriman Adventure ⋄ Horror ⋄ Sci-fi Experiment with computer generated worlds and societies backfires when actual contact is created with a warrior world that plans to use the connection to invade and conquer the earth. Only their own Prophet/Prince stands between their unsavory pursuits and that of Humanity's survival. At 181 pages, this screenplay was ahead of its time. It was ten years before I saw elements in this story in feature films. I'm looking at this now as a miniseries or a three movie set. First script might be earth side, second other planet side, third, final war and resolution. This is on hold as I am currently too busy with other projects.
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Death of Heaven - Horror Sci Fi Fiction Book Action ⋄ Experimental ⋄ Horror ⋄ Sci-fi ⋄ War Two childhood friends come together as adults to discover something terrifying that will shake the foundations and the future of Humankind.
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Gray and Lover - The Hearth Tales Incident Action ⋄ Comedy ⋄ Fantasy ⋄ Horror To acquire an ancient book of black magic, a hired Voodoo Priest contracts two extraordinary women to protect a horror novelist from his greedy, philandering wife who inadvertently pays for a "Wile E. Coyote"-type demon murderer through her own interference.
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Dark of kNight Action ⋄ Fantasy ⋄ Horror ⋄ Romance Home from medical school for her father's funeral, a beautiful coed becomes aware of her wolf shape-shifting bloodline, falls for her childhood BFF's brother and then along with some new vampire friends, all battle the werewolves who secretly killed her father. Adaptation of TL Mitchell's popular Paranormal Romance series.
Credits
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The Mephisto Box (
2016 )
TV Movie by Lucky Charms Studios / Kelly Hughes (Horror) Actor, Sound, F/X A disgraced psychiatrist redeems himself by treating a fragile mental patient, only to unleash a demonic attack. -
Don't Kill Grandpa Until We Strangle the Babysitter (
2016 )
Film (Horror and Short) Actor After an argument with her boyfriend, a college student accepts a last-minute babysitting job. She arrives at the isolated house and meets a stern man and his grandson, enduring a psychic attack which threatens her eternal soul. This has been in several film festivals now and is available for streaming on Watch Troma - http://watch.troma.com/ -
Lost in Space: A Documentary (
1994 )
Film by Gordon Hayes (Documentary) Executive Producer
Awards
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Cult Movies International Film Festival Finalist for "Gumdrop", a short horror
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Cult Critic Movie Awards - Outstanding Achievement for "Gumdrop", a short horror
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Indo French Int'l Film Fest. Best Horror Short for "Gumdrop", a short horror
(2020) -
Circus Road Films screenplay contest semi-finalist with "Gray and Lover The Hearth Tales Incident"
(2014) -
Rutger Hauer's International short story of the week 2004 for "Poor Lord Ritchie's Answer"
(2004) -
Cult Jury Film Festival - Best Director April 2023 for "Gumdrop", a short horror
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Indie Filmmakers Awards - Best Director 2023 for "Pvt. Ravel's Bolero"
Education
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Western Washington University
(1982-1984) -
Pierce College
(1982-1984)
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