David Murrell was born and raised in New York City. A graduate of Stuyvesant High School and the University of Chicago, he currently lives in Queens and has written a large number of screenplays for television and film.

Access Theater (NYC) and Cleveland Public Theatre each produced his play Ductwork, and the Hamptons Film Festival Screenwriters’ Conference selected his and Jeremy Kareken’s haunted breast implant script, THESE! Conquered the Earth. In 2019, the Outer Critics Circle awarded David its John Gassner Playwriting Award for The Lifespan Of A Fact.