Derek Quick

Derek Quick: Born July 7th 1988 in Miami Oklahoma Is a Native American (Ottawa) Director and 10 Year U.S. Coast Guard veteran. Quick has won over 170 Film Awards and his recent film Kommando 1944 qualified for the Academy Awards Live Action Short. Quicks Films have screened at Cannes with the American Pavilion and Short Shorts & Asia in Japan. 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 trek to the reservations.