Derin is a commercial and film director.  His work focuses on craft spanning complex storytelling, emotive dialogue performance, on to big visual brand launch campaigns. 

 

He has directed campaigns for agencies in Australia and worldwide for brands such as.. BMW, the Samsung, Audi, New Zealand Road Safety, Victoria Fire awareness, the French and US Airforce,

 

He produced and directed a film for presentation as Qatar’s bid to Fifa for the FIFA World Cup, a bid they won.

 

His work has has been awarded across the world, including Gold Lion at Cannes in Film, Gold at One Show NY, a D&AD Yellow Pencil and featured at TED presentation in the US.

 

His short comedy film The Eleven O’clock was nominated for an Academy award.