Zak Penn

Zak Penn Biography

Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter, film producer, and director. Penn wrote and directed the 2004 mockumentary film Incident at Loch Ness and the comedy The Grand, and co-wrote the scripts for X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, Ready Player One and the story for The Avengers. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the TV series Alphas on the Syfy network.

Early life

Penn graduated from Wesleyan University in 1990. His screenplay for PCU was based on his experiences at the Eclectic Society house. He is the son of New York businessman and lawyer Arthur Penn, who led the acquisition of the Capital Markets Assurance Corporation from Citicorp.

Career

Films that Penn has been involved in writing include Last Action Hero, Inspector Gadget, X2, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Elektra. Penn wrote early drafts of Hulk, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers.

Penn is also a jury member for the digital studio Filmaka, a platform for undiscovered filmmakers to show their work to industry professionals.

In July 2012, Avatar Press released the first issue of Penn's first comic book, Hero Worship. The six issue series is co-written with Star Wars: The Clone Wars screenwriter Scott Murphy and drawn by Michael DiPascale. It centers on Zenith, an indestructible hero who has fans following every disaster, trying to catch a glimpse of the ultimate celebrity and risking their own lives in the process. One fan becomes so obsessed that it leads to the development of his own powers.

He directed the documentary film Atari: Game Over.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1993	Last Action Hero			Co-story writer with Adam Leff
1994	PCU			Co-screenwriter with Adam Leff
1997	Men in Black
1998	Antz			Story consultant
1999	Inspector Gadget			Co-screenwriter with Kerry Ehrin
2000	Charlie's Angels			Script revisions
2001	Behind Enemy Lines			Co-screenwriter with David Veloz
2003	X2			Co-story writer with David Hayter and Bryan Singer
2004	Incident at Loch Ness			directorial debut; Co-screenwriter with Werner Herzog
2004	Suspect Zero			Co-screenwriter Billy Ray
2005	Elektra			Co-screenwriter with Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner
2006	X-Men: The Last Stand			Co-screenwriter with Simon Kinberg
2007	The Grand			Co-screenwriter with Matt Bierman
2008	The Incredible Hulk			Story; with uncredited screenwriting rewrites by Edward Norton
2012	The Avengers			Co-story writer with Joss Whedon
2014	Atari: Game Over			Documentary; on-screen appearance
2018	Ready Player One			Co-screenwriter with Ernest Cline
TBA	ROM: Spaceknight			In development
	Untitled Matrix film			In development
	Suicide Squad 2			In development;Script treatment
	Untitled Booster Gold film			In development;Co-story writer with Zack Stentz

Television

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Director	Writer	Creator/Showrunner	Notes
2011	Alphas				co-created with Michael Karnow

Video games

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
Year	Title	Creative director	Writer	Technical director	Notes
2005	Fantastic Four				Credited for game story and dialogue
2006	X-Men: The Official Game				Credited for screenplay

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