Dekker Dreyer
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Dekker Dreyer and wife Julia Howe at the 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards
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Ryan Dekker Dreyer 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
Dreyer was born on November 16, 1980 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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 has been collected into a feature format. Dekker returned to the Slamdance Film Festival as a jurist in 2016.
In 2007 he and his partners launched the Illusion On-Demand network, a science fiction channel with a large national footprint. He soon took on the duty of creative director and brought both anime and sci-fi classics like Doctor Who 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"
Dekker is considered a pioneer in live action and animated Virtual Reality. At the studio he co-founded, Clever Fox, he created and directed two of the first scripted original series in VR, The Depths and Broadcast. He has also produced VR experiences for brands like Star Wars and the band Disturbed
Dreyer is the author of the short story anthology Parasite: Six Tales of Speculative Terror and the novella The Tea Goddess. He is credited as having coined the term ecopunk. 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.
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.
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