Derek Connolly

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Derek Connolly (born c. 1976) is an American screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for his collaborations with filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, writing films including Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Jurassic World (2015), and its sequels (2018) and Jurassic World Dominion (2022). He also co-wrote (2017), Detective Pikachu (2019), and the unproduced original draft of , which became (2019).

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Education Connolly attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School in Miami and New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

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Career Connolly rewrote (2017), for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Connolly co-wrote early (and ultimately uncredited) drafts of with Guillermo del Toro, Jon Spaihts and Zak Penn; the final screenplay was by Steven S. DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder and T. S. Nowlin; based on characters by Travis Beacham and del Toro Connolly and his writing partner Colin Trevorrow co-wrote the screenplays for Jurassic World (2015) and its sequel (2018), and by February 2018, had written a story treatment for Jurassic World Dominion, was released on June 10, 2022. Connolly and Trevorrow also co-wrote the first draft of , the final film of Star Wars sequel trilogy, but both left after Trevorrow stepped down as director, they were later replaced by J. J. Abrams (who directed , eventually replaced Trevorrow as director) and Chris Terrio; however Connolly and Trevorrow received a story credit with Abrams and Terrio on (2019).

Connolly was reported to be working on a remake of the film Flight of the Navigator, as well as writing an upcoming original Pixar film directed by Teddy Newton and a live action Legend of Zelda film directed by Wes Ball and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad. Connolly has been tapped to pen the script for a Metal Gear film.

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Writing credits

2012	Safety Not Guaranteed	Colin Trevorrow	Also credited as producer
2015	Jurassic World
2016	Monster Trucks	Chris Wedge
2017		Jordan Vogt-Roberts
2018		J. A. Bayona
2019	Pokémon Detective Pikachu	Rob Letterman
		J. J. Abrams	Story only
2022	Jurassic World Dominion	Colin Trevorrow	Story only
2025	Deep Cover	Tom Kingsley
2027	The Legend of Zelda	Wes Ball

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Awards and nominations

2012	Safety Not Guaranteed	Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
2015	Jurassic World	Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Writing

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