About
Derrick Lock is a composer, filmmaker, and audio engineer whose work sits at the intersection of music, technology, and storytelling. Raised in Oakland, CA, he began recording at age 10 and spent years engineering sound across venues before formally studying jazz and digital arts.
His debut short film Carbon Copy — an experimental meditation on consciousness, memory, and the digital self, constructed entirely from generative AI — earned the Grand Prize and Best Video at Cal Performances' Human & Machine Song Contest and screened at Venice Shorts, Cannes World Film Festival, and ARFF Paris.
His sound spans two decades of film scores, theater compositions, video game audio, and instrumental releases shaped by hip-hop, blues, folk, soul, and electronic production. He also builds interactive web and iOS applications that extend his exploration of sound and space.