Draft:Darren K Hawkins

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Darren K Hawkins is an Australian film maker, writer, director, producer and actor. He is best known as the writer and director of "Next Door to the Velinskys" and the co-director of the low budget indie feature film The 7th Hunt

Early Life

Darren K Hawkins (born 13th October 1970) was raised in Winston Hills, New South Wales attending Northmead High School, a performing arts school in Sydney's North West, New South Wales Australia . He is the youngest of three children. His mother is a home maker, while his father, Leo, played in the feeder teams for Parramatta Eels and was a self employed cartage operator.

Career

Hawkins first career from school was New South Wales Police Force , remaining there until 1994 .

Outside of the Police Force, Hawkins was a musician, playing multiple instruments, singing and writing. Bands he played in included The Basic Fact, Bent and Lament, all receiving limited radio play in the 1990's, with Bent playing on the support card for Human Nature (band) at Wonderland Sydney

Hawkins was a regular disc jockey on Alive 90.5 during the radio station's early years, co-hosting shows "Musicians of the West" and the late night "Beat Box". Both programs showcased new and unsigned bands.

The early 2000's, Hawkins started working in Cinema of Australia, in various small scale, independent and studio productions, for film and television. His first break into feature films came in 2002 with "Something About AJ", while with television 2001, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's mini series Head Start (TV series) and in 2003, working with Nicholas Hammond on the tv pilot for Joel Silver's Sci-Fi "Future Tense"

By the mid 2000's, Hawkins began also working behind camera, having worked as an assistant director on the feature films "Something About AJ", "Sum of Existence" as well as numerous short films, Hawkins was asked to direct the Buffyverse project Forgotten Memories and the short project "Rose" as a co-writer, producer and director. 2009, Hawkins acted in and co-directed the Ozploitation genre feature film The 7th Hunt . 2011, Hawkins directed and produced "Next Door to the Velinksys" , later distributed by Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime.

2017's saw Hawkins return to directing with the project "The Lonely Road", which screened at 84 film festivals world wide and picked up 54 awards and nominations which led to the creation of Lonely Hill Films .

2021 saw a re-release of The 7th Hunt as "The Hunt" to the UK market.

2023, after years of script development with writer Stephen Knight, Hawkins produced and directed the feature film "The Girl in the Shadows"

Personal Life

Hawkins took time away from concentrating on his career to raise his daughter Audrey from 2005, taking on occasional acting and directing work, but choosing to place Audrey as a first priority.

Audrey and Darren appeared together in several small productions and television commercials, while Audrey appeared in several of Hawkins' film projects, as well as Stephen Wallace's feature film "A Suburban Love Story", and on Home and Away as the child of Chris Hemsworth's character of Kim Hyde

Filmography

Feature Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Something About A.J	Dr Pollack	also BTS videographer, casting, additional assistant director
2005	The Edge of the Word	Detective Bowen
2005	The Sum of Existence	Joey Walker	2nd assistant director
2006	Wango and Malloy	Angus Lawyer
2007	Infinity Quest	Senator Brackus/Clone Soldier
2009	The 7th Hunt	The Hacker	co-director
2009	I Wish I Were Stephanie V	Stuart
2011	Next Door to the Velinksys	Director	executive producer, co-writer
2013	Final Move	Dr Jacobs
2017	Ravenswood	The Doctor	co-writer, BTS, additional photography, paranormal advisor
2018	A Suburban Love Story	Shienbaum
2021	The Hunt (UK re-release of 7th Hunt)	The Hacker	co-director
2023	The Hanged Girl	William Campbell
2023	Companion	David Knight
2023	The Girl in the Shadows	Director	producer, script editor

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Headstart	Fanboy
2003	Future Tense	Daniel
2004	Jessica	male Nurse
2006	Forgotten Memories	Director
2006	Forensic Investigators	Detective Wheeler
2007	Bastard Boys	Mike
2007	Rapida	Del
2010	Sharehouse Zombie Apocalypse	Alvin
2012	Dark Minds	The Valley Killer
2015	In the Darkness	Greg Thomas
2015	An Audience to Behold	Aubin
2016	An Audience to Behold	Aubin

Short Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Small Things	David
2002	Volunteer	Jake	also associate producer
2003	Before the Years	Aiden
2004	Save the Last	Director
2004	Andy	Andy
2004	Invictus	Troy
2004	Control	Kevin
2004	Fidelity	Zeff
2005	Twitch	Nathan
2005	Rose	The Stranger	Also co-Producer, co-writer, director
2006	Whispers	Director
2006	Death's Requim	The Removalist
2007	Housemates	Director
2008	Crazy in the Heat	Director
2014	Outside Your Window	Director	also producer, editor
2015	Together	Director	also producer and camera
2017	Occultum mala	Director	producer, writer
2017	The Lonely Road	Director	producer, writer, editor, vfx
2023	The Rise of the Wogolo	Director	producer
2024	Pushing Pawns	Director

References

IMDB reference https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1216672/

INSIDE FILM magazine promotion for the film The Girl in the Shadows https://if.com.au/ric-herbert-to-join-darren-k-hawkins-in-new-england-for-the-girl-in-the-shadows/

Northern Daily Leader article on The Girl in the Shadows https://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/8240880/lights-camera-and-action-filmmakers-excited-to-bring-movie-magic-to-new-england/

Mansfield Courier article on new feature film project https://www.mansfieldcourier.com.au/arts-and-entertainment-news/not-another-kelly-film

Screen Australia https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/p/darren-k-hawkins/32107/

Lonely Hill Films https://www.lonelyhillfilms.com.au/

NBN news article - The Girl in the Shadows https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2023/01/24/new-england-north-west-will-be-the-backdrop-of-new-feature-film/