Dean Lincoln Hyers – Filmography / Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Dean Lincoln Hyers began directing films as a hobby at age 11, making three full-length features, a three episode "made for public access" television series and numerous shorts as a teenager. Hyers got his first recognition in 1987 when one of his features got screened in the Rivertown International Film Festival in Minneapolis.

Graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1988 with a double major in Fine Arts & Psychology, Dean directed point-of-purchase product videos for the computer-game industry before founding one of the nation’s first Digital Media Agencies in 1991, Digital Café Interactive with partner Mike Koenigs (www.mikekoenigs.com).

Directing interactive advertising and web promotions for 20th Century Fox, Sony/Tristar/ Columbia, Gramercy Pictures and others, Hyers reached the world over the internet promoting such films as Die Hard III, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Jumanji, Strange Days, Mystery Science Theater 3000, The X-Files TV show and Godzilla.

A highlight of Dean's interactive work was a computer-game created for General Mills and Chex Cereals. ChexQuest, a branded, doom-style game featured Chex characters who fought through five levels after an animated movie-on-disc set the stage. Packing six million cereal boxes with CD-ROMs and linking to downloadable game levels on the internet, the product increased Chex Cereal sales by 248%!

Hyers directed commercial and educational game products including a CD-ROM interactive comic called VIRTUAL COP. Selling Digital Café in 1998 to Minnesota's largest advertising agency, Campbell Mithun Esty, Hyers devoted himself full-time to launching Bill's Gun Shop, his feature film directorial debut (www.billsgunshop.com) where he worked with John Ashton (Beverly Hill's Cop), Lee Percey (Editor – Boys Don't Cry) and Peter Himmelman (Music – Judging Amy).

While continuing to pursue his feature career, Hyers co-directs SagePRESENCE – developing "stage-presence" for the business and life. In this work, Hyers applies his directing talents to professional performance development, helping professionals master high-impact communication through an intense focus on presence. (www.sagepresence.com).

Since 2001, hundreds of actors have received training from Hyers, along with Lawyers, Witnesses, Sales Teams, Emerging Executives and Presenters. Hyers directed an architectural sales team to an $80 million win in 2004. Hyers's training team was selected by the United States Federal Government to train US Covert Trainees in improvisational acting and emotion control in the line of duty as Undercover Agents.

Dean Hyers can be reached for film directing and performance training in acting, presence, presenting and leadership at dean@deanhyers.com.

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	John Ashton (Beverly Hills Cop / Midnight Run), Edited by Lee Percy (Boy's Don't Cry / Reversal of Fortune), Music by Peter Himmelman (Judging Amy), Title Track by Chan Poling (The Suburbs), Cinematography by Mickey Freeman (Under Siege) DL Mabery Award for Best Feature Film & Best Director 2001 Best Feature / Best Director – SMMASH Film Festivval 2003 BILL'S GUN SHOP Boy Meets Gun – Everything Dillon McCarthy knows about guns comes from watching movies, so he is naively unprepared when a clerk job at BILL'S GUN SHOP immerses him in the very real world of gun culture. In the movies, the gun makes the man, adding mystery, danger, and sex appeal, but that isn't quite working for Dillon. Frustrated, Dillon convinces Rick, a Native American bounty hunter, to allow him to ride backup on his next job, busting two dangerous convicts on the run. With one mistake, the mission becomes murderous, and before Dillon can get rid of the smoking gun, he winds up in a showdown with a neighborhood gang who tried to rob him at the gunstore.

	ScreenLabs Production, Directed by Dean Lincoln Hyers, Written by Jeane Moore, Cinematography by Jim Tittle Edited by Dan Nyberg, Music by Andrew Benson Produced by J. MikeTabor, Starring Bruce Bohne and Rachael Frank DEATH'S WIFE While her parents are away, young SUDAH rents a room to a soldier who leads her into a love affair. As he swiftly takes over of every aspect of her life, we discover he is not just any soldier and his arrival is more than happenstance – he refers to himself only as Death.



	Produced by Digital Café, Inc., Directed by Dean Hyers and Michael Koenigs Winner: Golden Reggie Award for Promotional Achievement Winner: Silver Effie Award for Advertising Effectiveness CHEX®QUEST Interactive CD-ROM Game & Mini-Movie A highlight of Dean's interactive work was a computer-game with animated movie created for General Mills and Chex Cereals. ChexQuest, a branded, doom-style game featured Chex characters who fought through five levels after an animated movie-on-disc set the stage. Packing six million cereal boxes with CD-ROMs and linking to downloadable game levels on the internet, the product increased Chex Cereal sales by 248%!



	*BIOGRAPHY* Dean Lincoln Hyers began directing films as a hobby at age 11, making three full-length features, a three episode "made for public access" television series and numerous shorts as a teenager. Hyers got his first recognition in 1987 when one of his features got screened in the Rivertown International Film Festival in Minneapolis. Graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1988 with a double major in Fine Arts & Psychology, Dean directed point-of-purchase product videos for the computer-game industry before founding one of the nation’s first Digital Media Agencies in 1991, Digital Café Interactive with partner Mike Koenigs (www.mikekoenigs.com). Directing interactive advertising and web promotions for 20th Century Fox, Sony/Tristar/ Columbia, Gramercy Pictures and others, Hyers reached the world over the internet promoting such films as Die Hard III, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Jumanji, Strange Days, Mystery Science Theater 3000, The X-Files TV show and Godzilla. A highlight of Dean's interactive work was a computer-game created for General Mills and Chex Cereals. ChexQuest, a branded, doom-style game featured Chex characters who fought through five levels after an animated movie-on-disc set the stage. Packing six million cereal boxes with CD-ROMs and linking to downloadable game levels on the internet, the product increased Chex Cereal sales by 248%! Hyers directed commercial and educational game products including a CD-ROM interactive comic called VIRTUAL COP. Selling Digital Café in 1998 to Minnesota's largest advertising agency, Campbell Mithun Esty, Hyers devoted himself full-time to launching Bill's Gun Shop, his feature film directorial debut (www.billsgunshop.com) where he worked with John Ashton (Beverly Hill's Cop), Lee Percey (Editor – Boys Don't Cry) and Peter Himmelman (Music – Judging Amy). While continuing to pursue his feature career, Hyers co-directs SagePRESENCE – developing "stage-presence" for the business and life. In this work, Hyers applies his directing talents to professional performance development, helping professionals master high-impact communication through an intense focus on presence. (www.sagepresence.com). Since 2001, hundreds of actors have received training from Hyers, along with Lawyers, Witnesses, Sales Teams, Emerging Executives and Presenters. Hyers directed an architectural sales team to an $80 million win in 2004. Hyers's training team was selected by the United States Federal Government to train US Covert Trainees in improvisational acting and emotion control in the line of duty as Undercover Agents. Dean Hyers can be reached for film directing and performance training in acting, presence, presenting and leadership at dean@deanhyers.com.

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