Biografie
Derek attended the University of Colorado’s film school, where he studied under avant-garde film legends Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon. His first three student films took the university’s top prize and earned him a Special Dean’s Grant for Achievement in the Arts as well as the Independent Film Channel’s top award for Excellence in Student Filmmaking. Derek went on to shoot and edit his first feature, BROTHER TIED, at the age of 23. The film made its American premiere at Sundance, where it was lauded as “one of the most striking American independent debuts in some time” by The Guardian’s Jonathan Romney and hailed as a work of “visual genius” by Newsday’s John Anderson. The film traveled to over 30 festivals and won international awards at six of them.
With solid credentials in narrative filmmaking, Derek ventured into documentary work where he explored a wide array of subjects and characters for both theatrical exhibition and TV. His work has include profiles of such artists as Mos Def, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Run-DMC, Cassandra Wilson and Annie Lennox. He has also turned his lens on Mixed-Martial Arts fighters for CAGEFIGHTER, Vietnam veteran biker clubs for ROLLING THUNDER-RIDE FOR FREEDOM, teenage inner-city basketball players in MTV’s BATTLEGROUNDS series, and a look at the mysterious world of crime photography in SHOTS IN THE DARK, produced for Court TV and Britain’s Channel 4. Serving as director of photography, Derek revealed teen racing and Hispanic subculture in STREETS OF LEGEND for which he won the Excellence in Cinematography Award at Sundance 2003.
Derek has also directed numerous commercials and various high profile branded content work including the pioneering internet serial MEET THE LUCKY ONES which made Adweek’s Top Ten Ad Campaigns of 2004, and the award-winning internet documentary FORD: BOLD MOVES, which he co-directed with documentary legends Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky.
Property of Hamilton Film Productions
Regisseur
Filme | |
---|---|
2016 |
The Light Between Oceans |
2012 |
The Place Beyond the Pines |
2010 |
Blue Valentine - Vom Ende einer Liebe |
1998 |
Brother Tied |
Serien | ||
---|---|---|
2020 |
I Know This Much Is True |
|
Episode 6 (E06) |
||
Episode 5 (E05) |
||
Episode 4 (E04) |
||
mehrere Folgen (3) |
Dokumentationen | |
---|---|
2012 |
Cagefighter |
2008 |
The Power of Dreams - Dream the Impossible (Serie) |
2006 |
Black and White: A Portrait of Sean Combs (Fernsehfilm) |
2005 |
Battlegrounds: King of the Court (Serie) |
2004 |
Battlegrounds: King of the World (Serie) |
2002 |
Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay: The Last Interview (Fernsehfilm) |
2001 |
Shots in the Dark (Fernsehfilm) |
Kurzfilme | |
---|---|
2006 |
Lately There Have Been Many Misunderstandings in the Zimmerman Home |
2004 |
Meet the Lucky Ones |
Drehbuchautor
Filme | |
---|---|
2016 |
The Light Between Oceans |
2012 |
The Place Beyond the Pines |
2010 |
Blue Valentine - Vom Ende einer Liebe |
1998 |
Brother Tied |
Serien | ||
---|---|---|
2020 |
I Know This Much Is True |
|
Episode 6 (E06) |
||
Episode 5 (E05) |
||
Episode 4 (E04) |
||
mehrere Folgen (3) |
Schauspieler
Kameramann
Filme | |
---|---|
2003 |
Streets of Legend |
1998 |
Brother Tied |
Dokumentationen | |
---|---|
2002 |
Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay: The Last Interview (Fernsehfilm) |
2001 |
Shots in the Dark (Fernsehfilm) |
Kurzfilme | |
---|---|
2004 |
Meet the Lucky Ones |
Mitwirkende
Sendungen | |
---|---|
2010 |
Film Fiend |
2004 |
At the Movies |
2002 |
Last Call with Carson Daly |
Editor
Filme | |
---|---|
1998 |
Brother Tied |
Dokumentationen | |
---|---|
2001 |
Shots in the Dark (Fernsehfilm) |
Produzent
Filme | |
---|---|
2024 |
Exhibiting Forgiveness |
Fanklub
(22)- Kaka Regisseur*in
- KlárkaS Regisseur*in
- tomeš Regisseur*in
- maddy Drehbuchautor
- koog Regisseur*in
- noctambule Regisseur*in
- AmbroS Regisseur*in
- kendice Regisseur*in
- PetrC. Regisseur*in
- USBejs Regisseur*in
- technokrat Drehbuchautor
- wick Regisseur*in
- FabiCz Regisseur*in
- FabiCz Drehbuchautor
- BarreAmped Regisseur*in
- Nikki Regisseur*in
- Nikki Drehbuchautor
- DanielaP Regisseur*in
- osoh Regisseur*in
- Dejvikk Regisseur*in