John Zaozirny
John Zaozirny is the President of Feature Film Production and Literary Management at Bellevue Productions, where he oversees both the company’s feature film development slate and its literary management division. John represents a roster of accomplished writers and directors whose credits include Cobweb, Infinite, Parallel, Eli, Bad Match, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022), Heavy Trip, Office Uprising, Jolt, and Splinter, among others. His clients have sold and set up projects at major studios, including Warner Bros., Paramount, Fox, Lionsgate, New Line, Focus Features, Fox 2000, Sony, and Universal. Over the past decade, John’s clients have earned 37 placements on the prestigious Black List, an annual survey of the industry’s best unproduced screenplays. These include Blonde Ambition (No. 1 script of 2016), Headhunter (No. 1 in 2020), and Cauliflower (No. 1 in 2021). In television, his clients have contributed to series including FBI: International, Bosch: Legacy, Mr. Robot, Kiff, Shantaram, Training Day, Tiny Pretty Things, Hawaii Five-0, The Man in the High Castle, and Hand of God. He also represents the writer of the Eisner-nominated comic Little Bird. As a producer, John has developed numerous feature films, including Cristo (Warner Bros., Black List 2010), Warden (New Line), Capsule (Fox, Black List 2013), Blonde Ambition (Universal, Black List 2016), and Lionhunters (Warner Bros., Black List 2017). His producing credits also include Always Watching, Parallel, and Eli, released by Netflix in 2019. Most recently, he produced Paramount’s Infinite, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Mark Wahlberg, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Dylan O’Brien, which debuted on Paramount+ in 2021. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, John is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied Film and Television.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer
- 4 on Motif · 7 credits in all
What are John Zaozirny's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Power.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 4
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
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 John Zaozirny's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for John Zaozirny's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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
7 credits, 4 with a Motif page.
Shiver (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2027)
K-Pop: The Debut (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2027)
Infinite(2021)
Motif score: 23rd percentile of all films
Eli(2019)
Motif score: 30th percentile of all films
Parallel(2018)
Motif score: 36th percentile of all films
Motif score: 10th percentile of all filmsCapsule (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 7 titles, 4 of them dated from 2015 to 2021.
How do John Zaozirny's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Broadly Agreed.
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed2
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif 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 John Zaozirny's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 Motif titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does John Zaozirny work with?
People who share at least 2 of John Zaozirny's Motif titles; Ian Shorr shares the most, 2.
- Ian ShorrShared titles: Infinite (2021), Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Ian Shorr
- David O'LearyShared titles: Eli (2019), Parallel (2018)See all 2 shared titles with David O'Leary
