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          Derek Dow

          Derek Dow

          Derek Dow, Senior Lecturer

          Bio:

          Derek Dow is an award-winning director born in the Englewood community on the South Side of Chicago.

          After graduating high school, he continued his education at Chicago State University, where he learned he held a passion for writing, directing, and filmmaking.

          ❤️They call us” The Elderly” ❤ We were born in the 's.

        1. ❤️They call us” The Elderly” ❤ We were born in the 's.
        2. Troi Tyler's Post Happy 68th birthday today to Mario Van Peebles, pictured here with his father, Melvin Van Peebles.
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        5. A graduate of South Shore High School on Chicago's south side, where she grew up, Troi went on to receive a Bachelor of Science in Radio/Television at Southern.

          6. Flash forward years later, Dow landed in Los Angeles earning an MFA in film at the prestigious University of Southern California School of Cinema Arts. He was awarded the Irvin Kershner Fund for Documentary Filmmaking, helping him to complete his documentary Beyond the Sole, which shed light on the “sneakerhead” culture and which aired on the Aspire Channel.

          Dow’s next film, The Big Chop, was licensed by HBO. His newest film, Growing Pains, was shot in his hometown of Chicago and was funded by The Gene Siskel Film Center.  Dow has worked closely with multiple diversity programs to help shine a lig