Personal details
- Birth Date: 1966-07-16
- Birth Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
- Professions: Producer, Writer, Director
Scott Derrickson, man, this guy’s basically horror royalty if you’re into movies that make you double-check your locks at night. He’s the brains behind some seriously creepy flicks—Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Deliver Us from Evil, and even took a wild stab at Hellraiser: Inferno. Each one’s got its own flavor of nightmare fuel. Sinister especially? That movie’ll have you swearing off home movies forever. Derrickson has this way of mixing real-life dread with supernatural chills, so you end up thinking about the film long after it’s over. But here’s the thing, he’s not boxed into horror. Outta nowhere, he jumps into the Marvel universe and directs Doctor Strange. Yeah, that trippy, mind-bending superhero flick with Benedict Cumberbatch doing his best “sorcerer with a midlife crisis” impression. It’s actually kind of wild watching a guy known for making people scream now making them gawk at psychedelic visuals and multiverse shenanigans. And he pulled it off—big time. But when it came time for the sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness? Derrickson was like, “Nah, I’m out,” and handed the reins over to Sam Raimi, another horror legend. So, you’ve got this guy who knows how to wring every ounce of tension and weirdness out of a story, then dips his toes into superhero territory, and still leaves his fingerprint all over pop culture. From exorcisms to alternate realities, Derrickson’s filmography is a weird, wild ride—never boring, that’s for sure.
Honestly, not your average college journey—this guy at Biola wasn’t just sitting through general ed classes, doodling in his notebook. He went all in, double majoring like he had something to prove. On one side, he dove deep into Humanities, getting tangled up in philosophy debates and literature critiques—probably arguing about Dostoyevsky in one class, then writing essays about existential dread in the next. But he didn’t stop there because, apparently, sleep is for the weak. He also grabbed Communication as his second major, but with a twist: he zoned in on film and theology. So, picture him dissecting old movies for hidden meanings and then connecting them to theological ideas, maybe even ranting about how Hitchcock and biblical parables aren’t that different. Juggling all that? Wild. But hey, it probably gave him a killer cocktail party pitch, even if his sleep schedule was wrecked.
July 16, 1966
Konidela Ram Charan
Denver, Colorado, USA
Yes, Child
59 years old