Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director

About Me

Films, acting & music are passionz, walks, friends, reading and more. Independent, creative, interesting, & nice guy here who'd like to meet someone special, with things in common and not, so more to learn & keep me interested by.///CV SUMMARY; LATEST FILM: 'BRING HER HOME: DEAD OR ALIVE' - The first Trailer!! Recent films I've been in: 'SAFETY HOUSE' is a fly-on-the-wall film watching a group of guys who have gathered to shelter against the post-apocalyptic nuclear winter... How will they deal with the loss of everything they knew and loved? 'THE SUBJECT' - I played Dr Campbell, a scientist whose life ambition is to bring the dead back to life... The plotline: 2 police officers (Officer Lewis & Willis) investigate the murder of 3 scientists. They become suspicious of two surviving scientists (Dr Raimi [Dane Millerd] & Dr Campbell [Derek Huckel]when a woman (The Subject) who has been listed as deceased, is suddenly alive & well & going on a killing rampage.'QUESTIONS' is a tale of a family in turmoil, Bruce (Matthew Scott) is released on this day from prison. He has been in there for 6 years for the murder of his wife, only 5 years because the evidence was inconclusive. On this day of reunification, family members Michelle (Louise Forder) and Douglas (Derek Huckel), siblings of Selena, and Douglas wife Laura (Amelia Foxton) want the truth. Agendas become clear and blood begins to boil...For more info and pictures, go to: Official site: http://www.matthewscott.org/questions.html & more info: www.gig19.com

My Interests

Acting, filming, movies, live gigs, going out/ staying in, music, travel, acting writing, art, galleries. chilling out & checking more things out. Art galleries or parks, where-ever that feels good.

I'd like to meet:

People; Joan Jett, Gary Oldman, QT, RR, Blues Explosion, some scriptwriters & authors.Partner?; Between 27 and 40 years old , 5'0 + ideally from Sydney. Ideal partner... interesting, honesty and enjoys nights out & nights in, movies, music, and my cooking, haha - it aint so bad - no, really. Someone who likes to talk about anything & some times not at all. Mmmm. Hard to write this but if U think we might have some common links... I would look fwd to hearing from you :) Pics below from various films/ portfolios/ and non-film pics :) Leave a comment if you wish.

Music:

Literally all sorts. Pop, dance, blues, rock, soul, some heavy & -umm arrr - one or two country music artists. Going to see Live bands is a great passion. Saw Motorhead on October 5 - It Rocked Ass!!Pangu

Movies:

Heat, Big Lebowski, Dead Presidents, Sid & Nancy, Bourne Ultimatum, Jackie Brown, Dusk til Dawn, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, Faster Pussycat Kill Kill, Cobra, The Descent,HEAT, Questions, Zoolander, Snakes on a Plane, King Kong, Walk the Line, Jarhead, Munich, Rocky Balboa, Notes On A Scandal, Babel, Die Hard 4.0, Die Hard, Die Hard 2Looking forward to seeing Tarantino & Rodrigueszs' 'GRINDHOUSE'!! When it finally - if ever - gets here... Latest news is that 'DeathProof' only [1 of the 2 movies under the GRINDHOUSE banner]is hitting cinemas here in November... I love all sorts of films, docos, dramas, romance, action, anything with something to hook me, i will give a watch.

Television:

The Bill (Rocks! haha - funny but tru), Seinfeld, Curb your Enthusiasm, The Office (UK & USA), Extras, South Park, Entourage, RAGE, CSI:NYC...

Books:

'Stasiland' by Anna Funder is most interesting, about East Germany of the Cold War, & recently read 'Adventures in the Screentrade' and have another book or two on the go also. Book about catching Greyhound buses around the USA, and 'Inside the Wire' by Erik Saar. I read Starman a lil while ago, its about a guy who was a Security guard for many big bands, Kiss, bonJovi, Cher, etc. I love bios, books on film, crime etc. Edward Bunker is a great crime author. An Equal Music by Vikram Seth is a fave...

Heroes:

Gary Oldman, Bridget Fonda, deNiro, Al Pacino, John C Reily, William H. Macy, and The Phantom are heroes of one sort or another :)

My Blog

Gone Baby Gone movie review

Gone Baby Gone (Rated: MA 15+) Director: Ben Affleck - Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris Gone Baby Gone is a crime drama mystery with enough twists to get you in a...
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:38:00 PST

"Bring her Home: Dead or Alive" - trailer for new movie ...

Hey Gang,See the first trailer for 'Bring her Home: Dead or Alive', the recent film i am involved in! It's on Youtube [and below for your cheesy convennience :) ]. ...it's gotten some real good buzz.....
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:01:00 PST

No Country For Old Men movie review

Directed by, Adapted by, & co-produced by: Joel & Ethan Coen. Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald The long awaited new Coen brothers movie...
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:19:00 PST

Death & Life of Bobby Z - DVD review

*Updated - I noticed the previous version was a bit sloppily written..* I must say upfront I found 'The Death & Life of Bobby Z' to be quite sad and disappointing. I have read a great book by the ...
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:32:00 PST

Beat the Devil - cool short film by Tony Scott

I was quite excited to find this film on YouTube! My buddy John introduced me to it a while back and i lost my copy on dvd :( But... If youv'e not seen this, its a great short film... it was ma...
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:16:00 PST

Concert review; V - Festival, Saturday 31st March 2007

The V-Festival was Great!! Terriffic atmosphere. Was a lotta fun. The New York Dolls were great! Nothing too OTT, just some aging rockers having a good time. Some mighta poo-poo'd the show [some revie...
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:37:00 PST

Movie Review: The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness was a nice tale, tugging at your heart strings, that is good but a wee long. Smith plays the character well and his son [real son in real life too] is a tad too cutesy perhap...
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:57:00 PST

Movie Review: The Fountain

Afronoskys' 'The Fountain' was a poetic film, drifting between the past, present, and future - all involved Hugh Jackman and his love of the time, which seemed to be reincarnations of him and Rachel W...
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:48:00 PST

Movie Review: Pedro Almodóvars film VOLVER

Pedro Almodóvars film VOLVER was pretty good. A good little tale that had some twists, was quite cool and not overdone. Just a tale of a family and their dirty laundry, a fairly big family 'secret', ...
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:04:00 PST

Movie Review: Rampage

RAMPAGE Today I saw the film Rampage. The films' quite intense & the viewer recieves total immersion in the 'hood in which the people live in... Quite good but a pummeling by the film ...
Posted by Derek J. Huckel - actor /writer/ director on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:23:00 PST