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name: "Aaron Zelman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aaron-zelman"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-17T02:43:50.402306+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Aaron Zelman

Writer. Born 7 January 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 January 1973
- **Active:** 1990–2014
- **Works often with:** Allen Coulter, Constantine Makris, Davey Holmes, David S. Tuttman, Jean de Segonzac, John David Coles

## Biography

Aaron Zelman is an American television writer and producer. He began his television career writing for *Law & Order* from 2000, serving as story editor, executive story editor and producer on the series through 2004.

Zelman has written episodes of *Criminal Minds* (2005–2007) and *Damages* (2007–2010), for which he received Emmy and Writers Guild of America Award nominations. He developed the series *Resurrection* (2013–2015) and co-developed and served as co-showrunner on *Lucky Hank* (2023). His brother Daniel Zelman co-created *Damages*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Silicon Valley* (2014), Fi1m 82, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)
- *Damages* (2007), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Story, Teleplay, Writer

## Also known for

- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Writer
- *The Killing* (2011), Writer
- *Resurrection* (2014), Writer
- *The Last Thing He Told Me* (2023), Writer
- *Memory of a Killer* (2026), Writer
- *Lucky Hank* (2023), Writer

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