Name Zak Penn Role Screenwriter | Parents Arthur Penn Education Wesleyan University | |
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Born 1968 (age 46–47) New York, United States Occupation Film director, screenwriter, producer Books Rogue Finds a Home, Behind Enemy Lines: The Screenplay, Hero Worship Nominations Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program Movies and TV shows The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, X‑Men: The Last Stand, X2, Alphas Similar People Louis Leterrier, Avi Arad, Bryan Singer, Joss Whedon, Simon Kinberg Profiles | ||
Zak penn interview with robert mckee on storylogue
Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter and director. Penn wrote and directed Incident at Loch Ness and The Grand, and co-wrote the scripts for X2, X-Men: The Last Stand and the story for The Avengers. With Michael Karnow, Penn is the co-creator of the TV series Alphas on the Syfy network.
Contents
- Zak penn interview with robert mckee on storylogue
- Screenwriting Advice from Zak Penn VICE GUIDE TO FILM
- Early life
- Career
- References
Screenwriting Advice from Zak Penn: VICE GUIDE TO FILM
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.