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Derek Kolstad

Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 04/04/1974 (49) | Madison, Wisconsin (United States of America (USA))
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Derek Kolstad (born April 4, 1974) is an American screenwriter and film producer. He is the creator of the John Wick franchise, which began in 2014. He continued to write for the first two sequels of the franchise and is mainly known as a screenwriter of action films and shows. ()

Derek Kolstad is a writer best known for the John Wick film series.Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Kolstad attended Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart and later studied business administration at Taylor University in Indiana. He moved to California at age 24 to pursue screenwriting. He says he started writing films when he was a teenager, but he struggled for success in Hollywood at first.The first script he sold was called Acolyte, which was purchased by Voltage Pictures in June 2012. After that, he got some writing and re-writing work, including work on One in the Chamber, starring Dolph Lundgren and Cuba Gooding Jr. He then wrote another Dolph Lundgren film titled The Package.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Thriller | Crime

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Movies with Derek Kolstad as Crew(25)

Writing/Characters2024 Ballerina
Writing/Writer2023 Just Watch Me
Writing/Characters2023 John Wick: Chapter 4
Production/Producer2023 Hellsing
Writing/Writer2023 Hellsing
Writing/Screenplay2023 The Man From Nowhere
Production/Producer2023 Booker
Writing/Writer2023 Booker
Writing/Writer2023 Die Hart
Production/Producer2023 Streets of Rage
Writing/Writer2023 Streets of Rage
Production/Producer2023 Just Cause
Writing/Writer2023 Just Cause
Writing/Screenplay2023 Time Agent
Writing/Screenplay2023 Acolyte
Production/Producer2022 The Princess
Production/Executive Producer2021 Nobody
Writing/Screenplay2021 Nobody
Writing/Screenplay2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Writing/Characters2019 John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Writing/Writer2017 John Wick: Chapter 2
Writing/Writer2014 John Wick
Writing/Writer2013 The Package
Writing/Writer2012 One in the Chamber

TV Shows/Series with Derek Kolstad as Crew(10)

Writing/Writer2024 Splinter Cell
Production/Executive Producer2024 Splinter Cell
Creator/Creator2024 Splinter Cell
Production/Executive Producer2023 The Continental: From the World of John Wick
Writing/Original Film Writer2023 The Continental: From the World of John Wick
Writing/Staff Writer2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Production/Co-Executive Producer2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Writing/Writer2020 Die Hart
Creator/Creator2020 Die Hart

Full Name: Derek Kolstad
Born: Thursday, 04/04 1974 (April) in Madison, Wisconsin (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 49 years + 360 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Educated at: Taylor University
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Derek Kolstad frequently works together with these people:
Chad Stahelski (10x, Crew)
Keanu Reeves (8x, Actor)
Lance Reddick (8x, Actor)
Ian McShane (6x, Actor)
David Leitch (6x, Crew)
Darrin Prescott (6x, Crew)
Jimmy Star (6x, Actor)
Kerrie Smith (6x, Crew)
Daniel Bernhardt (5x, Actor)
Jeremy Marks (5x, Crew)
Erica Lee (5x, Crew)
Malcolm Spellman (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10768, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024