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J.D. Zeik (born December 5, 1959) is an American screenwriter and an assistant professor of screenwriting and film at State University of New York at Purchase (commonly called Purchase College).

Zeik's first screenplay was the initial script for the 1998 film Ronin; on the final production, Zeik received a story credit and shared the writing credit with David Mamet. Zeik was one of three screenwriters credited for the 2002 Hong Kong martial arts film The Touch. He had the sole writing credit for the 2008 direct-to-video feature Pistol Whipped.

In television, Zeik wrote the 2000 TV film, and subsequent series, Witchblade, on which he also served an executive producer.

Zeik is a 1982 graduate of State University of New York at Purchase and has taught screenwriting there since January of 2000.