Dekker Dreyer

Dekker Dreyer

Dekker Dreyer and wife Julia Howe at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards
Born Ryan Dekker Dreyer
(1980-11-16) November 16, 1980
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Occupation Film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor.
Spouse(s) Julia Howe

Dekker Dreyer (born November 16, 1980) is a writer, director, producer, and artist. He is one of the original founders of the cable network Illusion On-Demand

Personal life

Dreyer was born on November 16, 1980 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Dekker is considered a pioneer in live action and animated Virtual Reality.[1][2][3] At the studio he co-founded, Clever Fox, he created and directed two of the first scripted original series in VR, The Depths[4][5] and Broadcast.[6] He has also produced VR experiences for brands like Star Wars and the band Disturbed[7]

His augmented reality live experience The Summoning has been called a "First of its kind" by UploadVR and received wide recognition for its innovative use of technology and creativity.[8][9][10]

Film and Television

Dekker's work in independent film began when his short Closed Circuit, commissioned by Miramax to accompany the feature Naqoyqatsi, was shown at the 2002 Slamdance Film Festival. His first documentary film Three Days in Orlando showcased the friction both inside and out facing the yearly Gay Days event in Orlando Florida through a series of intimate profiles. His narrative series The Arcadian starring Lance Henriksen with the music of Perturbator[11] has been collected into a feature format. Dekker returned to the Slamdance Film Festival as a jurist in 2016.[12] He is also the director of the Mystery Skulls official music video for the single Music.

In 2007 he and his partners launched the Illusion On-Demand network, a science fiction channel with a large national footprint.[13] He soon took on the duty of creative director and brought both anime[14] and sci-fi classics like Doctor Who[15] to the network. Dekker produced many of the original programs that appeared on Illusion including "Analog presents: The Science of Fiction" in partnership with Analog Science Fiction and Fact. He would later expand the channel's holdings by launching the short-lived anthology magazine "Transmitter"[16]

Books and Comics

Dreyer is the author of the short story anthology Parasite: Six Tales of Speculative Terror and the novella The Tea Goddess.[17][18] He is credited as having coined the term ecopunk.[19] In comics, Dekker is the writer of Mondo Atomic, which retells the stories of Plan 9 from Outer Space, Robot Monster, and other B movies in a contemporary way.[20]

Art

Dekker is a visual artist working in physical, digital, and non-conventional mediums. His work has been included in numerous pop culture shows in the Los Angeles art scene most notably associated with the venue Meltdown Comics.[21][22]

In December 2008, Dreyer teamed up with his wife to produce the art meme project Tentacle Grape to bring awareness to a rising tide of misogyny in pop culture. The project, presented as a regular product drew controversy about the brand's packaging and message.[23][24] Although controversial the product received an overwhelmingly positive reception which led to Cracked naming it #4 on their list of "Horrifying Soft Drinks Around the World".[25] The unexpected popularity of the product lead to a backlog prompting watchdog site The Consumerist to question the existence of the soda.[26] A retraction was subsequently published.[27]

Other non-conventional art projects include the restaurant Kaiju Sushi which was located in the shark attack capital of the world. The meme grew after Dreyer and his partner Julia Howe proclaimed that any person coming to the pop-up restaurant with proof that they were attacked by sharks would get free sushi.[28][29][30] and L'Aldila, a supernatural restaurant in the heart of Cassadaga, Florida where patrons were encouraged to commune with the dead during their meals [31] and Movie Cult, a live show in Los Angeles that encourages audience participation around forgotten VHS movies.[32][33]

Politics

Dreyer is an outspoken essayist on the topics of human rights, race, sexual identity, and alternative economic models.[34][35]

References

  1. ↑ Cablefax Multiscreen Summit
  2. ↑ Slamdance to Expand DIG Showcase, Screen Daily
  3. ↑ TV Academy Inside VR 2015
  4. ↑ VR Director Dekker Dreyer on Building an Immersive Horror universe, Horror Society
  5. ↑ The Depths Brings Terror in 360 Degrees Dreadcentral
  6. ↑ Broadcast is a Black Mirror Style Anthology Uploadvr.com
  7. ↑ Experience Disturbed's 360 Degree VR Video The Sound of Silence AXS.com
  8. ↑ The Summoning is a First of its Kind AR Horror Experience, Uploadvr.com
  9. ↑ ScareLA Returns This Summer! And They’re Planning A Dark Zone of Epic Proportions!, Blumhouse.com
  10. ↑ Horror Goes VR in Dekker Dreyer's The Summoning, Dread Central
  11. ↑ Featured Fearmaker: Dekker Dreyer, We Are Indie Horror
  12. ↑ Slamdance Jury Reveal, Variety
  13. ↑ Marketwire
  14. ↑ Ain't It Cool News
  15. ↑ AMC's Sci-Fi Scanner
  16. ↑ Transmitter Seeks New Readers Sci-Fi wire
  17. ↑ Chambers, Jim. "Review Tea Goddess by Dekker Dreyer". Red Adept. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  18. ↑ "Tea Goddess Review". Midwest Book Review. Retrieved October 2010. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  19. ↑ Review of Tea Goddess, Misty Baker, Kindel Obsessed
  20. ↑ Hart, Hugh (6 July 2010). "Mondo Atomic Mashes Plan 9 and Brain That Wouldn't Die". Wired. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
  21. ↑ Experiment 87a, LA Taco
  22. ↑ Art from the Mr. Show, Show is Fantastic, Weird, Nerdist
  23. ↑ Grapevines: Ah, The Delicious Taste of Tentacle Rape. Kotaku
  24. ↑ Alex Zalben.Tentacle Grape Soda, Hilarious or in Poor Taste? Nerve.com
  25. ↑ Horrifying Soft Drinks Around the World by Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Cracked.com
  26. ↑ Mysteries: Is Tentacle Grape Real? Because their shipment dates aren't by Chris Walters, The Consumerist
  27. ↑ It's Real: Reader receives his Tentacle Grape by Chris Walters, The Consumerist.com
  28. ↑ Shark Attack Victims Get Free Sushi in New Smyrna Beach Fl, Huffington Post
  29. ↑ WTF Attacked by a Shark and Get Free Sushi, OC Weekly
  30. ↑ Florida Restaurant to Give Free Sushi to Shark Attack Victims, Food Beast
  31. ↑ Misaktonic Monday, Diesel Punks
  32. ↑ Move the Crowd, Huffington Post
  33. ↑ 24 of our Favorite Events in Los Angeles, LAist
  34. ↑ The Evangelicals you Don't Know by Tom Krattenmaker pg. 194
  35. ↑ What World AIDS Days Means to Me, The Advocate
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