Derek Aaron Ruell (born June 23, 1976)[1][2] is an American director, photographer and actor.

Ruell was born in Fresno, California and raised in a Mormon family in the nearby town of Clovis.

[2][3] After graduation from Clovis West High School, Ruell studied film at Brigham Young University.

[7] In 2007, he starred in On the Road with Judas, which premiered in the Dramatic Competition section of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

[9] Ruell played a successful New York businessman who led a double life as a computer thief.