George Zakk

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Role

Date of birth

05/11/1971

Place of birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

George Zakk

Biography

Georgios Vitetzakis (Producer), a native of Montreal, Canada from Greek immigrants he began his career producing and arranging music tracks for local garage bands by the age of fourteen. At seventeen, he ventured to Los Angeles to pursue further opportunities in the entertainment industry, working as roadie/stage hand on stadium tours with bands such as GnR, Motley Crue, Elton John, Depeche Mode, and Eric Clapton. His first part of his producing career is comprised almost exclusively of his collaboration with producing partner _Vin Diesel_ and helping him establish their home of One Race Films shingle at Revolution/Sony Studios. However George's first office was from a pay phone from which he made his calls on Ventura Blvd from which he produced Strays, Diesel's directorial debut that premiered in competition at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. He went on to provide instrumental support for films such as _Pitch Black_, _The Iron Giant_ and _The Fast and the Furious_. More recently, George served as producer on this years (2006) _Find Me Guilty_ directed by Life time achievement Oscar winner _Sydney Lumet_(one of the most important figures he's ever had the pleasure of working with), he also was executive producer on both the 2002 summer blockbuster XXX and the hit Walt Disney comedy _The Pacifier_. His credits include a co-producer on New Line's A Man Apart and executive producer of Universal's The Chronicles of Riddick.

Known For

Riddick
Riddick
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6.4
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5.8
5.8
The Pacifier
The Pacifier
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5.6