Dirk

Dirk Eichhorst wrote his first script at the age of thirteen—and apparently never quite recovered from the experience.

That early fascination with storytelling eventually grew into a career spanning nearly three decades in video and media production. Through his own business ventures, and later as Media Director for nonprofit organizations in Grand Haven, Michigan, and Orlando, Florida, Dirk built a career around telling stories, shaping ideas, and bringing them to life on screen.

He attended Columbia College Chicago, where he sharpened his skills in screenwriting and motion picture directing. Over the years, Dirk directed and produced a wide range of projects, developing a reputation for creativity, professionalism, and an ability to turn ambitious ideas into finished work. An early adopter during the emerging digital video era, he was also a member of the board of the West Michigan Film-Video Alliance. He later rounded out his production career as a freelancer working on business and broadcast projects.

Along the way, Dirk shared what he had learned, teaching enrichment courses in screenwriting and motion picture directing and leading seminars as a conference speaker.

His work and curiosity have taken him across the United States and to Europe, Africa, and Israel. He holds two associate degrees as well as a bachelor’s degree in Intelligence Studies from American Public University—an academic detour that probably says something about his longstanding interest in mysteries, unanswered questions, and what might be happening just beyond the obvious.

Today, retired from media production, Dirk works in administration for a manufacturing company near Detroit, Michigan. Away from work and writing, he enjoys backcountry camping, weight training, model building, and getting behind the wheel of his Ford Mustang.

After a lifetime spent telling stories through cameras, scripts, and screens, Dirk has turned his attention to the page—bringing the same curiosity about people, belief, mystery, and the unexplained to his fiction.