Derek Pike
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Derek Pike is a 23 year old American music video director
Music video director
A music video director is driven by a given music track. These are called music videos and are then used as promotional tools for popular music singles...

 and photographer. He is of half British and half Japanese-American descent. In May 2010 Derek graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....

 where he majored in Film and Television. In high school he attended Carrabassett Valley Academy
Carrabassett Valley Academy
-About:Carrabassett Valley Academy is a private alpine skiing, snowboard and freestyle academy based in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, at the base of Sugarloaf/USA. Established in 1982, the school has trained and schooled the likes of Olympic competitors Bode Miller, Seth Wescott, Kirsten Clark and...

 and was a nationally ranked snowboarder, some of his sponsors included Arbor, Smith Optics, Adidas, Giro, and Swix.

While at NYU he walked on to the NYU soccer team his freshman year.

Derek is 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 currently developing several feature film scripts.

Selected filmography

  • "Had too Much to Dream Last Night" - The Kickdrums feat. The Kid Daytona (2011) (music video)
  • "Road Runner" - Imelda May
    Imelda May
    Imelda Mary Higham, Clabby , known as Imelda May, is an Irish vocalist and musician. She began her career in music at 15 and released her debut album in 2005. She also plays the bodhrán and guitar...

     (2011) (music video)
  • "Monumental" - Smif-n-Wessun
    Smif-N-Wessun
    Smif-n-Wessun is a hip hop duo consisting of members Tek and Steele . Smif-n-Wessun comprise two-fifths of the Brownsville, Brooklyn supergroup Boot Camp Clik, with Buckshot, Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C...

     & Pete Rock
    Pete Rock
    Peter Phillips , better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapper. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth...

     feat. Tyler Woods (2011) (music video)
  • "Anything to Survive" - Freddie Gibbs
    Freddie Gibbs
    Fredrick Tipton , better known by his stage name Freddie Gibbs, is an emerging hip hop performer. He was signed by Interscope Records before being let go from his deal without a record being released...

     feat. Freeway
    Freeway (rapper)
    Leslie Edward Pridgen , better known by his stage name Freeway, is an American rapper. Best known for his tenure on Roc-A-Fella Records and his affiliation with Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel, he is recognized by his high-pitched delivery and for the long beard he keeps due to his Muslim faith...

     (2011) (music video)
  • "For the Record" - T.Shirt (2011) (music video) *Twitter Contest Winner*
  • "Keep it Warm for Ya" - Freddie Gibbs
    Freddie Gibbs
    Fredrick Tipton , better known by his stage name Freddie Gibbs, is an emerging hip hop performer. He was signed by Interscope Records before being let go from his deal without a record being released...

     & Statik Selektah
    Statik Selektah
    Patrick Baril better known as Statik Selektah, is an East Coast-based DJ, Producer and CEO of Showoff Records.-Biography:...

     (2011) *Recorded, shot, and edited over a 24 hr period*
  • "Oh My" - DJ Drama
    DJ Drama
    Tyree Cinque Simmons better known as DJ Drama is an American hip hop artist and the official DJ for Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist T.I.....

     feat. Fabolous
    Fabolous
    John David Jackson , better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper of African American and Dominican descent. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Part of his early popularity arose from his hit single "Can't Deny It" in 2001, from his debut...

    , Wiz Khalifa
    Wiz Khalifa
    Cameron Jibril Thomaz , better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa , is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007...

     & Roscoe Dash
    Roscoe Dash
    Jeffery Johnson Jr. , better known by his stage name Roscoe Dash, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.- Major label success :...

     (2011) (music video) *MTV Jam of the week, and #1 video on MTV's Sucker Free Countdown (5/27/11)*
  • "Magazine Girl" - New Boyz
    New Boyz
    New Boyz is an American hip hop/rap group and a former jerkin crew duo made up of rappers Earl "Ben J" Benjamin and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas from Hesperia, California. They debuted in summer 2009 with their viral hit, "You're a Jerk", taken from their debut studio album Skinny Jeanz and a Mic,...

     (2011) (music video)
  • "Too Cool to Care" - New Boyz
    New Boyz
    New Boyz is an American hip hop/rap group and a former jerkin crew duo made up of rappers Earl "Ben J" Benjamin and Dominic "Legacy" Thomas from Hesperia, California. They debuted in summer 2009 with their viral hit, "You're a Jerk", taken from their debut studio album Skinny Jeanz and a Mic,...

     (2011) (commercial)
  • "Momma Miss America" - Laws (2011) (music video)
  • "Butter Knives" - Raekwon
    Raekwon
    Corey Woods , better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with...

     (2011) (music video)
  • "Ferryboat Killaz" - Raekwon
    Raekwon
    Corey Woods , better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with...

     (2011) (music video)
  • "Embers" - Jared Evan
    Jared Evan
    Jared Evan, is an American musician, singer/songwriter, producer, rapper. He was born on September 21, 1989 in Nassau County, New York. He is currently signed to Zone 4 under Interscope Records. The song "Frozen" which Jared wrote and produced, appeared on the Lebron James documentary soundtrack ...

     (2011) (music video)
  • "I Need a Dollar" (version 2) - Aloe Blacc
    Aloe Blacc
    Aloe Blacc is an American soul singer, rapper, and musician.-Early career and Shine Through :...

     (2011) (music video)
  • "Ex-Girl" - Emilio Rojas feat. Mickey Factz
    Mickey Factz
    Mickey Williams , also known by his stage name Mickey Factz, is an American hip hop artist from The Bronx, NY.-Early life:Mickey Factz attended Adlai E...

     (2011) (music video)
  • "Greatest Story Never Told" – Saigon feat. Just Blaze
    Just Blaze
    Justin Smith, better known as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop music producer from Paterson, New Jersey. Blaze is also the CEO of Fort Knocks Entertainment. He is most well known for producing Jay-Z songs on the albums The Blueprint, The Blueprint 2, and The Black Album. He is also known for...

     (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
    Freddie Gibbs
    Fredrick Tipton , better known by his stage name Freddie Gibbs, is an emerging hip hop performer. He was signed by Interscope Records before being let go from his deal without a record being released...

     & The Kickdrums (2010) (music video)
  • "Cocaine Trafficking" – Sheek Louch
    Sheek Louch
    Sean Divine Jacobs, better known as Sheek Louch , is an African American rapper and member of The LOX , along with Styles P and Jadakiss.-Personal life and career:...

     feat. Jadakiss
    Jadakiss
    Jason Phillips , better known as Jadakiss, is an American rapper. He is a member of the group The LOX. Jadakiss is one of the three owners of the imprint known as D-Block. In early 2007, Jadakiss signed to Roc-a-Fella Records / Def Jam Records.-Early life:By the age of 16, Jadakiss was a freestyle...

     & Styles P
    Styles P
    David Styles better known by his stage name, Styles P, is an American rapper, author, and entrepreneur. He is prominently known as a member of Hip Hop group The LOX and is also a part of the Ruff Ryders hip-hop group, and in addition has released multiple albums and mixtapes as a solo...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Jungle Music" – Sheek Louch
    Sheek Louch
    Sean Divine Jacobs, better known as Sheek Louch , is an African American rapper and member of The LOX , along with Styles P and Jadakiss.-Personal life and career:...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Remember Me" – Sheek Louch
    Sheek Louch
    Sean Divine Jacobs, better known as Sheek Louch , is an African American rapper and member of The LOX , along with Styles P and Jadakiss.-Personal life and career:...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "I Want it All" – Saigon
    Saigon (rapper)
    Brian Daniel Carenard, better known by his stage name Saigon, is an American rapper and occasional actor.Saigon is currently signed to Suburban Noize Records and Just Blaze's Fort Knocks Entertainment record label. After years of delay due to former record label interference, his album The Greatest...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "You Make Me Sick" – Saigon
    Saigon (rapper)
    Brian Daniel Carenard, better known by his stage name Saigon, is an American rapper and occasional actor.Saigon is currently signed to Suburban Noize Records and Just Blaze's Fort Knocks Entertainment record label. After years of delay due to former record label interference, his album The Greatest...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "For My Dawgs" – Waka Flocka Flame
    Waka Flocka Flame
    Juaquin Malphurs , better known by his stage name Waka Flocka Flame, is an American rapper signed to 1017 Brick Squad and Warner Bros. He is a Southern hip hop artist best known for his singles "O Let's Do It", "Hard in da Paint" & "No Hands", along with his debut album, Flockaveli...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Speakers on Blast" – Skyzoo
    Skyzoo
    Skyzoo is a New York hip hop emcee.-Biography:Born Gregory Skyler Taylor in 1982 in Crown Heights, he grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was nicknamed Skyzoo by his parents after the Skyy disco song...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "A Different League" - Thee Tom Hardy feat. Skyzoo
    Skyzoo
    Skyzoo is a New York hip hop emcee.-Biography:Born Gregory Skyler Taylor in 1982 in Crown Heights, he grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was nicknamed Skyzoo by his parents after the Skyy disco song...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "One for the Money" - Thee Tom Hardy feat. Donnis
    Donnis
    Ladonnis Decurtis Crump , better known by the stage name Donnis, is an American rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia. He released his debut mixtape, Diary of an ATL Brave, in 2009, and signed to Atlantic Records in 2010.XXL Staff . “”.-Early life:Donnis was born on June 2, 1984 in Montclair, California...

     (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.
    Big K.R.I.T.
    Justin Scott , better known by his stage name Big K.R.I.T. , is an American hip hop musician and record producer from Meridian, Mississippi.-Biography:...

     & Emilio Rojas (2010) (music video)
  • "Frisbees" – Skyzoo
    Skyzoo
    Skyzoo is a New York hip hop emcee.-Biography:Born Gregory Skyler Taylor in 1982 in Crown Heights, he grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was nicknamed Skyzoo by his parents after the Skyy disco song...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Story of No One" – 6th Sense (2010) (music video)
  • "Better Late Than Never" – Outasight
    Outasight
    Richard Andrew, better known by his stage name Outasight, is an American singer and rapper from Yonkers, New York. Though he is considered a hip-hop artist, he draws influence from other genres such as classic rock and soul, and describes his music as "Energetic hip hop mixed with melodic soul" In...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Don't Stand So Close" – Consequence
    Consequence (rapper)
    Dexter Mills , better known as Consequence, is an American rapper. He is the cousin of rapper Q-Tip of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, and was formerly an affiliate of Kanye West's GOOD Music family. Consequence debuted in 1996 on A Tribe Called Quest's album Beats, Rhymes, and Life...

     feat. Styles P
    Styles P
    David Styles better known by his stage name, Styles P, is an American rapper, author, and entrepreneur. He is prominently known as a member of Hip Hop group The LOX and is also a part of the Ruff Ryders hip-hop group, and in addition has released multiple albums and mixtapes as a solo...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Down this Road" – Consequence
    Consequence (rapper)
    Dexter Mills , better known as Consequence, is an American rapper. He is the cousin of rapper Q-Tip of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, and was formerly an affiliate of Kanye West's GOOD Music family. Consequence debuted in 1996 on A Tribe Called Quest's album Beats, Rhymes, and Life...

     feat. Maino
    Maino
    Maino is an American rapper from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.-Early life:...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Sin City" - Mr.Finley (2010) (music video)
  • "Blowin Dat Endo" - Mr.Finley (2010) (music video)
  • "Life is Short" – Consequence
    Consequence (rapper)
    Dexter Mills , better known as Consequence, is an American rapper. He is the cousin of rapper Q-Tip of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, and was formerly an affiliate of Kanye West's GOOD Music family. Consequence debuted in 1996 on A Tribe Called Quest's album Beats, Rhymes, and Life...

     feat. Statik Selektah
    Statik Selektah
    Patrick Baril better known as Statik Selektah, is an East Coast-based DJ, Producer and CEO of Showoff Records.-Biography:...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Night Train" – Joell Ortiz
    Joell Ortiz
    Joell Ortiz is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York, and a member of the group Slaughterhouse.-Biography:Joell Ortiz was born to Puerto Rican parents. Ortiz grew up in the Cooper Park Houses in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York formerly signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath...

     feat. Novel
    Novel (musician)
    Alonzo Mario Stevenson, professionally known as Novel, is an American hip-hop artist based in Los Angeles, California. He is a rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "It's Cold" – Saigon
    Saigon (rapper)
    Brian Daniel Carenard, better known by his stage name Saigon, is an American rapper and occasional actor.Saigon is currently signed to Suburban Noize Records and Just Blaze's Fort Knocks Entertainment record label. After years of delay due to former record label interference, his album The Greatest...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Vacancy Album Trailers" – Brutha
    Brutha
    Brutha was originally composed had 5 members, but the three older brothers, Anthony & Grady Harrell III, and Jared Overton left the group because they wanted to move on and do their own thing. Their show, Brothers to Brutha, shows their transformation during and after they rose to fame...

     (2010) (trailers)
  • "Def Jam / Serato 25th Anniversary Vinyl Pack" – feat. Nick Cannon
    Nick Cannon
    Nicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon is an American actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer, radio, and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenage sketch comedian on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'N Out, and America's Got Talent...

    , DJ Enuff
    DJ Enuff
    DJ Enuff is a DJ and radio personality from the United States. He mixes on-air during "The Angie Martinez Show" from 4:30 to 6pm. He also was The Notorious B.I.G's official road DJ and also helped break acts like 50 Cent and Kanye West.-Early career:DJ Enuff was raised in the Lower East Side of...

    , Cipha Sounds
    Cipha Sounds
    Cipha Sounds is an American radio and television personality of Puerto Rican descent...

     (2010) (commercial)
  • "2009 Rap Up" – Skillz
    Skillz
    Shaquan Lewis, also known as Mad Skillz, Skillz, is an American rapper known for his acclaimed 1996 album From Where???, a reference to his origins in Virginia, not the stereotypical New York City or Los Angeles rapper, and he's also known for his yearly "Rap Ups", which he has done since...

     (2010) (music video)
  • "Air Born" – The Kid Daytona feat. Bun B
    Bun B
    Bernard Freeman better known by his stage name Bun B, is an American rapper and was one half of the southern hip hop duo UGK . He is also a guest lecturer at Rice University located in Houston, Texas...

     (2009) (music video)
  • "Fatherhood" – Saigon
    Saigon (rapper)
    Brian Daniel Carenard, better known by his stage name Saigon, is an American rapper and occasional actor.Saigon is currently signed to Suburban Noize Records and Just Blaze's Fort Knocks Entertainment record label. After years of delay due to former record label interference, his album The Greatest...

     feat. Lokz (2009) (music video)
  • "Aye Aye Aye" – Saigon
    Saigon (rapper)
    Brian Daniel Carenard, better known by his stage name Saigon, is an American rapper and occasional actor.Saigon is currently signed to Suburban Noize Records and Just Blaze's Fort Knocks Entertainment record label. After years of delay due to former record label interference, his album The Greatest...

     (2009) (music video)
  • "Grown Thangz" – Young Chris
    Young Chris
    Young Chris is a Grammy nominated American rapper and songwriter. A member of Philadelphia rap trio Young Gunz, formerly signed to Roc-A-Fella records through Beanie Sigel’s State Property collective, early success included the hit single "Can't Stop, Won't Stop"...

     (2009) (music video)
  • "24k Rap" – J Dilla
    J Dilla
    James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...

     feat. Havoc and Raekwon
    Raekwon
    Corey Woods , better known by the stage name Raekwon, is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... in 1995, and has since recorded four solo albums, as well as work with Wu-Tang and an extensive amount of guest contributions with...

     (2009) (music video)
  • "Anxiety Attacks" – Tame One
    Tame One
    Rahem Brown, better known by his stage name, Tame One, is an underground rapper from New Jersey currently signed to the label Amalgam Digital. He was part of Artifacts, a popular rap duo with El Da Sensei. Which is rumored to be getting back together. He is also known for his collaboration with...

     (2009) (music video)
  • "Dirty Genes" – Mojoe (2008) (music video)

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