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Derek Howard

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Alias:
Derek S. Howard

Birthplace:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Biography from TheMovieDB

Derek Howard is a director and cinematographer from Vancouver, Canada. His collaborations on short and feature length documentary and fiction films have led to screenings at the Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, HotDocs, IDFA, Clermont-Ferrand, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Montreal), Festival des Films du Monde (Montreal), and many more.  Derek has participated in the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam's Summer School, IDFAcademy, Reykjavik International Film Festival's Trans Atlantic Talent Lab, and the Berlinale Talents program. Derek was the assistant director and 2nd DOP on renowned director Victor Kossakovky's Venice Film Festival opening night gala film "Vivan Las Antipodas" (2011), and Oscar shortlisted "Aquarela" (2018). He shot Brett Story's latest documentary "The Hottest August," (True/False, SXSW, & Hotdocs 2019) as well as Emelie Mahdavian's feature length debut documentary "Bitterbrush." Most recently, Derek directed a short documentary called "The Harvesters" that premiered at the VIFF (2018) and True/False (2019), and is completing another short called "Underground" about sexual harassment on the subway.

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Film Production

Additional Camera:
2019  Hail Satan?
2022  The Colour of Ink

Additional Photography:
2019  Hail Satan?
2022  The Colour of Ink
2024  BRATS
2024  The ABCs of Book Banning

Camera Operator:
2019  Hail Satan?
2020  Down a Dark Stairwell
2022  The Colour of Ink
2024  BRATS
2024  The ABCs of Book Banning

Cinematography:
2019  Hail Satan?
2020  Down a Dark Stairwell
2022  The Colour of Ink
2024  BRATS
2024  Stormy
2024  The ABCs of Book Banning

Director:
2018  The Harvesters
2019  Hail Satan?
2020  Down a Dark Stairwell
2022  The Colour of Ink
2023  Not Wasting My Time
2023  Underground
2024  BRATS
2024  Stormy
2024  The ABCs of Book Banning

Director of Photography:
2011  Derailments
2013  My Prairie Home
2018  The Castle
2018  The Harvesters
2019  Hail Satan?
2019  The Hottest August
2020  David Harvey and the City
2020  Down a Dark Stairwell
2021  Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
2021  Sisters on Track
2022  A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
2022  The Colour of Ink
2023  Not Wasting My Time
2023  PLAN C
2023  Underground
2024  BRATS
2024  Stormy
2024  The ABCs of Book Banning
2024  The Tuba Thieves

Editor:
2011  Derailments
2012  Bakhmaro
2013  My Prairie Home
2018  The Castle
2018  The Harvesters
2019  Hail Satan?
2019  The Hottest August
2020  David Harvey and the City
2020  Down a Dark Stairwell
2021  Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
2021  Sisters on Track
2022  A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
2022  The Colour of Ink
2023  Not Wasting My Time
2023  PLAN C
2023  Underground
2024  BRATS
2024  Stormy
2024  The ABCs of Book Banning
2024  The Tuba Thieves

Producer:
2011  Derailments
2012  Bakhmaro
2013  My Prairie Home
2018  The Castle
2018  The Harvesters
2019  Hail Satan?
2019  The Hottest August
2020  David Harvey and the City
2020  Down a Dark Stairwell
2021  Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
2021  Sisters on Track
2022  A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
2022  The Colour of Ink
2023  Not Wasting My Time
2023  PLAN C
2023  Underground
2024  BRATS
2024  Stormy
2024  The ABCs of Book Banning
2024  The Tuba Thieves

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