Derek Frey

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About Derek Frey

Derek Frey is a passionate and prolific filmmaker with twenty years of leadership experience producing live-action and animated films for the major studios and serving as director, editor, and cinematographer on a number of award-winning independent projects. He has been an integral member of filmmaking teams on an array of blockbuster projects from initial development and pre-production, through post and release. He has had the pleasure of assembling some of the most renowned talent both in front and behind the camera. Frey is currently producing Zero, an animated action/adventure/comedy feature for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation. Frey previously served as Producer of Dumbo, Executive Producer of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and Big Eyes, Producer of the Here With Me music video for The Killers and Co-Producer of Frankenweenie, Derek also served as Associate Producer of Dark Shadows, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Corpse Bride, and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. Films Frey has worked in a producer capacity have earned over $2.9 billion at the box office. Frey progressed within multiple positions for Tim Burton Productions, joining the organization in 1996, and quickly advancing to the head of the organization. Frey also oversaw an in-house graphic design, photography and writing team for the creation of high quality consumer products, merchandise and publications related to Burton's projects and artistry. In 2009 Frey worked closely with curators from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for the formation of the popular The World of Tim Burton exhibition which has made record-breaking stops around the globe. Frey wrote the Frankenweenie-based short film Captain Sparky vs. the Flying Saucers. He also edited the award-winning publication The Art of Tim Burton and produced the documentaries In Search of Tomorrow and A Conversion with Danny Elfman and Tim Burton, Early in his career, he assisted Burton on Mars Attacks, Sleepy Hollow, Planet of the Apes, and Big Fish. Frey has also directed numerous indie featurettes, shorts, documentaries and music videos with wide success on the film festival circuit including Awkward Endeavors, Pangea, God Came 'Round, Kill the Engine and Green Lake. Frey graduated from West Chester University in Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies with a concentration in Journalism. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America and British Academy of Film and Television Arts.