Jude S. Walko

Jude S. Walko is a member of the esteemed Horror Writers Association. He is also a film producer (Producers Guild of America), director, screenwriter, and actor (Screen Actors Guild). Among notable works is his 2018 award-winning film "The Incantation". Walko won the 2018 Eclipse award for Best Direction, among several other awards, for the film.

Jude has been a lifelong fan of classic literature and has a special love of all things Washington Irving. He even owns a grave plot at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York. Jude is passionate about Halloween, Tim Burton, stop motion animation and all things dark and mysterious.

He spends his time between Los Angeles and Thailand, where his family now resides, and has multiple film and writing project

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