Derek Vanderhorst
Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer
Motion Picture Academy member and industry veteran Derek Vanderhorst founded Summit Post in 2004. With over two decades of experience, Derek has worked on over 130 feature films, episodic television, games and new media, including in-house roles at Fox, Paramount, Universal, and Warner Brothers. In his various roles, Derek saw the need to evolve the post-production sound industry to better support the emerging trends and technology in filmmaking. Derek founded Summit Post to offer more flexible and customized options for directors and producers working on independent and major feature films who were seeking deeper partnerships and more freedom in the process. Derek’s passion around the complexity of sound began in 1975 when he learned to hand make a Rabab (a Persian lute-like musical instrument) with his grandfather in Aurora, Colorado.