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Derik Murray is a Canadian film and television producer. He is the founder and CEO of Network Entertainment.
Career[]
He began his career as an advertising photographer and television commercial director before switching his attention to television, film and publishing projects. His credits include co-producing Facing Ali, a feature documentary made with Lionsgate Entertainment, and I Am Bruce Lee, which had its US 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, and The Cowboy for Discovery. Derik produced and directed the feature documentary I Am JFK Jr. and is produced and co-directed the series Facing for National Geographic. In 2017 he produced the feature film I Am Heath Ledger which has aired on Spike TV and charted on the Australian Box Office.[1][2]
Past projects include the television series Making the Cut, the award-winning ten-part series Legends of Hockey, and Stanley’s Game Seven 3D - a theatrical 3D film that premiered at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Additional producing credits include CBC Life and Times Biographies featuring Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Gordie Howe. In 2001, Murray was named as one of the ‘Top 100 People of Power and Influence’ by The Hockey News. Murray's publishing projects include the large format pictorial books Arnold Palmer - A Personal Journey, Joe Montana with Dick Schaap and Muhammad Ali - In Perspective.
