Zak Klein
Editor for Film & TV
Zak Klein
Zak is a filmmaker and writer from London whose work has won international awards and been commissioned by Netflix. He makes work that's funny, lyrical and compassionate.
Zak recently wrote Netflix's I USED TO BE FAMOUS, a BIFA nominated, music-infused feature film which reached Number 4 in the global charts in its opening week on Netflix. He wrote it with Eddie Sternberg and it's been seen by over 40m subscribers.
Zak co-wrote I Used to be Famous
CONTRACTOR 014352 written by Zak and starring Johnny Flynn, won Best European Short at Brest Film Festival 2017, Grand Jury Prize at Kinematic Shorts and Best Screenplay at Lift-off Global Awards. It has also screened on TV channel Canal+ in over 50 countries.
Zak's short film THE ELEVATOR PITCH opened the London Short Film Festival 2014 and received a Vimeo Staff Pick. Zak's first short DELETING EMILY (which he also directed) has been in distribution with ShortsTV for 11 years. In 2021 Zak wrote and directed TWO STARS SHORT. The short comedy has won two awards.
