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Derek Howard

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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 V…

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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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2025
How to Talk to Lydia?
Movie Editor
2025
Eugene the Marine
Movie Director of Photography
2024
BRATS
Movie Additional Photography
2024
The Tuba Thieves
Movie Director of Photography
2024
Stormy
Movie Cinematography
2024
The ABCs of Book Banning
Movie Additional Photography
2023
Not Wasting My Time
Movie Director
2023
PLAN C
Movie Director of Photography
2023
Underground
Movie Director
2022
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Movie Director of Photography
2022
The Colour of Ink
Movie Additional Camera
2021
Sisters on Track
Movie Director of Photography
2021
Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening
Movie Director of Photography
2020
Down a Dark Stairwell
Movie Camera Operator
2020
David Harvey and the City
Movie Director of Photography
2019
The Hottest August
Movie Director of Photography