Derek Kolstad
Writing · Writer · Screenplay · Producer
Born Apr 4, 1974 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Active 2012–present
Derek Kolstad (born April 4, 1974) is an American screenwriter and producer. He created the John Wick franchise, which began in 2014.
Filmography
Nobody 2 (2025) — Screenplay · StoryBallerina (2025) — CharactersNormal (2026) — Producer · Story · ScreenplaySplinter Cell: Deathwatch (2025) — Writer · Executive Producer · CreatorStreets of Rage — ProducerJohn Wick (2014) — WriterNobody (2021) — Screenplay · Executive ProducerJohn Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) — Writer · CharactersJohn Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) — Story · Characters · ScreenplayJohn Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) — CharactersThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) — Staff Writer · Co-Executive Producer · WriterThe Continental: From the World of John Wick (2023) — Executive Producer · Original Film WriterThe Princess (2022) — ProducerDie Hart (2023) — Writer · Executive ProducerOne in the Chamber (2012) — WriterDie Hart (2020) — Writer · CreatorThe Package (2012) — WriterStray — Screenplay · ProducerJust Watch Me — WriterOrdained — Writer · ProducerBooker — Writer · ProducerA Darker Shade of Magic — WriterHunting Season — WriterThe Man from Nowhere — Screenplay