Zack Estrin

{{short description|American television producer and screenwriter (1970/1971–2022)}}

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| image = Zack Estrin by Gage Skidmore.jpg

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| caption = Estrin at WonderCon 2018

| birth_date = September 16, 1971

| birth_place = Woodland, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2022|9|23|51}}

| death_place = Hermosa Beach, California, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Television producer|screenwriter}}

| education = University of Southern California

| spouse = Kari

| children = 2

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Zack Estrin (September 16, 1971 – September 23, 2022) was an American television producer and screenwriter.

Estrin began his career as a writer and producer on Charmed, Dawson's Creek, and Tru Calling, before serving as a co-executive producer of Prison Break.{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/zack-estrin-dead-writer-producer-prison-break-lost-in-space-1235227310/|title = Zack Estrin, Showrunner on Netflix's 'Lost in Space,' Dies at 51|work = The Hollywood Reporter|last = Nordyke|first = Kimberly|date = September 25, 2022|accessdate = September 25, 2022}}{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2022/biz/news/zack-estrin-dead-prison-break-lost-in-space-writer-1235383347/|title = Zack Estrin, Writer-Producer Known for 'Prison Break' and 'Lost in Space,' Dies at 51|work = Variety|date = September 25, 2022|accessdate = September 25, 2022|last = Earl|first = William}} He was set to write the script of an ultimately unproduced spin-off, Prison Break: Cherry Hill, along with Prison Break{{'s}} executive producer Matt Olmstead, both of whom conceived the idea for the spin-off with fellow executive producer, Dawn Parouse.{{cite web |last1=Grossberg |first1=Josh |date=October 24, 2007 |title=Prison Break for Girls? |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=83879950-84c5-4918-bdaa-0b976dd1abab |url-status=dead |language=en |publisher=E! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026001747/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=83879950-84c5-4918-bdaa-0b976dd1abab |archive-date=October 26, 2007 |access-date=June 14, 2022}} He was also a producer on the film Stranger than Fiction.

From 2018 to 2021, he served as showrunner on the Netflix show Lost in Space.{{cite magazine |last1=Holloway |first1=Daniel |date=June 29, 2016 |title='Lost in Space' Reboot Ordered to Series by Netflix |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/lost-in-space-reboot-ordered-to-series-by-netflix-1201806272/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |language=en |issn=0042-2738 |oclc=810134503 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322190037/https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/lost-in-space-reboot-ordered-to-series-by-netflix-1201806272/ |archive-date=March 22, 2022 |access-date=June 14, 2022}}