---
name: "Zachary Sklar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zachary-sklar"
fi1m_id: "zachary-sklar"
imdb_id: "nm0804466"
tmdb_id: 12130
wikidata_id: "Q22110456"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:47:36.148457+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."
---

# Zachary Sklar

## Identity

Zachary Sklar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zachary-sklar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zachary-sklar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0804466
- **TMDB ID:** 12130
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22110456
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22110456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804466/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12130

Writer. Born 1 January 1948 in Los Angeles County, California.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1948, Los Angeles County, California
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22110456, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804466/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12130

## Biography

Zachary Sklar is an American screenwriter, journalist, author and editor. He co-wrote the screenplay for *JFK* (1991) with Oliver Stone, adapted from books by Jim Garrison and Jim Marrs; the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Sklar edited Garrison’s *On the Trail of the Assassins* and other non-fiction titles. He taught magazine writing at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and has worked as a creative adviser for Sundance Screenwriting Labs. His other screen credits include *La Fiesta del Chivo* (2005) and *Almayer’s Folly* (2012). Born in 1948 in Los Angeles County, he is the son of playwright George Sklar.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *JFK* (1991), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *The Feast of the Goat* (2006), Screenplay
- *JFK* (1991), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1992: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *JFK*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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