Zack Estrin | |
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 Estrin at WonderCon 2018 | |
| Born | September 16, 1971 Woodland, California, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 51) Hermosa Beach, California, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Southern California |
| Spouse | Kari |
| Children | 2 |
Zack Estrin (September 16, 1971 – September 23, 2022) was an American television producer and screenwriter.
Estrin began his career as a writer and producer on Charmed, Dawson's Creek, and Tru Calling, before serving as a co-executive producer of Prison Break.[1][2] He was set to write the script of an ultimately unproduced spin-off, Prison Break: Cherry Hill, along with Prison Break's executive producer Matt Olmstead, both of whom conceived the idea for the spin-off with fellow executive producer, Dawn Parouse.[3] He was also a producer on the film Stranger than Fiction.[1]
From 2018 to 2021, he served as showrunner on the Netflix show Lost in Space.[4]
Estrin was born in Woodland, California, and raised in Brooklyn, New York.[1] His father, Jonathan, was also a screenwriter.[5]
Estrin attended the University of Southern California.[2] He and his wife, Kari, had two daughters.[1]
On September 23, 2022, Estrin died while jogging in Hermosa Beach, California, after apparently going into cardiac arrest. He was 51, and was not known to be ill.[6]
