Zach Baylin

Zach Baylin
Baylin in 2024
Born	Zachary Jones Baylin
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Kate Susman (m. 2010)
Children	2

Zachary Jones Baylin is an American screenwriter. He made his screenwriting debut with King Richard (2021), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also wrote the screenplays for the films Creed III (2023), Gran Turismo (2023), Bob Marley: One Love (2024) and The Order (2024), and co-created the Netflix crime miniseries Black Rabbit (2025).

Early life

Baylin is a native of Wilmington, Delaware. ^[1] He attended the Tatnall School and graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2002, where he was a two-time Academic All-America receiver on the football team. ^[2]

Career

After graduating, Baylin moved to New York City, where he worked as a production assistant and set dresser for films and television including Dave Chappelle's Block Party , Jack Goes Boating , Top Five , Boardwalk Empire , and Gossip Girl . ^{[3] [4]}

He wrote the screenplay to King Richard , which was listed on the 2018 Black List, the entertainment industry's annual report of best unproduced screenplays. ^[5] The film earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Baylin co-wrote Creed III with Keenan Coogler, set for a wide release on March 3, 2023. In April 2022, he was announced as the writer of a new film based on The Crow , starring Bill Skarsgård, ^[6] which released in 2024. The same year, Baylin wrote the script for Justin Kurzel's crime thriller film The Order, starring Jude Law, and co-wrote the biopic Bob Marley: One Love, directed by King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green.

In 2025, Baylin and his wife Kate Susman co-created the Netflix crime miniseries Black Rabbit , also starring Law alongside Jason Bateman, and Kurzel directing the final two episodes. ^[7] In 2025, it was reported that Baylin had wrote an untitled UFO-whistleblower film to be directed by Joseph Kosinski for Apple TV+. ^[8]

Personal life

Baylin is married to screenwriter Kate Susman, with whom he has two children. ^{[3] [9]} The two co-created Black Rabbit. ^[10]

Writing credits

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2021	King Richard	Reinaldo Marcus Green
2023	Creed III	Michael B. Jordan	with Keenan Coogler
	Gran Turismo	Neill Blomkamp	with Jason Hall
2024	Bob Marley: One Love	Reinaldo Marcus Green	with Terence Winter, Frank E. Flowers and Reinaldo Marcus Green
	The Crow	Rupert Sanders	with Will Schneider
	The Order	Justin Kurzel
2025	Black Rabbit	Jason Bateman Laura Linney Ben Semanoff Justin Kurzel	Limited series (Netflix); with Kate Susman

References

1. Cormier, Ryan. "Wilmington native and 'King Richard' writer Zach Baylin loses out on Oscar". The Delawarean. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
2. "Zach Baylin, 2002". krieger.jhu.edu. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
3. "Scripting the career he always wanted". hub.jhu.edu. 24 March 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
4. "Zach Baylin". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved April 30, 2022.
5. D'Alessandro, Anthony (17 December 2018). "The Black List 2018 Ranked: Disgruntled Snapchat Employee Story 'Frat Boy Genius' Leads; Scripts About Matt Drudge & Young Samuel L. Jackson Round Out Survey". Deadline. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
6. Kroll, Justin (April 2022). "'The Crow': Bill Skarsgard Tapped To Play Eric Draven In New Reimagining From Rupert Sanders, FKA Twigs To Co-Star". Deadline. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
7. "Jason Bateman & Jude Law to Headline & EP 'Black Rabbit' Limited Series in Works at Netflix with Bateman Set to Direct". 27 October 2022.
8. Apple In Talks To Land Joseph Kosinski-Jerry Bruckheimer UFO-Disclosure-Themed Movie
9. "Zachary Jones Baylin, Katherine Temma Susman". The New York Times . 17 April 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
10. "Loading..." Creative Screenwriting. Retrieved 2025-11-07.

External links

• Zach Baylin at IMDb