by Stewart Raffill and

Directed by Stewart Raffill and executive produced by John Carpenter, The Philadelphia Experiment is based on a popular urban legend surrounding the USS Eldridge, a real-life US Naval destroyer escort.

Dan Rothenberg

Dan Rothenberg is a Philadelphia-based director and creator of experimental performance.

Philip Zimbardo

The experiment was conducted in 1971 by a team in Stanford University and the head of the team was Philip Zimbardo.

Dr. Ken Weidner

The project is directed by Dr. Ken Weidner, Assistant Professor of Management at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia PA.

Roy Schwitters

The project's director was Roy Schwitters, a physicist at the University of Texas at Austin.

Professor Klaus Thon

The experiment is led by Professor Klaus Thon and Professor Klaus Thon's assistant, Dr. Jutta Grimm.

Professors Justin Brooks

The project was founded by Professors Justin Brooks and Jan Stiglitz and is currently directed by Prof. Brooks.

Professor Alec D. Gallimore

The current director and founder is Professor Alec D. Gallimore.

Paul Steinhardt

The current director is Paul Steinhardt, Princeton's Albert Einstein Professor in Science.

Ken Davis

The project is led by Penn State professor Ken Davis.

Phil Champain

Phil Champain has been the Director since 2015.

David Eagleman

The project is being directed by neuroscientist and best-selling author David Eagleman.

Annette Dobson

The current Director is Professor Gita Mishra, the previous Director was Annette Dobson

Professor Andrei Golutvin

Professor Andrei Golutvin from the Imperial College London and NUST MISIS heads the experiment.

Patrick Geary

The project is directed by Patrick Geary (UCLA) and Bernard Frischer (University of Virginia) with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Zeev Maoz

The current director is Zeev Maoz, a political scientist at University of California, Davis.

Professor David Alexander

The current director, (correct as of December 2018), is Professor David Alexander.

Dr Andrew Wareham

The current Director is Dr Andrew Wareham and the Research Officer is Aaron Columbus.

Paul Boese and Rob Dorfmann

The directors are Aaron Pope and Patrick DeLuca, Paul Boese and Rob Dorfmann.

Francis David O'Brien Newman

Directors are Charles Leonard Arnold, Reginald William Dowsett, William Charles Waghorne (MD of Insulators) and Francis David O'Brien Newman.