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Staff Member Spotlight:
ACTOR DEREK OELS
people from walks all over and would love to make it to the
big screen. He has been in a few independent films, a com-
mercial, many short films and student films.
He attended Allen-
Business School for
Graphic Design for
about a year until
transferring to Ed-
inboro University
of Pennsylvania
and majoring in
Liberal Arts and
minoring in film
production. He
has a Bachelor's
Degree in Liber-
al Art.
Derek Oels was born in
Allentown, Pennsylvania but
was raised in Emmaus, Penn-
sylvania about an hour from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He first got his break acting
as a main bad zombie in the
2008 independent film "Tues-
town
While in col-
lege, he was
on the college
football team
and was
in the Phi
Kappa Sigma. Oels
is definitely a star
in the rise. With
the right part, Oels
would knock it out
of the park.
day Morning" directed by Luke
Ramer. Then he made a film called "Night-
mares of the Dark" back in 2013 which
wasn't even released due to the lack of
funds. He also was in a Warner Bros Pic-
tures documentary about the future of our
climate change. He also filmed a feature film
called "As It Comes" in 2016-2017. He has
also had been in short films including: The
Call, Driveway Light, Strictly Business, and
a peanut butter and jelly commercial.
He hopes to gain respect from fellow actors,
networking, socializing, meeting interesting
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