Description:
J.D. Zeik's original screenplay, Ronin, starring Robert DeNiro, was filmed and released by United Artists in 1998. The film was a hit on both screens and on DVD, and is now considered a cult classic. Zeik also wrote and executive produced the TNT film production of Witchblade. This production served as the basis for the subsequent Witchblade TV series on which he also served as a writing-producer. Zeik worked with Michelle Yeoh (Memoirs of a Geisha) on The Touch. Other credits include the Steven Seagal film, Pistol Whipped. He most recently wrote the next installment of The Mechanic franchise for actor Jason Statham and Millennium Films.
Mr. Zeik has been an Assistant Professor of Screenwriting in the SUNY Purchase Film and Playwriting/Screenwriting programs since January of 2000.
Birthday
December 5, 1959
Born In
New York City, New York, USA
Alternative names
John David Zeik
Spouse/Ex-
Carole Perry ? - present ()
Trivia
Mr. Zeik currently teaches screenwriting at SUNY Purchase, the
prestigious theater school located in Westchester County, New York,
whose students have included Parker Posey ("Best In Show", "House of
Yes"), Sherry Stringfield ("ER"), Wesley Snipes, Edie Falco ("Carmela"
on "The Sopranos"), Hal Hartley (director of "Henry Fool", "Flirt"),
Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Donald Margulies, Josh Hartnett,
Chris Wedge (Disney's "Ice Age", Academy Award winner for "Bunny"),
Nick Gomez (writer for "The Sopranos" and "Crossing Jordan",
writer/director of "Laws of Gravity"), Steven Webber (TV's "Wings",
Broadway's "The Producers"), etc.
