Derek Quick

Accession Films
Director, Editor, Filmmaker, Producer, Screenwriter and Film Festival Director

Studio City, Los Angeles County, California

Member Since:
December 2018

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About Derek

Derek Quick: Born July 7th 1988 in Miami Oklahoma Is a Director and 10 Year U.S. Coast Guard veteran. Quick has won over 150 Film Awards and has almost broke the Guinness World Record for Short film Wins with his film Kommando 1944.

Quick is a graduate of the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts, two year acting conservatory with an Associates Degree. He also attended the New York Film Academy. Directing is his passion and has been making films for over twenty two years. One of his many tools as a director is his passion for writing. As the writer of Kommando 1944 his goal is to shed light on the hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans that were forced into internment camps during WWII. This hits close to home for Quick, his grandfather Chuck Todd was the Chief of the Ottawa Indian tribe, a federally recognized tribe that faced many hardships during their forced treck to the reservations.

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 3"

Weight:
205

Body type:
Athletic

Hair:
Medium

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Hazel

Ethnicity:
Native American

Photos

Videos

Kommando 1944 Full Oscar Short Campaign video IGG- Kickstarter

kommando 1944 Trailer 140 Award Wins 2018

Loglines

A mixed native American young man is forced to serve in the U.S. Life saving service in the Treacher Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Drama A mixed native American young man is forced to serve in the U.S. Life saving service in the Treacherous waters of the pacific northwest to save his Chinook tribe from the concentration camp reservations, at the turn of the century.