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MINI-BIO: DEREN P. ABRAM
DEREN P. ABRAM began his career as a student at Indiana
University’s Department of Theatre. While continuing his Master’s Degree (MFA Theatre) in 1994 at IU, Deren
worked on various theatrical and film productions and soon moved to Hollywood to begin on the HBO television series Tales
from the Crypt followed by a continued variety of other projects in TV and Film.
In 1998, Deren formed his own company, Film Pharm, Inc.--
where he continues to serve as the company’s Visual Supervisor and C.E.O.-- working for various TV projects including
ESPY Awards, X-Games, Food Network’s “Everyday Italian” and ABC Sports/ NFL’s Monday Night Football--
for which he won an EMMY (2003) and was twice nominated in 2004. Other clients include History Channel, Fox Movie Channel,
Vons/ Safeway, and Southern California Edison, Votre Vu, ESPN, ABC Sports and Disney, to name a few.
After a decade of working in Film & Television on
big budgets to micro-budgets, and everything in between, Deren began creating his own film, television and video projects.
Current film releases include “According to Dom” (release: Fall 2009) and “ClarkWORLD”
(release: Fall 2009), and are represented for worldwide digital release by Cinetic Rights Management and DVD release through
Passion River Films. Deren and Film Pharm Productions
also has developed a successful distribution platform when traditional platforms are not available.
Deren writes, produces, directs, and edits, and is currently
developing two major projects slated to begin production in 2010. Deren now resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife and
two children... and loves it.
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