About Derrick Neil Spruill

I've always had a passion for expressing myself artistically starting by being a musician at an earlier age. I played drums for various bands ranging from heavy metal to even my praise band at church. The wide range of styles in between taught me to be very versatile and allowed me to express myself. After that musical time in my life passed on, I moved on to creating gaming content through Virtual Reality. This led me to discover a program that pushed me closer toward filmmaking by creating 3D animated videos using track motion and voice recording. This allowed me to easily create storytelling, and video content without the need of cameras and let me practice the craft of storytelling. I was contacted by one of the co-founders who taught me the many concepts of storytelling in a more understanding way and about working cameras to show the audience different situations in a more artistic way.

From there, I began taking online courses to improve all aspects of my filmmaking technique from writing a script to editing the final footage. I began working with others in the community by making short films, music videos, and commercials, to working on large-budget film sets. While I was working my day job, I managed to collect a large amount of equipment that I could use for film productions.