Derek Howard
Cinematographer, Director
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About Me
Derek Howard is a director and cinematographer whose collaborations have led to screenings at Venice, Toronto, Sundance, HotDocs, IDFA, and many others. He has participated in the IDFA summer school, IDFA Academy, Reykjavik Trans Atlantic Lab, and the Berlinale Talents program. Since moving from Berlin to New York, he has shot Brett Story’s award winning “The Hottest August,” shot second camera and assistant directed Victor Kossakovsky’s Oscar short-listed “Aquarela,” and directed a short film (“The Harvesters”) that premiered at True/False. Most recently he shot artist Jeremy Shaw’s Venice Biennale premiering art film “The Quantification Trilogy” (VIFF, NYFF, Tate Modern) as well as a Centre Pompidou premiering 7-channel video installation “Phase Shifting Index.” Derek is currently shooting Emelie Mahdavian’s latest doc “Bitterbrush,” John Sutter’s “Baseline,” and completing directing another short about invasions of personal space on public transportation.
InterestsLgbtq+, Art Cinema, Experimental Film Art And Documentary, Nature, Gender Equality, Social Change, Social Justice, Climate Change, Hybrid Films, Racial Justice, Queer Cinema
SkillsDirection, Dop, Editor, Drone Videography, Producing