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. 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.
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.
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. 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, 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. In 2025, it was reported that Baylin had written an untitled UFO-whistleblower film to be directed by Joseph Kosinski for Apple TV+.Apple In Talks To Land Joseph Kosinski-Jerry Bruckheimer UFO-Disclosure-Themed Movie
In February 2026, it was announced that Baylin would write a biopic about Lance Armstrong, which will star Austin Butler and be directed by Edward Berger.
Personal life Baylin is married to screenwriter Kate Susman, with whom he has two children. The two co-created Black Rabbit.
Filmography Film writer Year Title Director 2021 King Richard Reinaldo Marcus Green2023 Creed III Michael B. Jordan Gran Turismo Neill Blomkamp2024 Bob Marley: One Love Reinaldo Marcus Green The Crow Rupert Sanders The Order Justin Kurzel
Television Year Title Writer Creator Executiveproducer Note 2025 Black Rabbit Wrote 4 episodes
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryTitleResult2022Academy AwardsBest Original ScreenplayKing Richard2022British Academy Film AwardsBest Original Screenplay2022Critics' Choice AwardsBest Original Screenplay2026Producers Guild of America AwardsBest Limited Series TelevisionBlack Rabbit2022Satellite AwardsBest Original ScreenplayKing Richard2022Writers Guild of America AwardsBest Original Screenplay2026Limited SeriesBlack Rabbit
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