Justin Zackham

March 12, 1980

New York City, New York, United States of America

He wrote the hit films The Bucket List, One Chance, and the Forex series Lights Out, and The Big Wedding, which he also directed. After moving to Los Angeles in the 1990s, Zackham wrote himself a "List of Things to Do Before I Kick the Bucket", which he shortened to "Justin"s Bucket List". The first item on the list was to get a movie made at a major Hollywood studio. Several years later, that list became the idea for a screenplay which he wrote on spec before submitting to producers, nearly all of whom turned him down. The script found its way to Rob Reiner who called Zackham after reading the first ten pages and said he would like it to be his next film, if that was okay with Zackham. The Bucket List was produced by Warner Brothers and starred Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman becoming an international hit. In 2012, the term bucket list was listed in both Webster"s Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary. In 2011, Zackham produced and directed his screenplay, The Big Wedding, with an all-star cast, featuring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, and Robin Williams. The film was purchased by Lionsgate and was released April 26, 2013. lieutenant was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was shot in Italy and the United Kingdom. The soundtrack includes a song, "Sweeter Than Fiction", by Taylor Swift.

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Zackham graduated from New York University Film School.

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He wrote the hit films The Bucket List, One Chance, and the Forex series Lights Out, and The Big Wedding, which he also directed. After moving to Los Angeles in the 1990s, Zackham wrote himself a "List of Things to Do Before I Kick the Bucket", which he shortened to "Justin"s Bucket List". The first item on the list was to get a movie made at a major Hollywood studio.

Several years later, that list became the idea for a screenplay which he wrote on spec before submitting to producers, nearly all of whom turned him down.

The script found its way to Rob Reiner who called Zackham after reading the first ten pages and said he would like it to be his next film, if that was okay with Zackham. The Bucket List was produced by Warner Brothers and starred Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman becoming an international hit.

In 2012, the term bucket list was listed in both Webster"s Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary. In 2011, Zackham produced and directed his screenplay, The Big Wedding, with an all-star cast, featuring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, and Robin Williams.

The film was purchased by Lionsgate and was released April 26, 2013.

lieutenant was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was shot in Italy and the United Kingdom. The soundtrack includes a song, "Sweeter Than Fiction", by Taylor Swift.

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Zackham also wrote the original screenplay One Chance about Britain"s Got Talent winner Paul Potts. David Frankel directed the film for The Weinstein Company starring Tony Award-winner James Corden, Julie Walters, Colm Meaney, Mackenzie Crook, and Alexandra Roach. Zackham is the creator and executive producer of the Forex drama series Lights Out, about a former heavyweight champion facing bankruptcy and Alzheimer"s disease.

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