HOT SPRINGS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL

Derek was the Director of Programming for the Oscar®-qualifying HSDFF for two years and the shorts programmer for three years. In 2018, Derek brought Oscar®-nominated director Brett Morgen to the festival and also programmed Free Solo and Period End of Sentence, both films went on to win Oscars® for Best Documentary Feature Film  and Short Film in the 2019 Academy Awards®. 

Demonstrating how to ride a horse after the Q&A of the documentary "All the Wild Horses"

After screening his documentary, Japanese artist Fuyuki Shimazu gave a hands-on workshop about how to recycle cardboard into wallets,

Derek with Hedy Lamarr and Alexandra Dean, the director of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.

Derek with Freda Kelly, the Beatles' beloved secretary and subject of the documentary Good Ol' Freda.