CURRENT MISSION

Going on the road! Explore new cities, meet new people, and take photographs.

ABOUT ME

Dreamer-idealist, photographer, cameraman, geek, moviemaker!

I lived & worked in NYC for about 3 years as a freelance videographer; I shot everything from interviews & events to indie feature films. Then a year & a half ago I basically quit most of my work and made a sci-fi film called C. Now I'm trying to figure out what to do next!

Still pursuing my career as a cameraguy, but at the end of the day I consider myself a visual artist, and hope to set my life up so that I can keep pursuing that.

PHILOSOPHY

Currently enthusiastically collecting data on this one, I'll get back to you!

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm totally new to Couchsurfing!

兴趣

Art, filmmaking, science, outer space, cameras, electronic music, politics, good movies, bad movies, coffee, science-fiction, analogue stuff, crazy conversations.

• arts
• film making
• education
• coffee
• politics
• movies
• music
• electronic music
• astronomy
• teaching
• freelancing
• history
• physics
• science

音乐、电影和书籍

Manhunter
Crimes & Misdemeanors
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Six String Samurai
Moonrise Kingdom
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Glen or Glenda
Patlabor 2: The Movie
The Red Spectacles
Stalker
2001: A Space Odyssey

Cosmos
The Wire
Twin Peaks

The Field
Bill Evans
Elite Gymnastics
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Tangerine Dream
Flock of Seagulls
College

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I made this sci-fi short film, it's pretty insane:
http://ditogear.com/featured/spotlight-7-c-by-derek-van-gorder/

教，学，和分享

I know a LOT about cameras, lenses, film formats, and filmmaking in general... I love talking about movies, the history of movies, how they're made, what they are, where they're going, etc.

I'm also something of a science enthusiast-- I don't have any formal education in it, but I am super eager to learn more, especially about astronomy and physics.