Dean Zanuck

Zanuck was born on August 11, 1972, in Los Angeles, California.^[1][2][3] His father was Richard D. Zanuck (1934–2012), a film producer, and his mother, Linda Melson Harrison, an actress.^[2] His paternal grandfather was Darryl F. Zanuck, film producer and 20th Century Fox co-founder; his paternal grandmother was silent actress Virginia Fox (1902–1982), Darryl Zanuck's wife for fifty-five years.^[2]

Zanuck was a production executive at The Zanuck Company from 1998 to 2017.^[2] In 2004, he formed Zanuck Independent to produce independent films. Productions under the banner include Sony Picture Classics' Get Low, starring Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, and Bill Murray, and the sci-fi fantasy, The Zero Theorem, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Christoph Waltz, Matt Damon, and Tilda Swinton.^[4][5][6] In 2015, Dean Zanuck and Disney veteran Rick Calabash formed Zanuck Family Entertainment to produce family oriented motion pictures and multi-platform content.^[2]

In 2002, Zanuck married Marisa, a real estate agent who was featured on the reality TV series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in its third season, which aired in 2013.^[2][7] The Zanucks lived together in Beverly Hills, California,^[7] until their divorce in February 2016.^[8] They have one son, Jack, and a daughter, Darryl.^[7]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.