---
name: "Zach Kanin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zach-kanin"
fi1m_id: "zach-kanin"
imdb_id: "nm2385671"
tmdb_id: 1226298
wikidata_id: "Q110402210"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 September 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T21:06:13.530834+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."
---

# Zach Kanin

## Identity

Zach Kanin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zach-kanin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zach-kanin
- **IMDb ID:** nm2385671
- **TMDB ID:** 1226298
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110402210
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Kanin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110402210, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2385671/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226298

Producer. Born 20 September 1983 in Washington, D.C., USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 September 1983, Washington, D.C., USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Kanin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110402210, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2385671/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226298

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Chair Company*](https://film.one/tv/the-chair-company.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Zach Kanin is an American writer, producer and cartoonist. Born in Washington, D.C. on 20 September 1983, he was raised in Newton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University, where he was president of the Harvard Lampoon. He began his career as a cartoonist for *The New Yorker*, publishing around 300 cartoons.

Kanin joined the writing staff of *Saturday Night Live* in 2011 and remained until 2016. There he met Tim Robinson; the pair went on to co-create the Comedy Central series *Detroiters* (2017–2018) and the Netflix sketch show *I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson* (2019–2023). Kanin has also written for *Documentary Now!* (2015) and *Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special* (2017).

He co-created and wrote the HBO series *The Chair Company* (2025) with Robinson. Kanin has received Emmy and Writers Guild of America awards and nominations for his television work.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Chair Company* (2025), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chair-company.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *The Chair Company* (2025), series, as Victor · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chair-company.md)
- *Carmen Christopher: Live from the Windy City* (2024), Executive Producer
- *I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
- *Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special* (2017), Writer
- *Detroiters* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Documentary Now!* (2015), series, Writer

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