Derek Lewis Gray

Derek Lewis Gray is a screenwriter who often writes meta-rom-coms. Although he is not satisfied with simply telling the boy meets girl narrative in in his work, some of his biggest inspirations come from work by Nora Ephron, the famous screenwriter who recreated the way rom-coms are presented to the audience. His forthcoming feature film that he has written and directed, is Letters from Sam, a witty comedy about a romance novelist whom after receiving a letter intended for a man's ex-wife, begins an unconventional relationship with him that brings chaos and confusion to her personal and professional life.
In addition to screenwriting, Derek works in many other media formats such as novels, web series, short stories and feature films.
Derek currently serves as head writer and producer for the web series Toll Booth, which recently won a Bronze Telly Award for best writing in a drama series and is a Capital Web Awards Nominee for best series and writing. Just recently the show has been named Official Selection for the Baltimore Web Fest Awards for best writing in a web series. He has an MFA from Full Sail University and has currently begun work on a new short film titled Father's Day, which will be released this December.
He lives in the Baltimore area with his wife, two boys, two dogs, his mom and mother-in-law. It's almost is like if Full House was made up of black people.
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