Justin Zackham

Justin Zackham

Justin Zackham is an American and British screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote the hit films The Bucket List, One Chance, and the FX series Lights Out, and The Big Wedding, which he also directed.

Zackham graduated from NYU Film School.

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 ". 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 Bros. 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.

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