Born into a family of filmmakers and spending most of his childhood on set, Seale spoke the language of cinema before any other. Passionate about dramatic storytelling, he handles epic visuals and intense action with the same ease as the complex emotions of actors and the subtle art of building stories through images. Derin has directed high profile international commercial campaigns next to his extensive Hollywood experience, directing sequences for The Talented Mr Ripley and Cold Mountain. A self confessed escapist, he describes himself as being “most inspired by classically dramatic but visually imaginative stories.”