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Derek Filiatrault

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Additional Crew
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Derek Filiatrault began his career working as an actor and a singer/musician. In 1994 he shifted his focus to work behind the camera. He was the First Assistant Director on Rick Mercer's television series, The Industry (1998) and would go on to A.D. numerous projects including Trailer Park Boys (2001), Haven (2010), Mr. D (2012), Call Me Fitz (2010), Coroner (2019), Pretty Hard Cases (2021) & Orphan Black: Echoes (2023). His directorial debut came on Call Me Fitz (2010), where he received a "Best Direction in a Comedy Series" Canadian Screen Awards Nomination.
BornDecember 11, 1970
BornDecember 11, 1970
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    The Industry (1998)
    The Industry
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Jason Priestley in Call Me Fitz (2010)
    Call Me Fitz
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    Hilary Swank in Amelia (2009)
    Amelia
    5.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(Halifax)
    • 2009
    Krysten Ritter in Orphan Black: Echoes (2023)
    Orphan Black: Echoes
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Little Lorraine
      • first assistant director
      • Post-production



    • Mary-Louise Parker, Ben Barnes, and Joe Freeman in The Institute (2025)
      The Institute
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2025
    • Scott McCord, Harold Perrineau, Simon Webster, and Catalina Sandino Moreno in From (2022)
      From
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Aldis Hodge in Cross (2024)
      Cross
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Chad Michael Murray, Scott Patterson, and Morgan Kohan in Sullivan's Crossing (2023)
      Sullivan's Crossing
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2024
    • Rachel Skarsten and Andrew W. Walker in Christmas Island (2023)
      Christmas Island
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Krysten Ritter in Orphan Black: Echoes (2023)
      Orphan Black: Echoes
      6.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Pretty Hard Cases (2021)
      Pretty Hard Cases
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Additional Directing
      • First Assistant Director
      • first assistant director
      • 2021–2023
    • Liane Balaban and Allan Hawco in Midnight at the Paradise (2022)
      Midnight at the Paradise
      5.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Carla Gugino, Ana de la Reguera, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Gentry White in Leopard Skin (2022)
      Leopard Skin
      6.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Bill Pullman and Alice Kremelberg in The Sinner (2017)
      The Sinner
      7.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021
    • Arlen Aguayo Stewart, BJ Harrison, Linda Ko, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Diana Pavlovská, Lyne Renée, Demetria McKinney, Sarah Yarkin, Tony Giroux, Amalia Holm, Taylor Hickson, Jessica Sutton, Mellany Barros, Kylee Brown, Ess Hödlmoser, and Ashley Nicole Williams in Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
      Motherland: Fort Salem
      7.3
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • Serinda Swan in Coroner (2019)
      Coroner
      6.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019–2020
    • Robbie G.K., Devyn Nekoda, Robyn Alomar, Phillip Forest Lewitski, Akiel Julien, Mickeey Nguyen, and Humberly González in Utopia Falls (2020)
      Utopia Falls
      5.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second unit director
      • 2020
    • Pure (2017)
      Pure
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Andrew Bush and Mark Little in Cavendish (2019)
      Cavendish
      6.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2019

    Director



    • Gerry Dee in Mr. D (2012)
      Mr. D
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • The Moblees (2014)
      The Moblees
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2016
    • You & Me (2011)
      You & Me
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011–2014
    • Jason Priestley in Call Me Fitz (2010)
      Call Me Fitz
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013

    Additional Crew



    • Pit Pony (1997)
      Pit Pony
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • set production assistant
      • 1997
    • The Hanging Garden (1997)
      The Hanging Garden
      6.8
      • pre-production coordinator
      • 1997
    • John Hurt, Jason Priestley, and Fiona Loewi in Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
      Love and Death on Long Island
      6.9
      • assistant production coordinator: Nova Scotia
      • 1997
    • Margaret Langrick and Oliver Milburn in Sweet Angel Mine (1996)
      Sweet Angel Mine
      5.8
      • assistant coordinator
      • 1996
    • Sandra Bullock and Denis Leary in Two If by Sea (1996)
      Two If by Sea
      5.3
      • production office assistant
      • 1996
    • Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne (1995)
      Dolores Claiborne
      7.4
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 1995

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Derek J. Filiatrault
    • Born
      • December 11, 1970
      • Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Other works
      Guitar/Lead vocalist: Butterfield 8

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