---
name: "Derek Haas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/derek-haas-8161"
fi1m_id: "derek-haas-8161"
imdb_id: "nm0351929"
tmdb_id: 8161
wikidata_id: "Q1200043"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 June 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T05:35:57.086526+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 Haas

## Identity

Derek Haas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/derek-haas-8161
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** derek-haas-8161
- **IMDb ID:** nm0351929
- **TMDB ID:** 8161
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1200043
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Haas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1200043, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0351929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8161

Writer. Born 30 June 1970 in Austin, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 June 1970, Austin, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 2003–2014
- **Frequently works with:** [Michael Brandt](https://film.one/person/michael-brandt.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Haas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1200043, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0351929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8161

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Wanted*](https://film.one/film/wanted.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*2 Fast 2 Furious*](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Derek Haas is an American screenwriter, television writer and producer. He earned a B.A. and M.A. in English literature from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he met his frequent writing partner Michael Brandt.

With Brandt he wrote the screenplays for the films *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003) and *3:10 to Yuma* (2007). Haas created the NBC series *Chicago Fire* (2012) and its spin-off *Chicago P.D.* (2014), on which he has also written and served as executive producer. He later created *FBI: International* (2021) and *Countdown* (2025).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wanted* (2008), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/wanted.md)
- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), Fi1m 61, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Countdown* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *FBI: International* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Creator
- *Overdrive* (2017), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Chicago Justice* (2017), series, Writer
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, Writer, Story, Executive Producer
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, Writer, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Double* (2011), Producer, Writer
- *Wanted* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wanted.md)
- *3:10 to Yuma* (2007), Screenplay
- *Catch That Kid* (2004), Screenplay
- *2 Fast 2 Furious* (2003), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/2-fast-2-furious.md)
- *Invincible* (2001), Writer
- *The Silver Bear*, Executive Producer, Novel

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