David Murdock
Producer, Writer, Director
David Murdock has been producing and directing compelling documentaries on challenging subjects for more than 20 years. His credits include several projects for NOVA and FRONTLINE as well as American Experience, National Geographic, Discovery, and Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions. His work includes collaborations with correspondents Lisa Ling, Hedrick Smith, David Pogue, and New Yorker writer William Finnegan. The feature doc Bending the Arc, on which he was a cinematographer and producer, was an officialselection at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. He has been nominated three times for Emmy Awards, winning once for the PBS Series, The Mysterious Human Heart. Prior to his broadcast career, Murdock co-ran a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching documentary production to students in New York City’s public high school system.