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Steel Notes Magazine www.steelnotesmagazine.com 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 Steel Notes Magazine www.steelnotesmagazine.com 35