David G. Derrick Jr. is an American film director and storyboard artist. He is best known for his work at Disney, including co-directing Moana 2 (2024).
Early life and education Derrick attended University of Utah from 1998 to 2000, where he studied fine arts, later studied animation in California Institute of the Arts from 2001 to 2004.
Career Derrick began working as a storyboard artist at DreamWorks Animation, such as Flushed Away, Bee Movie, How to Train Your Dragon, Megamind, and Rise of the Guardians, before leaving DreamWorks and joining Walt Disney Animation Studios to continued as a storyboard artist for Moana, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto and Strange World.
He made his directorial debut with the sequel to Moana, Moana 2, alongside Jason Hand, and Dana Ledoux Miller.
He left Walt Disney Animation Studios and joined Warner Bros. Pictures Animation to serve as a director for an untitled Hello Kitty film, and an untitled original film of his own.
Filmography Year TitleDirectorStory ArtistNotes 2006 Flushed Away 2007 Bee Movie 2010 How to Train Your Dragon Megamind 2012 Rise of the Guardians 2016 Moana 2019 The Lion King 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon Encanto 2022 Strange World (Head of Story) 2024 Moana 2 Co-directed with Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller2028Untitled Hello Kitty film Co-directed with John Aoshima Untitled Warner Bros. Pictures Animation film
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