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name: "Zack Bornstein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zack-bornstein"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T16:41:27.538724+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."
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# Zack Bornstein

Producer. Born in Seattle.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4956526/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1766367

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shrinking*](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md) (61)

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## Biography

Zack Bornstein is a writer, director and producer. He has written for *Shrinking* (2023–), where he also served as executive story editor, and for *Strange Planet* (2023). His other writing credits include *Saturday Night Live* (2016–2017) and *Jimmy Kimmel Live!*.

Born in Seattle, Bornstein studied neuroscience at Brown University and was a Rhodes Scholar finalist. He has directed segments for *Jimmy Kimmel Live!* (2014–2016) and other projects. He is an Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award-winning and WGA Award-winning writer, director and producer, and has contributed to *The New Yorker*.

*Sources: imdb.com, zackbornstein.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shrinking* (2023), Fi1m 61, Executive Story Editor, Writer, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Strange Planet* (2023), series, Hung Up On Their Ex / Newsbeing #1 (voice), Executive Story Editor, Writer
- *Shrinking* (2023), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor, Co-Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)
- *Floss*, Producer, Director, Writer

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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/zack-bornstein