Biography

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.