Zach Witt

Screenwriter

Chicago, Illinois

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October 2019

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About Zach

Zach is great in a group setting and a natural leader. He specializes in absurd comedies, mind-blowing thrillers, and historical action scripts. Basically, he’ll make you laugh your ass off or blow it off it’s seat. Zach won the 2023 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition (suspense) for his 1 hour pilot, “Red Tape.”

Unique traits: Guitarist, cartoonist, tax consultant

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 2"

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Red Tape Thriller In the last year of a life-or-death experiment where individual contributions to society are scored, a murder permit employee discovers scores are being manipulated and must take down the corporation trusted with tracking everyone.
A Day With Grimm Drama ⋄ Comedy After a near fatal accident, a disgraced journalist must convince Death that life is worth living or he’ll send her to the afterlife.
The Famous Dog Trainer of Palermo Comedy When the illustrious dog trainer's identical twin falls for the mafia boss' wife, a case of mistaken identity leads to royal exile, a vengeful coup, and a race to escape Italy before the mafia's wrath consumes them both.
The Zoo Animation ⋄ Comedy The high jinks of a prestigious zoo's animals as they deal with the day-to-day pressures of constantly being on display.
Daddy Issues Comedy In order to free her father from prison, a cunning therapist manipulates her super villain clients to do her bidding all while evading Guardian Ranger, the Extraordinary Situations Agency, and the dullness of suburban housewife life.
American Baby Comedy A drunken hookup between the children of the two presidential contenders leads to an unexpected third party.
Love Invasion Sci-fi ⋄ Comedy On a critical missions to save his planet, an alien crash lands on Earth, gets amnesia, falls in love, and eventually must decide to save his love or his planet.
Annie Get Your Wand Comedy ⋄ Western The first female wizard of Tombstonia must overcome a chauvinist king and elder wizard who won't retire in order to defeat a rival wizard and his gang of outlaws.
Lucky Buster Comedy An inventor on the eve of the biggest presentation of his life mistakenly stiffs a hooker and has 24 hours to come up with the money or lose everything.
Divided We Fall Action A Union Intelligence agent must stop a fringe Confederate group from kidnapping Lincoln and ending the Civil War.
Morning Star Thriller ⋄ Action In the post Civil War chaos, a Union Intelligence agent must stop an opportunist from starting a holy war and bringing down the fragile United States.
Red Zone Historical ⋄ War An American leads an eccentric group of French Resistance fighters through the treacherous Red Zone in France to find and secure a crate of stolen uranium before the Nazis do.
Reign Action After uncovering the Nazi plot that prevented the American Revolution, a professor must confront his treasonous past and race across time to set the course of history straight.
Holy Harry Comedy In the midst of a brewing revolution, the CEO of Heaven mysteriously vanishes leaving a new arrival to prevent the destruction of afterlife for everyone.
Exiled Comedy After a nuclear missile washes ashore a Caribbean island, the CIA exiles the spoiled dictator to rural Texas where he must learn how to live a normal life while plotting his return to power.