Derek Rodarte

For the last Decade the Award-winning Derek Rodarte has been in the heart of the Hollywood's entertainment industry, producing his experience with his unique understanding of art. Derek's Unique experience in learning the art of filmmaking through the Fine Art of painting took him on a journey he still explores today. Derek Steven Rodarte was born in Los Angeles, California and grew up in Whittier, California before a more professional look at filmmaking studies at Los Angeles Film School after graduating in 2008 for Video Game and Design. Derek is now currently attached as writer & director to a four feature anthology film project. Starting 2018 with the first film "The Color Pink", followed by "Violently Peaceful", "The Fusionist", and "Androdica". To describe Him to the best of our capacity we would have to say that his Genius can certainly speak for its self. Off and on set he possesses a whirlwind mind with explosive ideas. Rarely experienced and seen is such a live wire of brilliance, with so much understanding traditionally and technically. This Hollywood Director is one to watch out for. As a painter, poet, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. Derek Rodarte has experienced so much more than just the traditional arts. Graduating from college with a Bachelors of Science in game art & design and pursuing a Master's in film to better prepare his story for a massive worldwide audience. His journey with arts never stopped from the age of 3 and on, developing great rendering skills as a draftsmen in his early teens. His search to find a way to make the meaning of his works reality was stumbled upon through filmmaking at the age of 14, when he started to film and record short stories at the age of 14. Its Fact that his studies with film began with stop motion included colored clay, a shoe-box, and a daily walk to the local 99 cent store. When He started painting his drawings (old concepts he carried with him in boxes as he moved from house to house as a kid) he knew that what he was painting was so radically different from anything he had ever seen. He commenced to build his world in 2005. "I never knew the impact of how much filming would slowly accelerate my mind as a painter and take me away into a new world were my focus on a single painting could expanded into my other works and become different worlds altogether. It made me scared to paint at times getting lost in paintings and looking at other works, wondering what there would turn into if they expanded, because to me, paintings were alive. Painting became my road map, a gentle study of light and a visual passage into Film evermore." The personal odyssey that was capture throughout his teens was mind-boggling. In 2010 he went from Stage painting at the Actors Lounge in Hollywood, located at the corner of Melrose an Fairfax with the poet In-Q, to locking himself away in Design. It was an evolution, and a transformation of space and time with history showcasing his steps into so many different trades and mediums along with a remarkable ability to always capture spellbinding moments on video. His gifts make him unique not just because he can do many things well but to a very high degree of professional quality and innovation. The story He captured was the story within his Painting Studio 5EW with his personal and very private transformation into the artist Royal D' Art which was documented every step of the way. From a young boy seeking true expression to a man set out to conquer the world. With film were able to see and examine him in a life of solitude that would turn him into what he became today. His epic story and journey as an Artist continues to this very day. December 8, 2013 was the start of the 1st of 3 important solo art exhibited and Directed by Derek Rodarte himself. The initial exhibit appropriately identified as, "Violently Peaceful" was saturated with a heavy philosophical and point of view, his microscopic view on his mind, body and soul as the id, the ego and super ego intensified with his correlation to the past present and future. Invitations were sent to most actors, directors, producers, and the general public around the world to give them a chance to be part of his developing movie. Every art show held clues to the film's exceptional story with every painting providing some special insight into his future. By always using the same codes and symbols in various imagery, the paintings became the keys to the door that shined a light on the path to his film Androdica. By attending just one of the shows, you became part of the art, and joined others as a part of the evolution to a greater vision. This show immersed him in every aspect of film production. This experience had made his personal signature as a true Artist more valuable than before. The art shows lead him to developing sets, again, almost akin to when he was 15 years old but now his life experiences would become his shoe-box. Building sets and props gave him a more refined insight of installment art and a deep appreciation for our environment. With enough footage for a small documentary on the show and enough coverage of his art department records, the show was a success. The filming of the show grabbed the attention of a few museum owners, curators, local papers and art magazines. With the show's success and private clientele, he was one step closer to securing funding to support the continuation of the story. Derek Rodarte - "I drew thousands of sketches and Painted over 1000 paintings before I got to this point. Its funny because long ago I remembered someone telling me, You are lost in your own mind and no one would ever understand you, but I've always had a drive that completely surpassed that mind set. I have always felt like my work was a gift, from all the knowledge & technology through the wisdom of taking on life experiences and just being myself. My expansive and accumulated imagination from years of filming the progress of my personal evolving story was gold. I've striven to make motion pictures, failed and tried again. Pushing to develop a movie so fine it becomes a cult classic. I knew I would come to an understanding, and that understanding has lead me to the art and Science of storytelling with some of Hollywood Elite's." Through his journey he had the pleasure of working with so many Hollywood hotshots and A list Celebrities that the journey he embarked on had shined light on a road that had never felt more right. Helping his friend and fellow filmmakers to develop there personal brands and Entertainment company's. He has made it way to developing all the traits of A serious Hollywood Director Here in the Los Angeles area were he Lives still unwrapping his present to see what the future holds. Today Derek Rodarte is currently established as a Creative Director, working towards his Films and selling his Art around the world.