# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-kolstad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:43:06.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-kolstad"
name: "Derek Kolstad"
slug: "derek-kolstad"
description: "Derek Kolstad 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."
tagline: "American screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Kolstad_at_the_2025_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_for_Normal_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1974-04-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.64110266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/derekkolstadwriter"
    handle:    "derekkolstadwriter"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4401003/"
    handle:    "nm4401003"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديريك كولستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Kolstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Kolstad"
    title: "Derek Kolstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Kolstad"
    title: "Derek Kolstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Kolstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دریک کولستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Kolstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derek Kolstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Колстад, Дерек"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Derek Kolstad"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump