Derek Connolly (born c. 1976 in

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

) is an American screenwriter and film producer, mostly known for his collaborations with director

Colin Trevorrow Colin Trevorrow (;) is an American filmmaker. He made his feature directorial debut with the science fiction comedy '' Safety Not Guaranteed'' (2012) to critical and commercial success. Trevorrow achieved mainstream recognition for his work on th ...

on the films ''

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'', '' Jurassic World,'' and '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom''. Connolly attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School in

and

New York University Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the ar ...

Career

Connolly was listed on Variety's Ten Screenwriters to Watch in 2012. Connolly rewrote '' Kong: Skull Island'' (2017), for

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and Legendary Pictures. Connolly co-wrote early (and ultimately uncredited) drafts of '' Pacific Rim: Uprising'' with Guillermo del Toro,

Jon Spaihts Jon Spaihts () (born February 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter and author. Early life and education Spaihts was born in New York City, the son of Jean, a computer programmer, and Jim Spaihts, an electronics engineer. Spaihts is an alumnus ...

and

Zak Penn Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter. Penn wrote and directed '' Incident at Loch Ness'' and ''The Grand'', wrote the script for ''The Incredible Hulk'', co-wrote the scripts for '' X2'', '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', and th ...

; the final screenplay was by Steven S. DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder and

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; based on characters by

Travis Beacham Travis Beacham (born 1980) is an American screenwriter, best known for writing and co-writing the films ''Dog Days of Summer'' (2005), '' Pacific Rim'' (2013), '' Clash of the Titans'' (2010), and proposing the concept for the Amazon Prime fan ...

and del Toro Connolly and Trevorrow co-wrote the screenplay for the sequel '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018), and by February 2018, had written a story treatment for '' Jurassic World Dominion'', set for release on June 10, 2022. Connolly was reported to be working on a remake of the film ''

Flight of the Navigator ''Flight of the Navigator'' is a 1986 American science fiction adventure film directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton, and Matt MacManus. It stars Joey Cramer as David Freeman, a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by ...

'', as well as writing an upcoming

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film directed by Teddy Newton. Connolly has been tapped to pen the script for a ''

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'' film.

Filmography

Unproduced screenplay

* '' Star Wars: Duel of the Fates'' (co-written with Colin Trevorrow)

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* Living people 1976 births American film producers American male screenwriters Tisch School of the Arts alumni Writers from Miami Miami Palmetto Senior High School alumni {{US-screen-writer-stub