---
name: "William F. Zorzi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-f-zorzi"
fi1m_id: "william-f-zorzi"
imdb_id: "nm1743485"
tmdb_id: 1224606
wikidata_id: "Q8008901"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T13:24:38.494381+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."
---

# William F. Zorzi

## Identity

William F. Zorzi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-f-zorzi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-f-zorzi
- **IMDb ID:** nm1743485
- **TMDB ID:** 1224606
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8008901
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Zorzi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008901, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1743485/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224606

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1954.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1954
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Bill Zorzi
- **Frequently works with:** [David Simon](https://film.one/person/david-simon.md), [Ed Burns](https://film.one/person/ed-burns.md), [George Pelecanos](https://film.one/person/george-pelecanos.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 90 (1), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 75 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Zorzi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8008901, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1743485/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224606

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wire*](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md) (90), [*We Own This City*](https://film.one/tv/we-own-this-city.md) (75)
- **Hulu:** [*Show Me a Hero*](https://film.one/tv/show-me-a-hero.md) (78)

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

## Biography

William F. Zorzi, also credited as Bill Zorzi, is an American journalist and screenwriter. He worked at The Baltimore Sun for nearly twenty years, covering politics, courts and crime.

Zorzi joined the writing staff of the HBO series *The Wire* in 2004 for its third season, contributing as staff writer, story editor and teleplay writer on episodes including 'Unto Others' (2006) and 'Unconfirmed Reports' (2008). He later co-wrote the 2015 HBO miniseries *Show Me a Hero* with David Simon and wrote episodes of the 2022 miniseries *We Own This City*, on which he also served as producer. The *The Wire* writing team won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *We Own This City* (2022), Fi1m 75, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/we-own-this-city.md)
- *Show Me a Hero* (2015), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/show-me-a-hero.md)
- *The Wire* (2002), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *We Own This City* (2022), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/we-own-this-city.md)
- *Show Me a Hero* (2015), series, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/show-me-a-hero.md)
- *The Wire* (2002), series, as Bill Zorzi · Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wire.md)

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