Zach Baylin

Zachary Jones Baylin is an American screenwriter. He wrote the screenplays for the films King Richard (2021), Creed III (2023), Gran Turismo (2023), and Bob Marley: One Love (2024). He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for King Richard.

Life and career
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.

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.

Baylin is married to Katherine Temma Susman, with whom he has two children.