Derek Rydall
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, Actor, Author, Script Consultant |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Introduction | Nephew of film director, Don Siegel, Derek started as an actor, starring in film and TV projects. He's a best-selling author, speaker, produced screenwriter, founder of Scriptwriter Central, a top writing resource, and Enlightened Entertainer, advancing the evolution of media. As a consultant, he has helped people around the world develop books, scripts, and TV shows. He’s been a staff writer for Fox, Disney, written scripts for Universal, Miramax, Sony, New Line, RKO, UA, MPCA, many indy producers, and co-wrote/starred in the longest running drama in L.A. history, “Welcome Home Soldier”. He has sold or been hired to write over 20 scripts, a dozen hours of TV, and many books, including the #1Best-Selling screenwriting book, "I Could’ve Written a Better Movie than That!" and “There’s No Business Like Soul Business.” He recently wrote the new Beethoven film for Universal, and the sequel to The Long Kiss Goodnight. As a licensed spiritual therapist and speaker, Derek has trained many top Fortune 500 execs and coached thousands of artists, entertainment pros, and people from all backgrounds on how to walk a purpose-driven path, and make a positive contribution. |
| Interests | Movies, Metaphysics, Mysticism, Good Books, Writing, Acting, Speaking, Teaching, Meditating |
| Favorite movies | Finding Neverland, SeaBiscuit, Rain Main, Bruce Almighty, Dead Man Walking, Matrix, Million Dollar Baby, Groundhog Day, Parenthood, Shawshank Redemption, Good Will Hunting, Broadcast News, As Good As It Gets, When Harry Met Sally... |
| Favorite music | Gospel, Motown, Classic Rock, and too many individual artists to mention. |
| Favorite books | "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle, the works of Joel Goldsmith, "It's a Meaningful Life" by Bo Lozoff, various works of Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, and Wayne Dyer, "Making a Good Script Great" by Linda Seger, "Story" by Robert Mckee |