About me
Zach Baylin is an Academy Award, BAFTA and WGA-nominated screenwriter and was named one of VARIETY’s “10 Screenwriters to Watch.” Baylin penned the script for the Oscar Nominated KING RICHARD for Warner Bros. Studios, which debuted to rave reviews in 2021 and went on to receive six Oscar nominations, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Film and Best Actor, which Will Smith took home for his performance as Richard Williams. Most recently, Baylin wrote BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE, Reinaldo Marcus Green's Paramount film about the life of Bob Marley, which released on February 14. Previously, Baylin co-wrote the script for CREED III, the third installment of the revamped ROCKY series, for MGM. The film stars Michael B. Jordan, who also made his directorial debut with the film, and had the highest grossing opening weekend for a sports film of all time. Baylin also cowrote Sony's GRAN TURISMO, directed by Neill Blomkamp, which released on August 25, 2023. Baylin has written projects for Lionsgate, Imagine, TNT, Studio 8, wiip, as well as for acclaimed filmmakers such as James Grey, Jeremy Saulinier, Francesco Munzi, and Jonathan Levine. Together with his wife, Kate Susman, Baylin co-founded Youngblood Pictures, a Film and Television Development Company dedicated to telling true stories about complex, unheralded characters. At Youngblood, Kate and Zach currently have a number of film and TV projects in development, including THE ORDER, a true crime heist thriller set in the dangerous American Militia movement of the 1980’s. The film stars Jude Law, Nick Hoult, Tye Sheridan and Jurnee Smollet. It is directed by Justin Kurzel and will be released in the fall of 2024. The duo is also writing and producing the limited series, BLACK RABBIT for Netflix, which stars and is executive produced by Jude Law and Jason Bateman (who is also directing.) It is currently shooting in New York City for release in 2025.
