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.
