Zack Estrin (1970/1971 – September 23, 2022) was an American television producer and screenwriter.

Zack Estrin
Estrin at WonderCon 2018
Born	1970/71 Woodland, California, U.S.
Died	September 23, 2022 (aged 51) Hermosa Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation	Television producer screenwriter
Education	University of Southern California
Spouse	Kari
Children	2

Estrin began his career as a writer and producer on Charmed, Dawson's Creek, and Tru Calling, before serving as a co-executive producer of Prison Break.[1][2] He was set to write the script of an ultimately unproduced spin-off, Prison Break: Cherry Hill, along with Prison Break's executive producer Matt Olmstead, both of whom conceived the idea for the spin-off with fellow executive producer, Dawn Parouse.[3] He was also a producer on the film Stranger than Fiction.[1]

In 2018, he served as showrunner on the Netflix show Lost in Space.[4]

Personal life and death

Estrin was born in Woodland, California, and raised in Brooklyn, New York.[1] His father, Jonathan, was also a screenwriter.[5]

Estrin attended the University of Southern California.[2] He and his wife, Kari, had two daughters.[1]

On September 23, 2022, Estrin died while jogging in Hermosa Beach, California, after apparently going into cardiac arrest. He was 51, and was not known to be ill.[6]

References

External links

• Zack Estrin at IMDb

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