Penn, Zak 1968–

PERSONAL

Born 1968; married Michelle Weiss (a studio executive); children: Sophia Eliza. Education: Wesleyan University, graduated, 1990.

Addresses: Office— Zak Penn's Company, 6240 West Third St., Suite 421, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Agent— Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career: Writer, producer, director, and actor. Zak Penn's Company, Los Angeles, president.

Member: Writers Guild of America, West, Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors: ALMA Award nomination (with David Veloz), outstanding screenplay (original or adapted), American Latin Media Arts awards, 2002, for Behind Enemy Lines; New American Cinema Award, Seattle International Film Festival, 2004, for Incident at Loch Ness; Daytime Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding special class animated program, 2004, for Ozzy & Drix.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

Osmosis Jones (live action and animated; also known as Bacteria Wars), Warner Bros., 2001.

Incident at Loch Ness (also known as The Enigma of Loch Ness), Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2004

The Grand (also known as Untitled Zak Penn Project), Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2007.

Worked on other projects.

Film Director:

Incident at Loch Ness (also known as The Enigma of Loch Ness), Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.

The Grand (also known as Untitled Zak Penn Project), Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2007.

Film Work; Other:

Consultant, Antz (animated; also known as Ants and Ants Work), DreamWorks, 1998.

Film Appearances:

Bathroom patron, PCU (also known as Party Animals, P.C.U., and PCU Pit Party), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1994.

Carmel County writer, Star Maps (also known as Latino Lover), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

Josh Weintraub, Chuck & Buck (also known as Chuck & Buck), Artisan Entertainment, 2000.

Third emergency room doctor, Osmosis Jones (live action and animated; also known as Bacteria Wars), Warner Bros., 2001.

Member of Discovery IV crew, Incident at Loch Ness (also known as The Enigma of Loch Ness), Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, Tales from the Script (documentary; also known as Pass! Screenwriters on Surviving Hollywood Rejection), Grand River Films/Jade Tiger Productions, 2008.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer, Ozzy & Drix (animated), The WB, 2002–2004.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Section 8, ABC, 2008.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With Adam Leff) PCU (also known as Party Animals, P.C.U., and PCU Pit Party), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1994.

(With Kerry Ehrin) Inspector Gadget (based on a cartoon; also known as Gadget, Go! Go! Gadget, The Real Inspector Gadget, Etsivae Gadget, Inspecteur Gadget, Inspektor Gadget, and Inspetor Bugiganga), Buena Vista, 1999.

(With David Veloz) Behind Enemy Lines, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2001.

(With Werner Herzog) Incident at Loch Ness (also known as The Enigma of Loch Ness), Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.

(With Billy Ray) Suspect Zero (also known as Suspect 0 and Suspect zero), Paramount, 2004.

(With Stuart Zicherman and Raven Metzner) Elektra (based on comics), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2005.

(Uncredited; with Herzog) Rescue Dawn, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2006.

(With Simon Kinberg) X–Men: The Last Stand (based on comics; also known as X–Men: Final Decision, X–Men 3, X3, X–mehed—viimane vastuhakk, X–men—Conflitto finale, X–Men—Der letzte Widerstand, X–men—I teliki anametrisi, X–men— L'affrontement final, X–men—L'engagement ultime, X–men—La batalla final, X–Men—O confronto final, X–men—Ostatni bastion, X–men—posledniyat sblasak, X–men—uppgoerelsen, X–men—viimeinen kohtaaminen, X–Men 3—Hamiflat Ha'acharon, X–men 3—La batalla final, and X–men 3—La decision final), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2006.

(With Matt Bierman) The Grand (also known as Untitled Zak Penn Project), Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2007.

The Incredible Hulk (based on comics), Universal, 2008.

(With Stuart Beattie) Spy Hunter (related to a video game), Universal, 2009.

Author of other screenplays, including The Avengers (based on the television series of the same name) and The First Avenger: Captain America (based on comics; also known as Captain America); some sources state that Penn worked on other screenplays.

Screenplays; Stories for Films:

(With Adam Leff) Last Action Hero (also known as Extremely Violent), Columbia, 1993.

(With David Hayter and Bryan Singer) X2 (based on comics; also known as X–Men 2, X–Men 2: X–Men United, X-2, and X2: X–Men United), Twentieth Century–Fox, 2003.

Suspect Zero (also known as Suspect 0 and Suspectzero), Paramount, 2004.

(Author of screen story) The Incredible Hulk (based on comics), Universal, 2008.

Teleplays; Pilots:

Section 8, ABC, 2008.

Video Games:

(With Martin Signore) Fantastic Four (based on comic books and a film), Activision, 2005.

(Author of story with others) X–Men: The Official Game (based on comic books and films), Activision, 2006.