Biography
Scott Derrickson (born July 16, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He is known for his work in the horror genre, directing films such as The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), Sinister (2012), and The Black Phone (2021). He is also known for the superhero film Doctor Strange (2016) based on the Marvel Comics character. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Derrickson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Black Phone 2
2025
Producer, Writer, Director
As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing v...

The Gorge
2025
Director, Producer
Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, t...

V/H/S/85
2023
Director, Screenplay
Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the gr...

Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone
2022
as Self
Take a behind-the-scenes look into the most pivotal elements of THE BLACK PHONE production, including adapting the story and achieving the vision of d...

The Black Phone
2022
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Executive Producer
Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to c...

Shadowprowler
2021
Writer, Director, Executive Producer
A teenage boy tries to hide from a sinister figure prowling around the house.

No Man of God
2021
Executive Producer
The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.

My Valentine
2020
Executive Producer
A pop singer's artistic identity is stolen by her ex-boyfriend/manager and shamelessly pasted onto his new girlfriend/protégé. Locked together late on...

Doctor Strange: The Fabric of Reality
2017
as Self
A detailed examination of the film's costumes: construction, functionality, and staying true to the characters. It also covers set design and construc...

Doctor Strange: The Score-Cerer Supreme
2017
as Himself
A discussion of Michael Giacchino's work on the film and the themes the music conveys and supports for the film.

Doctor Strange
2016
Writer, Director
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to de...

Hellraiser: Evolutions
2015
as Himself
Exclusive to Arrow Video Amazon Channels, Hellraiser: Evolutions is a documentary looking at the evolution of the hit horror franchise, Hellraiser, an...

Sinister 2
2015
Writer, Characters, Producer
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.

Kristy
2014
Executive Producer
When a college girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break is targeted by a group of outcasts, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwi...

Deliver Us from Evil
2014
Writer, Director
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. Ho...

Misunderstood
2014
Executive Producer
Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra...

Devil's Knot
2013
Screenplay, Executive Producer
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.

Sinister
2012
Executive Producer, Director, Screenplay
True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So...

The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
Director
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether human...

The Visitation
2006
Co-Producer
In Antioch, the former Father Travis Jordan lost his faith on God three years ago when his beloved wife was murdered and the criminals never found. Su...

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
Director, Screenplay
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The pri...

Land of Plenty
2004
Story
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.

Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
Director, Writer
A detective solves the puzzle box that releases the diabolical demon, Pinhead. As those around him begin to meet tragic fates, he sets out to conquer ...

Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
Screenplay
The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, some...

Love in the Ruins
1995
Sound Editor, Editor, Producer
A Christian allegory in which an experienced demon and his apprentice sow despair, alienation, fear and hopelessness among the customers at a bleak Lo...

Out of Black and White
1990
Writer, Musician, Editor
The college experience is not always as perfect as some school brochures may lead you to think. For some, making the transition from high school to co...
The Night of the Hunter
N/A
Screenplay, Director
Harry Powell, a serial killer posing as a preacher, marries a widow solely to gain access to her deceased husband’s hidden fortune. Powell’s stepchild...
Retrograde
N/A
Executive Producer
Follows a top military soldier who discovers that a brilliant scientist, who is her former lover, is dangerously meddling with the fabric of time, try...
Room 428
N/A
Producer
Bermuda
N/A
Executive Producer, Screenplay
Plot details are being kept under wraps, except for the fact that it will be set in the mysterious patch of the Caribbean where planes and ships have ...

The Breathing Method
N/A
Director
Upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King novella of the same name.
Road of Bones
N/A
Director, Screenplay, Producer
An American film crew travels to Siberia to cover an elusive ghost story about the Kolyma Highway, a 2000 km road built on top of the bones of prisone...