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Screenwriter & Voice Actor

SAG-AFTRA Eligible

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Growing up in the heart of Silicon Valley, I've always been passionate for art and technology. Inspiration struck when I was just a kid watching the NBC special, "The Making of Jurassic Park" in 1993. I was particularly taken with the cross-section of how the technological advancements being made in my hometown could be used to not only make cinema - but push it beyond physical limitations!

 

While pursuing cinema and production for both my Bachelor and Masters degrees at Cal State Long Beach and USC School of Cinematic Arts respectively, I made time to write - usually breaking story concepts and characters before creating beat sheets, outlines and pages.

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In the ten years since graduating, I've worked for major studios like DreamWorks, Fox Television, Warner Bros, and Netflix - all while writing and pitching my own projects as detailed below.

A bit about me.

Projects & Timeline

November 2016 - February 2017

KRAVEN THE HUNTER -

Feature Film Pitch for Sony Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, Action/Adventure, Fantasy

Logline: A group of scientists and researchers enlist the infamous Kraven the Hunter as their guide to find and tame the legendary Savage Lands.

(Based on the comic books by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko)

MYSTERIO -

Feature Film Pitch for Sony Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, Action/Adventure, Science-Ficture

Logline: In the aftermath of the Battle of New York, an orphaned Quentin Beck is raised and manipulated by dark forces to become the Master of Illusions - Mysterio!

(Based on the comic books by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko)

March 2017 - October 2017

THE OCTOBER GIRL -

Feature Film Pitch for Automatik Entertainment, Action/Adventure, Fantasy

Logline: Just beyond sight, there exists a fantastical world of magic and monsters harnessed only by a special few in our society. Teenager Autumn Ackerman's world is torn apart as she discovers her own power to wield this magic and save her family, her town - and our world from rising darkness.

(Based on the comic book by Matthew Dow Smith)

November 2017 - March 2018

HENCHMEN -

Television Pilot, 2 Episodes, 30 Minute, Comedy, Action/Adventure

Logline: After being rejected from the world of super heroes, Ashley Graves find herself thrusts into the ranks of super villain henchmen! When the world's most notorious super villain is brutally assassinated, Ashley and her crew of henchmen unravel a despicable plot of the "heroes" to upend the balance of power in our world and install themselves as rulers over mankind!

October 2023 - Present

SUPER SALAMANDER SAMURAI -

Television Animation Pitch, Action/Adventure/All Ages

Logline: Bred to be adaptable instruments of evil, six warriors turn against their creator and lead a war against oppression across the galaxy!

(Based on characters created by Matt Zunich from the screenplay, "Con Van")

CON VAN -

Feature Film Screenplay, Comedy, Drama

Logline: Aging con man, Billy Case, must reconnect with his adult son while on the run from the law in a full scale replica of an 80’s cartoon icon.

January 2021 - June 2024

GHOSTS OF THE OUTER RIM -

Feature Film Screenplay, Science-Fiction, Action/Adventure

Logline: A grizzled, veteran bounty hunter takes one last job to find the long lost sister of a young villager as their journey leads them to the twisted edge of space and the front lines of long-fought interstellar conflict.

(Part 1 of the Outer Rim Trilogy. Based on characters created by Matt Zunich)

August 2019 - August 2022

INFERNO: A MOTOWN MONSTER MOVIE -

Feature Film Screenplay, Horror, Comedy, Action/Adventure

Logline: When Lucifer slacks on the job, the demonic forces of Hell rise up to overrun the Earth! Humanity's salvation lies with a teenage girl, her friends, and her Holy-blessed shotgun.

(Collaboration with co-writer Michael Schatz)

July 2018 - April 2020

WEST OF MEMPHIS -

Feature Film Screenplay, Musical, Drama, Comedy

Logline: After hitting rock bottom, musician Rowdy Howlett embarks on a journey to reinvent himself as an artist and discover who he really is.

(Collaboration with co-writer John Armitage)

June 2018

PKDK -

Television Animation Pitch & Pilot, Action/Adventure, Ages 10 - 14

Logline: A young group of parkour athletes come together as a team and as a family as they support one another through the highs and lows of training, tricks and growing up.

(Collaboration with co-writer Christina Crocker)

April 2015 - November 2015

GIFTED -

Feature Film Screenplay, Action/Adventure, Science-Fiction, Fantasy

Logline: Super-powered teenager, Chloe Kovacs is sent to live with her estranged father while grappling with her unique abilities as society's anti-super sentiment boils over, turning city streets into warzones.

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Education

2012 - 2015

Masters
University of Southern California

School of Cinematic Arts

2005 - 2009

Bachelors
California State University

Long Beach

Studied production and cinema theory at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Graduated with a 3.9 GPA after completing my thesis as an editor on the film Olde E and sound design on the short documentary Deeper Than Black. Awarded the Dean's Scholarship and the Jack Oakie Scholarship for Achievement in Comedy Writing.

Graduated with a 4.0 GPA, completing my 4 year degree in Film and Electronic Arts. Completed my comedy thesis film, Lightlight with a grant from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Phone

(626) 639-8518

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© 2024

 Matt Zunich

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