Portrait of Scott Derrickson

Directing

Scott Derrickson

Career

Active from 1990 to 2025, busiest in 2000 and 2025 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score53/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 6.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Scott Derrickson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Wholesome
    1.4, average 3.4
  • Romance
    2.1, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.8, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Supernatural Horror Thriller 3
  • Supernatural Horror 2
  • Psychological Terror 2
  • Visceral Gore 2
  • Disturbing Imagery 2
  • Atmospheric Dread 2
  • Occult Elements 2
  • Found Footage Elements 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

9 titles
Ghost Eaters
Ghost Eaters

Producer

Room 428
Room 428

Producer

Mouthwashing
Mouthwashing

Producer

Mime
Mime

Producer

Retrograde
Retrograde

Executive Producer

The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter

Screenplay, Director

Bitter Bitter
Bitter Bitter

Producer

Bermuda
Bermuda

Screenplay, Executive Producer

Road of Bones
Road of Bones

Screenplay, Producer

2020s

8 titles · average score 63
The Gorge
The Gorge (2025)
GoodWatch score 63

Producer, Director

Black Phone 2
Black Phone 2 (2025)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer, Producer

V/H/S/85
V/H/S/85 (2023)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay, Director

The Black Phone
The Black Phone (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay, Director

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

Executive Producer

No Man of God
No Man of God (2021)
GoodWatch score 70

Executive Producer

Shadowprowler
Shadowprowler (2021)
GoodWatch score 54

Writer, Executive Producer

My Valentine
My Valentine (2020)
GoodWatch score 51

Executive Producer

2010s

7 titles · average score 55
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange (2016)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer, Director

Sinister 2
Sinister 2 (2015)
GoodWatch score 35

Writer, Producer

Deliver Us from Evil
Deliver Us from Evil (2014)
GoodWatch score 45

Writer, Director

Kristy
Kristy (2014)
GoodWatch score 55

Executive Producer

Misunderstood
Misunderstood (2014)
GoodWatch score 62

Executive Producer

Devil's Knot
Devil's Knot (2013)
GoodWatch score 44

Screenplay, Executive Producer

Sinister
Sinister (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Executive Producer

2000s

6 titles · average score 45
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
GoodWatch score 38

Director

The Visitation
The Visitation (2006)
GoodWatch score 53

Co-Producer

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Screenplay

Land of Plenty
Land of Plenty (2004)
GoodWatch score 61

Story

Hellraiser: Inferno
Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
GoodWatch score 34

Writer, Director

Urban Legends: Final Cut
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
GoodWatch score 28

Writer

1990s

2 titles
Love in the Ruins
Love in the Ruins (1995)

Sound Editor, Screenplay

Out of Black and White
Out of Black and White (1990)

Musician, Director