---
name: "David Derrick Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-g-derrick-jr"
fi1m_id: "david-g-derrick-jr"
imdb_id: "nm3989471"
tmdb_id: 4524084
wikidata_id: "Q126920857"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "22 June 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T11:53:02.131252+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Derrick Jr.

## Identity

David Derrick Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-g-derrick-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-g-derrick-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm3989471
- **TMDB ID:** 4524084
- **Wikidata ID:** Q126920857
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Derrick_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126920857, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3989471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4524084

Writer and director. Born 22 June 1978 in Farmington, Utah, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 22 June 1978, Farmington, Utah, USA
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** David G. Derrick Jr., Dave Derrick Jr., David Derrick, דייב דריק ג'וניור, دیوید جی. دریک جونیور, ديفيد ديريك الابن
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 directing, 5 writing, 2 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 60 (2), 2010s 72 (4), 2020s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 69 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Family 5, Adventure 4, Comedy 4, Action 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,974m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Derrick_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126920857, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3989471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4524084

## Coming up

- *Hello Kitty* (2028-07-20), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Moana 2*](https://film.one/film/moana-2.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David G. Derrick Jr. is an American film director and storyboard artist. He was born on 22 June 1978 in Farmington, Utah. He studied at the University of Utah and CalArts before beginning his career at DreamWorks Animation.

Derrick worked as a story artist on films including *Bee Movie* (2007), *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), *Megamind* (2010) and *Rise of the Guardians* (2012). He later joined Walt Disney Animation Studios, contributing as a story artist on *Moana* (2016), *Raya and the Last Dragon* (2021), *Encanto* (2021) and *Strange World* (2022).

He made his directorial debut as co-director of *Moana 2* (2024), alongside Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller. Of Samoan heritage, he had previously storyboarded key sequences for the original *Moana*.

*Sources: imdb.com, thewrap.com, thewaltdisneycompany.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Directed (1)

- *Moana 2* (2024), Fi1m 55, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2.md)

### Wrote (5) — the average rests on these

- *Moana* (2016), Fi1m 82, Story Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/moana.md)
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), Fi1m 82, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2010.md)
- *Megamind* (2010), Fi1m 72, Story Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/megamind.md)
- *Bee Movie* (2007), Fi1m 55, Story Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/bee-movie.md)
- *Flushed Away* (2006), Fi1m 64, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Encanto* (2021), Fi1m 80, Additional Storyboarding — [page](https://film.one/film/encanto.md)
- *The Lion King* (2019), Fi1m 52, Storyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hello Kitty* (2028), Director
- *Moana 2* (2024), Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2.md)
- *Strange World* (2022), Head of Story
- *Encanto* (2021), Additional Storyboarding — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/encanto.md)
- *Raya and the Last Dragon* (2021), Story Artist
- *The Lion King* (2019), Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)
- *Moana* (2016), Story Artist — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/moana.md)
- *Rise of the Guardians* (2012), Story Artist
- *Megamind* (2010), Story Artist — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/megamind.md)
- *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes* (2010), series, Storyboard Artist
- *How to Train Your Dragon* (2010), as Other — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-train-your-dragon-2010.md)
- *Bee Movie* (2007), Story Artist — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bee-movie.md)
- *Flushed Away* (2006), as Other — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)

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