Derik Murray

Derik Murray, the founder and creative force behind Network Entertainment, began his career creating rich, evocative images as an advertising photographer and television commercial director before focusing his attention on high profile television, film and publishing projects. Derik's producing credits include the Academy Award shortlisted 'Facing Ali', a feature documentary with Lionsgate Entertainment, and 'I Am Bruce Lee', which made its U.S. television premiere on Spike TV where it garnered the highest ratings for a documentary in the network's history. Derik also produced 'I Am Steve McQueen', produced and co-directed 'I Am Evel Knievel', 'I Am Chris Farley' (which surpassed 'I Am Bruce Lee' ratings for Spike TV), 'Johnny Cash - American Rebel' for CMT, 'The Cowboy' for Discovery, and the feature documentary 'I Am JFK Jr.' Derik executive produced and co-directed the seven-part series 'Facing' for National Geographic, produced and co-directed 'I Am Heath Ledger', which premiered in April 2017 at the Tribeca Film Festival, and produced 'I Am Sam Kinison' in December 2017 for Spike TV. Most recently Derik produced 'I Am MLK Jr.', which premiered in April 2018, and 'I Am Paul Walker', which premiered in August 2018, both on the Paramount Network. There are three new titles for Paramount in the 'I Am' series in production. Derik has orchestrated a joint venture with American fashion icon John Varvatos to produce premium content across multiple platforms and acquired the rights on Sly Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) for a feature documentary, to which filming has commenced. Derik's accomplishments over the past 20 years have earned him the trust of an impressive list of top broadcasters, advertising agencies and publishing houses. His roster of notable publishing projects include large format pictorial books Arnold Palmer - A Personal Journey, Joe Montana with Dick Schaap and Muhammad Ali - In Perspective. Derik's work has been recognized by the Academy Awards, the Emmys, Realscreen Awards, the Gemini Awards, the Leos, the Los Angeles Film Festival, Washington D.C. Silver Docs, Seattle International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival, Houston International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Banff Television Festival, and the International Film and Television Festival of New York. IMDb Mini Biography By: [Derik Murray](https://imdb.com/search/name?bio_author=Derik%20Murray&view=simple&sort=alpha) Vis kilde på IMDb