---
name: "J. D. Zeik"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-d-zeik"
fi1m_id: "j-d-zeik"
imdb_id: "nm0954345"
tmdb_id: 108846
wikidata_id: "Q15438796"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 December 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-23T21:14:08.708955+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."
---

# J. D. Zeik

## Identity

J. D. Zeik

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/j-d-zeik
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** j-d-zeik
- **IMDb ID:** nm0954345
- **TMDB ID:** 108846
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15438796
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15438796, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108846

Writer. Born 5 December 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 December 1959, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15438796, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0954345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108846

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ronin*](https://film.one/film/ronin.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

J.D. Zeik is an American screenwriter. His original screenplay for the 1998 film *Ronin*, directed by John Frankenheimer, earned him sole story credit and shared screenplay credit with David Mamet (credited as Richard Weisz).

Zeik graduated from Purchase College, where he began his career as a playwright with productions in New York and Los Angeles. He has taught screenwriting at the college since 2000. Other credits include the 2002 film *The Touch*, the 2008 film *Pistol Whipped*, and the 2000 television film *Witchblade*, on which he also served as co-executive producer for the subsequent series.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ronin* (1998), Fi1m 80, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Internship* (2026), Writer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-internship.md)
- *The Last GunFight* (2025), Screenplay
- *Pistol Whipped* (2008), Writer, Associate Producer
- *The Touch* (2002), Writer
- *Witchblade* (2000), Writer
- *Ronin* (1998), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)
- *Roselli’s Way*, Screenplay

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/j-d-zeik