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Derek Smith (filmmaker)
Derek Smith may refer to: * Derek Ryan Smith, known as Mod Sun (born 1987), singer, rapper, and songwriter * Derek Smith (basketball) (1961–1996), American NBA basketball player * Derek Smith (footballer, born 1946), footballer for Tranmere Rovers * Derek Smith (ice hockey, born 1954), Canadian former NHL ice hockey player * Derek Smith (ice hockey, born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player * Derek Smith (linebacker) (born 1975), American NFL linebacker * Derek Smith (tight end) (born 1980), American NFL tight end * Derek Smith (soccer) (born 1980), American soccer defender * Derek Smith (musician) (1931–2016), British jazz pianist * Derek Vincent Smith, known as Pretty Lights (born 1981), electronic music artist * Derek Smith (television producer), for the BBC * Derek V. Smith, CEO of ChoicePoint See also *Derrick Smith (other) Derrick Smith may refer to: * Derrick Smith (ice hockey) (born 1965), Canadian NHL centre * Derrick Smith (soccer) (born 1991), US Virgin Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mod Sun
Derek Ryan Smith (born March 10, 1987), known professionally as Mod Sun (stylized as MOD SUN or MODSUN) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and rapper from Bloomington, Minnesota. He has released four solo studio albums, three EPs, six mixtapes and 31 singles. Beginning his musical career by playing drums in pop punk band the Semester and post-hardcore groups Four Letter Lie and Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Smith began a solo rap career in 2009 under the name Mod Sun. The release of his fourth solo studio album '' Internet Killed the Rockstar'' saw a stylistic shift back to pop punk. He is also a member of the alternative hip hop duo Hotel Motel. His upcoming fifth studio album ''God Save the Teen'' is set to be released in the first quarter of 2023. Early life Derek Ryan Smith was born on March 10, 1987, in Bloomington, Minnesota. Later his father left for California and his parents divorced, after which Smith spent some time living with his father in Long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Smith (basketball)
Derek Ervin Smith (November 1, 1961 – August 9, 1996) was an American professional basketball player. He won a national championship with the Louisville Cardinals in 1980, and spent nine years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in a career shortened by a knee injury. He would later become an assistant coach for the Washington Bullets from 1994 until his death. Career Smith attended the University of Louisville from 1979 to 1982. He was a member of the 1980 University of Louisville Cardinals basketball team which won the NCAA championship, defeating UCLA 59–54. Smith is sometimes credited with popularizing the term "high five" during the 1979–80 basketball season. Smith was selected 35th overall, 13th in the second round, by the Golden State Warriors in the 1982 NBA draft. After his rookie season, he was waived by the Warriors and became a free agent. At the request of Portland Trail Blazers general manager Stu Inman, Smith received a try out with the San Diego C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Smith (footballer, Born 1946)
Derek Smith is a footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Everton and Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ado .... Later played non-league football with Chorley, Nantwich Town and Ellesmere Port Town. References 1946 births Living people Footballers from Liverpool Men's association football forwards English men's footballers Everton F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Ellesmere Port Town F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-forward-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Smith (ice Hockey, Born 1954)
Derek Robert Smith (born July 31, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings between 1975 and 1983. He was selected by the Sabres in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft. Playing career Smith was born in Quebec City, Quebec, but grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. Smith played his junior hockey for the Ottawa 67's and scored an impressive 52 goals in the 1972–73 campaign. He backed up the performance with a 47-goal season the next year and this was enough to garner the attention of the Buffalo Sabres who drafted him in the 10th round of the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft. He spent three seasons with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League including a playoff effort in 1975 where he scored seven goals in eleven games. Smith also scored nearly a point a game for the Bears in 1976–77. This is also the year when he made his regular season debut in the NHL, playing in 5 games for the Sabres, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Smith (ice Hockey, Born 1984)
Derek A. Smith (born October 13, 1984) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey player. Smith formerly played with the Ottawa Senators and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career After playing 123 games over four seasons between 2000 and 2004 for the Wellington Dukes of the Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League, Smith played three more seasons for the Lake Superior State Lakers. Undrafted, he signed as a free agent with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) on April 12, 2007, and decided to leave college a year early to pursue his dreams of playing in the NHL. After training camp, Smith was assigned to the Senators' top minor league affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. Smith was re-signed by the Senators to a one-year contract on July 29, 2009. On February 12, 2010, after the trade of Alex Picard and an injury to Chris Campoli, Smith was called up to the Ottawa Senators. He made his NHL debut against the Detroit Red Wing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Smith (linebacker)
Derek Mecham Smith (born January 18, 1975) is a former American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona State. Smith also played for the San Francisco 49ers, San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins. College career At Arizona State University, Smith was good friends with Pat Tillman and was a teammate to Jake Plummer. Professional career Washington Redskins Smith played for the Redskins for four years from 1997 to 2000. San Francisco 49ers Smith then signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2001. He played with the team through 2007 before being waived on February 19, 2008. San Diego Chargers On February 24, 2008, the Chargers signed Smith to a two-year contract. He was released ten weeks into the regular season on November 12 after running back Michael Bennett was claimed off waivers. Miami Dolphins Smith was signed by the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Smith (soccer)
Derek Smith (born July 17, 1980 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky) is a retired American soccer player who last played for the Cincinnati Kings in the USL Premier Development League. Career College and amateur Smith attended Hopkinsville High School before playing soccer at Union College(KY) from 2000 to 2003. He was named the team Defensive Man of the Year and Most Valuable Player in 2002 and an All-American Honorable Mention selection and First Team All-Region in both 2001 and 2002. In 2001 and 2002, he spent the collegiate off season with the West Michigan Edge of the fourth division Premier Development League. Professional Undrafted out of college, Smith played for the Cocoa Expos of the PDL in the summer of 2004, before signing his first professional contract with the Virginia Beach Mariners of the USL First Division. In 2005, he signed with the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer, and although he saw no time with the first team, he played two games with the reserves. After being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Smith (musician)
Derek Smith (17 August 1931 – 19 August 2016) was a British jazz pianist. Biography Born in London, his father Sidney was an Inland Revenue employee. His mother, Lillian, made the decision that he was to take up piano lessons. He was influenced by jazz pianist Art Tatum after listening to his recordings in the 1940s. Smith played his first professional gig when he was fourteen. Someone rolled a piano out into the street, and he played for the VE Day celebrations in May, 1945. Over his parents' protestations, he joined John Dankworth's band when Cleo Laine was the female vocalist, and with many other British jazz musicians, including Kenny Graham and Kenny Baker. Smith also began performing and recording for the BBC, but soon realised the place for him professionally, was America. Smith immigrated to the United States with no job awaiting him. Fourteen days after arriving in New York, he recorded with the Modern Jazz Quartet. One of his first engagements was working with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Lights
Derek Vincent Smith (born November 25, 1981), known by his stage name Pretty Lights, is an American electronic music producer. Pretty Lights was originally a music project consisting of Smith and Michal Menert, who left after the release of their first album. Rick Rubin once described Pretty Lights as "the face and voice of the new American electronic music scene". Early life Smith started skateboarding with Michal Menert in the 8th grade. The pair, together with a drummer Menert knew, began making music after Smith brought a bass guitar to a skating session. Paul Brandt (Paul Basic) eventually replaced their original drummer. Calling themselves "The Freeze", the band consisted of Derek Vincent Smith on the bass guitar, Michal Menert on the guitar and keyboard, and Paul Brandt on the drums. The group was influenced by artists like the Beastie Boys, Tha Alkaholiks, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, The Roots, and The Casualties as well as by old school hip hop, funk, punk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Smith (television Producer)
Derek Smith (16 April 1927 – 17 March 2015) was a BBC Television producer whose body of work extended to more than 100 programmes or series. He was the creator and producer of the original series of Top Gear (1977 TV series), Top Gear and the adventure survival series ''Now Get Out Of That''. Early career Smith joined the BBC in Birmingham in 1957, working as an assistant producer on the newly created ''Farming'' magazine programme. In the early 1960s he moved on to work on general programming, directing, and producing films and programmes on a range of subjects for the BBC. Military subjects One of the first of a number of films he made about the services was ''Soldier In The Sun'', a film looking at the Royal Anglian Regiment in Aden and Yemen (1964). The film has been chosen by the BBC for inclusion in its BBC Four Army Collection. Another was ''Singapore Twilight'' (1965) showing the closing tasks of Midland army units. Others include: ''The Last Outpost'', a film abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek V
Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler". Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk. History The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was ''Deoric'' or ''Deodric'', from Old English ''Þēodrīc'', but this name had fallen out of use in the medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Low German, Dutch, English, Danish and Norwegian. The given name ''Derk'' is found in records of the Low Countries from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
