Derek Pike

Derek Pike is a 23 year old American filmmaker from New York widely known as a music video director and photographer. He is of half British and half Japanese-American descent. In high school he attended Carrabassett Valley Academy and was a nationally ranked snowboarder, some of his sponsors included Arbor, Smith Optics, Adidas, Giro, and Swix. In May of 2010 Derek graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he majored in Film and Television. During his freshman year of college he walked on to the NYU soccer team, but later had to leave the team due to a demanding academic schedule.

Derek is currently signed to Draw Pictures and is repped by Laure Scott in the US for music videos. For the UK market he is signed to Shameless at Park Village and is repped by Alexa Haywood.

He is developing several feature film scripts.

Selected filmography

• "Traffic Light" - Jared Evan (2011) (music video)
• "Had too Much to Dream Last Night" - The Kickdrums feat. The Kid Daytona (2011) (music video)
• "Road Runner" - Imelda May (2011) (music video)
• "Monumental" - Smif-n-Wessun & Pete Rock feat. Tyler Woods (2011) (music video)
• "Anything to Survive" - Freddie Gibbs feat. Freeway (2011) (music video)
• "For the Record" - T.Shirt (2011) (music video) *Twitter Contest Winner*
• "Keep it Warm for Ya" - Freddie Gibbs & Statik Selektah (2011) *Recorded, shot, and edited over a 24 hr period*
• "Oh My" - DJ Drama feat. Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash (2011) (music video) *MTV Jam of the week, and #1 video on MTV's Sucker Free Countdown (5/27/11)*
• "Magazine Girl" - New Boyz (2011) (music video)
• "Too Cool to Care" - New Boyz (2011) (commercial)
• "Momma Miss America" - Laws (2011) (music video)
• "Butter Knives" - Raekwon (2011) (music video)
• "Ferryboat Killaz" - Raekwon (2011) (music video)
• "Embers" - Jared Evan (2011) (music video)
• "I Need a Dollar" (version 2) - Aloe Blacc (2011) (music video)
• "Ex-Girl" - Emilio Rojas feat. Mickey Factz (2011) (music video)
• "Greatest Story Never Told" – Saigon feat. Just Blaze (2011) (music video)
• "Fly Lullaby" - The Kid Daytona (2010) (music video)
• "So Buttery" - The Kid Daytona (2010) (music video)
• "Take Aim" - The Kid Daytona feat. Freddie Gibbs & The Kickdrums (2010) (music video)
• "Cocaine Trafficking" – Sheek Louch feat. Jadakiss & Styles P (2010) (music video)
• "Jungle Music" – Sheek Louch (2010) (music video)
• "Remember Me" – Sheek Louch (2010) (music video)
• "I Want it All" – Saigon (2010) (music video)
• "You Make Me Sick" – Saigon (2010) (music video)
• "For My Dawgs" – Waka Flocka Flame (2010) (music video)
• "Speakers on Blast" – Skyzoo (2010) (music video)
• "A Different League" - Thee Tom Hardy feat. Skyzoo (2010) (music video)
• "One for the Money" - Thee Tom Hardy feat. Donnis (2010) (music video)
• "Off the Radar" - Thee Tom Hardy feat. Euro (2010) (music video)
• "Hold You Down" (remix) - Laws feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Emilio Rojas (2010) (music video)
• "Frisbees" – Skyzoo (2010) (music video)
• "Story of No One" – 6th Sense (2010) (music video)
• "Better Late Than Never" – Outasight (2010) (music video)
• "Don't Stand So Close" – Consequence feat. Styles P (2010) (music video)
• "Down this Road" – Consequence feat. Maino (2010) (music video)
• "Sin City" - Mr.Finley (2010) (music video)
• "Blowin Dat Endo" - Mr.Finley (2010) (music video)
• "Life is Short" – Consequence feat. Statik Selektah (2010) (music video)
• "Night Train" – Joell Ortiz feat. Novel (2010) (music video)
• "It's Cold" – Saigon (2010) (music video)
• "Vacancy Album Trailers" – Brutha (2010) (trailers)
• "Def Jam / Serato 25th Anniversary Vinyl Pack" – feat. Nick Cannon, DJ Enuff, Cipha Sounds (2010) (commercial)
• "2009 Rap Up" – Skillz (2010) (music video)
• "Air Born" – The Kid Daytona feat. Bun B (2009) (music video)
• "Fatherhood" – Saigon feat. Lokz (2009) (music video)
• "Aye Aye Aye" – Saigon (2009) (music video)
• "Grown Thangz" – Young Chris (2009) (music video)
• "24k Rap" – J Dilla feat. Havoc and Raekwon (2009) (music video)
• "Anxiety Attacks" – Tame One (2009) (music video)
• "Dirty Genes" – Mojoe (2008) (music video)

References

• Imelda May Roadrunner by Derek Pike - promonews.com - 8/17/11
• DJ Drama Calls Oh My a Limitless Drug - mtv.com - 5/30/11
• Y'all Respect the One that Got Shot - decaturdan.com - 4/14/11
• Video Static: "Greatest Story Never Told" - videostatic.com - 1/17/11
• Shooting Classics - qthequestion.com - 11/12/10
• Interview: Derek Pike - juiceonline.com - 08/23/10
• Derek Pike Interview - blog.nicholaspatten.com - 06/17/10
• MC Saigon and Video Director Derek Pike - timeoutny.com - 04/28/10
• Derek Pike: The Right Direction - amalgamdigital.com - 09/25/09
• The Volume: On set with The Kid Daytona feat. Bun B directed by Derek Pike - timeoutny.com - 09/11/09
• NYU senior Derek Pike directs new The Kid Daytona Video - nyulocal.com - 09/11/09

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