Derek Presley was born in Fort Worth, Texas. After making numerous short films and music videos he began his feature filmmaking career and has never looked back. He is the writer and director of Red Stone (2021), Boon (2022) and Tonic (2024). Presley is also a frequent collaborator with Neal McDonough, co-writing The Last Rodeo, to be directed by Jon Avnet, produced by Kip Konwiser, Ruve McDonough and Hal Lieberman.