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'''Dekker Dreyer''' is an award-winning [[United States]] [[film director]] and [[film producer|producer]]. He is currently the president of the sci-fi cable network "[http://www.illusiontv.com Illusion]".

==Biography==


===Photographer===
In the late 90's Dekker made a name for himself photographing recording artists [[Violent Femmes]], The [[Dandy Warhols]] and others. This period as a photojournalist was chronicled in the online music magazine Shimmy and the on-going Ink19. In print / retail his photographs appeared in Launch and [[Spin Magazine]].  

===Television===

Dekker is currently the president of Illusion Television, which he founded with partner Caitlyn Darr, developing and producing orginal science fiction programming such as "[http://www.analogsf.com Analog]'s Science of Fiction" [http://www.barrylongyear.net] series and a proposed dramatic series based on [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s [[Cthulhu]] Mythos. The channel promoted several upcoming shows during the 2007 [[New York Comic Con]] [http://www.comicbookbin.com/news1010.html]. The channel is currently available on the [[Akimbo Systems]]. According to the official website Illusion is coming to Verizon Fios and cable television in October of this year.

==Filmography==

*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1072805 IMDB Filmography]

==Other==

Although Dekker was featured in a series of [[Cinemax]] promotions[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1072805/otherworks] in 1999 and has appeared as an extra in several projects, including ''[[The Waterboy]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[Mortal Kombat (film)]]'', and ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (HBO)|From the Earth to the Moon]]''.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1072805 IMDB Filmography]
* [http://www.slamdance.com/2004/festival/info/person_detail.asp?person_id=569 Dekker Dreyer bio] at  Slamdance Film Festival
* [http://www.dandamotionpictures.com Danda Motion Pictures] Dreyer's production company
* [http://www.illusiontv.com Illusion Illusion On-Demand] 
* [http://www.dekkerdreyer.com]

==References==
*American Magazine, [[July]] /[[August]] [[2003]] American Publishing LLC
*Independent Film Quarterly Issue 9 [[Spring]] [[2005]]
*Interactive Magazine, [[June]] [[2002]] Arts Institute Press
*[http://www.ew.com "Entertainment Weekly"] #884 [[June]] [[2006]]
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