Derek Kolstad
Known for writing · Born 4 April 1974 · 52 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA
36 credits
Derek Kolstad (born April 4, 1974) is an American screenwriter and producer. He created 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.
Known for
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021
John Wick
2014
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
Nobody
2021
Nobody 2
2025
The Continental: From the World of John Wick
2023
Normal
2026
Die Hart
2023
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
2025
One in the Chamber
2012
The Package
2013
Acting (4)
2025Wick Is PainSelfFilm
2015Don't F*#% With John WickSelfFilm
2015John Wick: Calling in the CavalrySelfFilm
2015John Wick: NYC NoirSelfFilm
Production (6)
2026NormalProducer, Story, ScreenplayFilm
2025Splinter Cell: DeathwatchExecutive Producer, Writer, CreatorSeries
2023The Continental: From the World of John WickExecutive Producer, Original Film WriterSeries
2022The PrincessProducerFilm
—Streets of RageProducerFilm
—CanyonProducer, ScreenplayFilm
Writing (26)
2025BallerinaCharactersFilm
2025Nobody 2Screenplay, StoryFilm
2023John Wick: Chapter 4CharactersFilm
2023Die HartWriter, Executive ProducerFilm
2021The Falcon and the Winter SoldierStaff Writer, Co-Executive ProducerSeries
2021NobodyScreenplay, Executive ProducerFilm
2020Die HartWriter, CreatorSeries
2019John Wick: Chapter 3 - ParabellumStory, Characters, ScreenplayFilm
2017John Wick: Chapter 2Writer, CharactersFilm
2014John WickWriterFilm
2013The PackageWriterFilm
2012One in the ChamberWriterFilm
—StrayScreenplay, ProducerFilm
—Just Watch MeWriterFilm
—OrdainedWriter, ProducerFilm
—BookerWriter, ProducerFilm
—A Darker Shade of MagicWriterFilm
—Hunting SeasonWriterFilm
—The Man from NowhereScreenplayFilm
—Time AgentScreenplayFilm
—AcolyteScreenplayFilm
—PainterScreenplay, ProducerFilm
—Shield of SparrowsWriter, Executive ProducerFilm
—Coyote BlueScreenplayFilm
—The ReckonerWriter, ProducerFilm
—Normal 2CharactersFilm