Scott Derrickson

Scott Derrickson in 2016

Scott Derrickson (born July 16, 1966) is an American director, screenwriter and producer.

Quotes

• I think it’s important for anyone who takes cinema seriously not to limit yourself to just optimistic or happy movies. I think that’s a problem. You’ve got to be willing to let the art of cinema take you into some darker places if you’re going to make full use of it. There are some people who shouldn’t watch horror films, and I’m all right with that. It’s not about putting something evil in the world. It’s about reckoning with evil. We don’t need any more evil in the world. We need a lot more reckoning with it.
  • Interview: Filmmaker Scott Derrickson on Horror, Faith, Chesterton and His New Movie (July 1, 2014)

• If you’re doing it right, you’re not asking the audience to buy into your point of view at all. If you’re doing it right, you’re asking the audience to accept the character’s point of view as the character’s point of view. That can be anything. We’ve all watched hundreds of movies from characters’ points of view that are not our own. That’s part of the gift movies give us.
  • Interview: Filmmaker Scott Derrickson on Horror, Faith, Chesterton and His New Movie (July 1, 2014)