Overview
Derick & Rebecca Otto, are married screenwriting partners from L.A. currently repped by Vision Entertainment. They have multiple projects in various stages of development including CRAWL SPACE, which has director Keith Thomas (The Vigil, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, First Omen) and is being produced by THE PURGE franchise creators, THE HOUSE ON MOUNTAIN ROAD, with director Randall Okita (MENACE, SEE FOR ME), and is being produced by Antihero Entertainment. They are currently developing an original horror project with director Nima Nourizadeh (AMERICAN ULTRA, PROJECT X, THE GENTLEMAN), which is being produced by THE PURGE franchise creators, and Ray Pictures.
Professional Screenwriter repped by Literary Manager Chris Bellant at Vision
Entertainment. Along with writing original screenplays, I pitch on open writing assignments
for studios, based on intellectual property.
WRITING PROJECTS
"CRAWL SPACE"
Horror Feature • In Development • Producer: Sebastian Lemercier (executive producer of THE PURGE Franchise) and N9ne Studio. • Director, Keith Thomas attached.
"THE HOUSE ON MOUNTAIN ROAD"
Supernatural Horror • In Development • Antihero Entertainment • Director, Randall Okita attached.
"THE DESCENT" by Fritz Peters - ADAPTATION
Drama/Thriller • Open Writing Assignment (OWA)• hired to adapt novel by studio HIRSCH/GIOVANNI.
"THE THIN PLACE"
Horror Feature• In Development • Ray Pictures and Man In A Tree • Director Nima Nourizadeh attached.
EDUCATION
University of the Ozarks Clarksville, AR. — B. A. In Radio, Television, and Video Communications - 2010
Second City Hollywood - Graduate of the Improv and Sketch conservatory - 2016
The Groundlings, Hollywood, CA - Advanced Writing Lab - 2020
SKILLS
Comedic improv and sketch writing - Editing - Character dialogue - Narrative and Visual Storytelling