Derek Kolstad

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 rewriting 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