Derek Haas

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Derek Haas
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Born (1970-06-30) June 30, 1970 (age 54)
Dallas, Texas, U.S
Occupation(s)Writer, producer
Years active2001–present

Derek Haas (born June 30, 1970) is an American writer and producer.

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Life and career

Derek Haas attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he earned both his B.A. and M.A. in English Literature. He lives in Los Angeles, and has made a name as a screenwriter and co-author of several successful Hollywood films. In 2008 he published his novel The Silver Bear about the young contract killer Columbus. The sequel Columbus was released in 2009, and in 2011, Dark Men was published to complete the Silver Bear trilogy. His fourth novel, The Right Hand, was released in 2012. Haas was the editor of popcornfiction.com, where he published short stories by different authors. One of his own works, "Shake," was sold to Bruckheimer Films. [1] [2] Popcornfiction.com stopped publishing new stories in 2013 after Haas became too busy with television. Haas created and executive produces the NBC drama Chicago Fire , along with his writing partner Michael Brandt. His brother, Clay, has appeared in five episodes. Brandt and Haas also developed and executive produced Chicago P.D. , a spin-off of Chicago Fire. Chicago Med , the second spin off of Chicago Fire premiered in November 2015.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleWriterProducer
2003 2 Fast 2 Furious YesNo
2004 Catch That Kid YesNo
2007 3:10 to Yuma YesNo
2008 Wanted YesNo
2011 The Double YesYes
2017 Overdrive YesYes

Television

YearTitleWriterExecutive
Producer
CreatorNotes
2001 Invincible YesNoNoTV movie
2012–present Chicago Fire YesYesYesWrote 226 episodes
2014–present Chicago P.D. YesYesYesWrote 195 episodes
2015–present Chicago Med YesYesDeveloperWrote 150 episodes
2017 Chicago Justice YesYesDeveloperWrote 13 episodes
2021–present FBI: International YesYesYesWrote 30 episodes

Literature

Novels

Silver Bear series
  1. 2008 The Silver Bear
  2. 2009 Columbus, published as The Hunt for the Bear in the UK
  3. 2011 Dark Men
  4. 2015 A Different Lie
  5. 2018 The Way I Die
Others

Short stories

References

  1. ""Bruckheimer rolls with Haas' Shake"". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on September 3, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
  2. ""Derek Haas, Michael Brandt to adapt Shake for Bruckheimer Films"". Archived from the original on January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2010.