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Derick Prince writer, producer and director is a native Baltimorean, armed with a master’s degree in Communication Studies from Morgan State University, after working as a news videographer-journalist, Prince opened his own production company in 2001 with an eye on Hollywood.
His first feature film, Charm City, the nationally successful title in 2006 won UMFF Best Feature Film. Derick Prince credits the streets for much of the movie’s success. Prince has gone on to Director other titles such as The Heroin King, a documentary film about Melvin William’s heroin czar of Baltimore city during the early 80’s. His life story was made famous by HBO’s The Wire series. Prince also co-wrote 4 Life and urban drama starring Wood Harris and Elise Neale. In 2013, Prince released his urban trilogy with Raising Wolves 2012 UMFF “Best Gritty Feature Film” winner, an urban drama about the lost generation of teenage boys struggling to find manhood on the streets of Baltimore, starring Tray Chaney of The Wire. All of the Prince films can be found in various venues such as Walmart, Redbox, Tubi, Roku, Pluto TV, Vudu and more. Derick Prince has directed Sistas a web series telling the story of a group of women who remained friends through the years and helped each other over come life struggles which he made into a feature film Betrayals starring Oscar Gary Jr, Tray Chaney, Robyn Dixon (RHOP) and Capadonna of Wu Tang. DA Vision Entertainment is currently bringing his dark crime comedy Money, Lies & Duct Tape to the silver screen. Derick Prince has released Unplug in the mist of the pandemic. The film is about a longstanding character named Zeek who appears in many of Prince's films such as Charm City. Zeek finally leaves the life of crime, but walking away is much harder than he could imagine. Since optioning his first Hollywood screenplay, Prince assures his audience that he will bring back classic story telling with great writing and mind blowing plots and subplots. Telling great stories is only the beginning for DA Vision Pictures. Prince’ vision for his future films is to tackle controversial subject matters, near future realities and man most perplexing questions about his existence. |
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Derick Prince first film camera. The K-3
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