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Zack Stentz

Zack Stentz

Writer and producer · Born August 21, 1980 (46) · Fort Bragg, California, USA

Zackary Lowell Stentz is an American writer and producer of film and television, journalist, novelist, and teacher, best known for his work on Marvel properties with former writing partner Ashley Edward Miller. Stentz graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in journalism. As a journalist, he wrote and edited for publications such as The Economist, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Entertainment Weekly. In addition, he was an environmental activist for Earth First! in the early 1990s. After graduating from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in Journalism, he worked for Metro Silicon Valley, writing about television, books, and popular culture, as well as the Sonoma County Independent (now the North Bay Bohemian). In 1997, publisher Dan Pulcrano tapped Stentz to oversee Metro's rebranding and launch of its San Francisco monthly, The Metropolitan. After turning to screenwriting full-time, from 2000 to 2015 he worked with writing partner Ashley Edward Miller, beginning with Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. As a team, they co-wrote the films X-Men: First Class, the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor, and Agent Cody Banks. He and Miller did some of the initial work on the project that became Top Gun: Maverick, a sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise film Top Gun, released in 2022. As writer and producer, he worked on the Netflix science fiction adventure film Rim of the World (2019), directed by McG. He has written and produced multiple television programs, including Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, The CW's The Flash, Fox's Fringe, and Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He also created and developed a forthcoming animated show based on a popular franchise for DreamWorks, Universal, and Netflix. He has several projects in development, including television programs for Skydance Television, Warner Bros., and HBO, as well as the DC superhero film Booster Gold at Warner Bros. and a remake of Big Trouble in Little China at Fox. Additionally, he co-wrote the acclaimed young adult novel Colin Fischer and is currently writing an adventure/thriller entitled Nevermore. He also teaches screenwriting in the United States and in China. He was a guest of the Wutianming Foundation in Tianjin and of Wanda Studios in Beijing, where he taught young Chinese screenwriters the tricks and techniques of writing American action movies. A native of Fort Bragg, California, Stentz was born to a father of German and Irish descent and a mother of Lebanese descent and has described himself as half-Lebanese. His daughter is autistic, and Stentz himself has been described as exhibiting symptoms of the condition. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zack Stentz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 21, 1980 (46)
From
Fort Bragg, California, USA
Works as
Writer and producer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 17% in 30 days

What are Zack Stentz's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Self
27%
Survival
23%
Society
9%
Morality
3%
Friendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Thrilling
4
Melancholic
3
Joyful
2
Dread
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Fun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Zack Stentz's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Zack Stentz's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

14 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Jurassic World: Chaos Theory(2024)

    Show 39 episodes · Consulting Producer · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Consulting Producer · Creator

  • Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · Consulting Producer · Creator · Development Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Rim of the World(2019)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Flash(2014)

    Show 13 episodes · Consulting Producer · Teleplay · Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • X-Men: First Class(2011)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Thor(2011)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Fringe(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles(2008)

    Show 6 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Agent Cody Banks(2003)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Andromeda(2000)

    Show 18 episodes · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Moreau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Screenplay

  • The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · Writer

  • The White Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · Writer

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles, 11 of them dated from 2000 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Thor (2011)

$449M worldwide

Highest rated

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing11 of 14: 7 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdProducing7 of 14: 0 only producing, 7 with another roleOther crew3 of 14: 0 only other crew, 3 with another role

14 titles, 7 with more than one role — writing and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

2000s4 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Zack Stentz's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · writer, producer

Rim of the World (2019)

63rd percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Fringe (2008)

Midcredits 96th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 45/100 and the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Zack Stentz's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and profanity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles45–66 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles21–42 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles10–63 · median 25 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles5–31 · median 26 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense6 titles45–63 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Zack Stentz work with?

People who share at least 2 of Zack Stentz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ashley E. Miller shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers