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Zak Penn

ザック・ペン　/　ざっく・ぺん

American screenwriter

March 23, 1968 (age 58)　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
screenwriter
film director
film producer

My Take

Zak Penn is the kind of name most moviegoers never notice, yet his fingerprints are all over the films they love. Born in New York in 1968 and Wesleyan-educated, he shaped the story for The Avengers and wrote across the X-Men and Hulk franchises. What I find genuinely likable is that this blockbuster architect also directed oddball mockumentaries like Incident at Loch Ness, refusing to be just a franchise machine. I have a soft spot for the craftspeople who build a story's blueprint rather than stand in the spotlight, and Penn is a sharp reminder of how much invisible labor great cinema requires.

Overview

Zak Penn (born March 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter. Penn wrote and directed Incident at Loch Ness and The Grand, wrote the script for The Incredible Hulk, 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 television series Alphas on the Syfy network.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Zak Penn
Name (Japanese): ザック・ペン
Reading: ざっく・ぺん
Born: March 23, 1968 (age 58)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Monkey
Origin: New York City, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: screenwriter / film director / film producer / film actor / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Wesleyan University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3

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