John Murdy Email & Phone Number

Universal City, Ca, Us

As Creative Director, Entertainment at Universal Studios Hollywood, I have created and produced a variety of attractions and entertainment offerings for the theme park, including The Walking Dead (a year round walk thru haunted attraction based on the popular AMC series), Universal's House of Horrors (a walk thru haunted attraction featuring the Universal Classic Monsters), The Universal Experience (a revolving interactive exhibit featuring props, costumes and other assets from Universal's 100 year film history) and the video and entertainment content for the world famous Universal Studio Tour. Since 2006, I have served as creative director/executive producer of the popular seasonal event Halloween Horror Nights, creating "living horror movies” based on popular TV and movie franchises such as Stranger Things, The Walking Dead, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Saw, The Exorcist, The Shining, Halloween and horror inspired music artists like Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie and Black Sabbath.In addition to my role as Creative Director, I also serve as Universal’s on-camera spokesperson/studio historian for programs on The Today Show, Access Hollywood, The Discovery Channel, CNN, The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel, The BBC and a variety of other television programs worldwide. I have also appeared in several film documentaries and featurettes, including His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th, Saw: Game Over: A Killer Maze, The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact and Legacy of Jaws, The Psycho Legacy, OUTATIME: Saving the DeLorean Time Machine and Haunters: The Art of the Scare.

Universal City, Ca, Us

From 1996 to 2005 I was part of the Universal Creative team which oversaw the creative development of rides, shows, attractions and future theme park concepts for Universal Parks and Resorts worldwide. During this time I served as Creative Director for Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride, Special Effects Stages and the re-invention of the world famous Universal Studios Tour for Universal Studios Hollywood, the inital creative development of Men in Black: Alien Attack and an update of the Horror Make Up Show for Universal Studios Orlando and concept design/story development for Seasame Street 3D for Universal Studios Japan. During my time at Universal Creative I worked closely with the film industry, creating, producing and developing projects with filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and Stephen Sommers.

Served as show writer for a variety of themed entertainment projects for clients as varied as Elvis Presley Enterprises, Sea World, Time Warner, Universal Studios Planning and Development and Walt Disney Imagineering.