---
name: "Derek Connolly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/derek-connolly"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 52
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-19T16:32:21.132740+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."
---

# Derek Connolly

Writer. Born 1 January 1976 in Miami, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1976, Miami, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Bryce Dallas Howard](https://film.one/person/bryce-dallas-howard.md), [Chris Pratt](https://film.one/person/chris-pratt.md), [Colin Trevorrow](https://film.one/person/colin-trevorrow.md), [Frank Marshall](https://film.one/person/frank-marshall.md), [Patrick Crowley](https://film.one/person/patrick-crowley.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 52, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 56 (3), 2020s 42 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 52 to 53 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Science Fiction 4, Thriller 3, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5,060m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Connolly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5261887, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2081046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1020013

## Coming up

- *The Legend of Zelda* (2027-04-28), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Jurassic World*](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md) (60), [*Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom*](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom.md) (58)

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## Biography

Derek Connolly is an American screenwriter and film producer. He attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

He is known for his collaborations with director Colin Trevorrow. Connolly wrote the screenplay for *Safety Not Guaranteed* (2012) and co-wrote the screenplays for *Jurassic World* (2015) and *Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom* (2018). He received story credit on *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019) and *Jurassic World Dominion* (2022). Other credits include the screenplay for *Kong: Skull Island* (2017) and *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019). He was named on Variety’s Ten Screenwriters to Watch list in 2012 and won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for *Safety Not Guaranteed*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Jurassic World Dominion* (2022), Fi1m 42, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world-dominion.md)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Fi1m 50, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom* (2018), Fi1m 58, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom.md)
- *Jurassic World* (2015), Fi1m 60, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Legend of Zelda* (2027), Writer
- *Deep Cover* (2025), Writer
- *Jurassic World Dominion* (2022), Story — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world-dominion.md)
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Story — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), Screenplay
- *Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom* (2018), Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom.md)
- *Kong: Skull Island* (2017), Screenplay
- *Monster Trucks* (2016), Screenplay
- *The 4th* (2016), as Partygoer
- *Jurassic World* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md)
- *Safety Not Guaranteed* (2012), Producer, Writer
- *Gary: Under Crisis* (2005), Writer
- *Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie*, Writer
- *Eternal Champions*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Derek Connolly](https://film.one/media/person/1030612/gallery-85db50eea5f5.jpg) Derek Connolly — Image via TMDB
- ![Derek Connolly](https://film.one/media/person/1030612/gallery-8d84079d35c6.jpg) Derek Connolly — Image via TMDB
- ![Derek Connolly](https://film.one/media/person/1030612/gallery-b4ad4676ec2d.jpg) Derek Connolly — Image via TMDB

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