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J.D. Zeik

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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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.
BornDecember 5, 1959
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    Known for

    Robert De Niro, Sean Bean, Jonathan Pryce, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, and Stellan Skarsgård in Ronin (1998)
    Ronin
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1998
    Ronin
    • Writer
      Steven Seagal and Lance Henriksen in Jeu fatal (2008)
      Jeu fatal
      5.0
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2008
      The Analyst
      TV Series
      • Writer

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        Writer



        • His Way
          • writer
          • Pre-production



        • Jon Voight, Daniel Bernhardt, Rade Serbedzija, Alix Villaret, and Charlotte Vega in The Last Gunfight (2025)
          The Last Gunfight
          6.5
          • screenplay
          • 2025
        • Henry the 9th (2016)
          Henry the 9th
          TV Movie
          • Writer
          • 2016
        • Steven Seagal and Lance Henriksen in Jeu fatal (2008)
          Jeu fatal
          5.0
          Video
          • written by
          • 2008
        • Michelle Yeoh, Ben Chaplin, Richard Roxburgh, and Brandon Chang in Le talisman (2002)
          Le talisman
          4.6
          • Writer
          • 2002
        • Witchblade (2000)
          Witchblade
          5.5
          TV Movie
          • Writer
          • 2000
        • Ronin: Alternative Ending (1999)
          Ronin: Alternative Ending
          6.9
          Video
          • screenplay
          • story
          • 1999
        • Robert De Niro, Sean Bean, Jonathan Pryce, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, and Stellan Skarsgård in Ronin (1998)
          Ronin
          7.2
          • screenplay
          • story
          • 1998

        Producer



        • Steven Seagal and Lance Henriksen in Jeu fatal (2008)
          Jeu fatal
          5.0
          Video
          • associate producer
          • 2008
        • Yancy Butler in Witchblade (2001)
          Witchblade
          6.5
          TV Series
          • co-executive producer
          • 2001
        • Witchblade (2000)
          Witchblade
          5.5
          TV Movie
          • co-executive producer
          • 2000

        Additional Crew



        • Jon Voight, Marton Csokas, Rhona Mitra, and Philip Winchester in Shadow Land (2024)
          Shadow Land
          3.5
          • additional literary material by
          • 2024

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        Personal details

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        • Alternative name
          • John David Zeik
        • Born
          • December 5, 1959
          • New York City, New York, USA
        • Spouse
          • Carole Perry? - present

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          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.

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