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Currently, Zach Bowman is 35 years, 0 months and 29 days old. Zach Bowman will celebrate 36rd birthday on a Saturday 25th of October 2025. Below we countdown to Zach Bowman upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Zach Bowman |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 35 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | October 25, 1989 (Arlington, Virginia, USA) |
| Birthday | October 25 |
| Town/City | Arlington, Virginia, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Zach Bowman’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Zach Bowman was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Zach Bowman is a survivor of childhood cancer. He was diagnosed with a form of rhabdomyosarcoma at the age of nine. Two years later, treatment of the smooth muscle cancer at the base of his brain stunted his growth.
Fortunately, though, his creativity remained intact. Since this incident, he has dedicated his life to being the best he can be at his passion and profession: art.Zach's talent as a visual artist was recognized in elementary school, when he was placed in the gifted program.
He would constantly be doodling on his homework. His obsession with drawing included vast, unique-looking landscapes, as well as monsters, demons, and epic scenes of action, horror, and mayhem, because, of course, all of that goes so well together.
His inspiration for his creative concoctions was primarily action, sci-fi, and horror movies. After cancer, Zach decided to explore...movie-making! What could have transpired in his head to lead him on this path of life-changing proportions? Some say it was destiny.
Some say divine intervention. Some say a cancerous explosion. Actually, the real reason is that Zach realized that movies are the most complex art form in existence, to this day. He wanted to tell stories, provide compelling visuals for those stories, and connect with people using the most profound art available.
His first "movie" was a LEGO stop-motion "Mission: Impossible" story that he made for his social studies class. A summer or so later, he began attending TV and multimedia production classes, where he got his first lessons in professional filmmaking.
In middle school, there was no filmmaking, multimedia, or television program. So, following in his father's and sister's footsteps, he decided to join the school band, as a percussionist. However, he just didn't enjoy the kinds of music he was playing in band class, nor did he enjoy practicing.
Instead, he enjoyed improvising on the piano, making his own music and playing themes from his favorite movies at the time ("Jaws", "Jurassic Park", "Mission: Impossible", the James Bond theme, "Forrest Gump", "Halloween").
He improvised more often on the piano than he did on his drum set. He may not have liked learning and reading notes, but he certainly liked playing them, and that interest/something of a talent endured to this day.
Zach still, sometimes, not very often (okay, not at all) reminisces about playing his snare drum. However, he can still play "Wipeout" on a snare...or a table.Before entering high school, knowing that he did not want to continue with band, Zach spoke with his middle school counselor to discuss what his future in high school would have in store.
For some silly reason, "filmmaking" never came up in their discussion. But, his counselor did make a suggestion that had never occurred to him before: Theatre. At first, Zach thought he would be providing a venue for peers to mock and ridicule him.
He was a victim of constant bullying and harassment. He felt that by making himself the center of attention, by being thrown onto a stage, he would only make things worse for himself. But, he took a chance and discovered how incredibly wrong he was.
Theatre had changed everything. Through theatre, Zach was able to practice, learn, and more easily discern what kinds of behavior were pleasing/displeasing, acceptable/unacceptable, humorous, etc, and he began molding himself into a new person - the person he is today.
Along with assisting him in shaping his personality, Zach just grew to absolutely adore acting. He loves being able to leave his familiar life and enter the attractively strange, silly, intense, or obscure world of the characters on the page.
It was, and still is, immensely freeing.Zach was involved in theatre for the first three years of high school, during which time he was also accepted into the film program at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Feeling that he could combine both his illustrative and theatrical talents, he transitioned back to filmmaking and visual arts in his senior year, taking advanced classes in TV and multimedia, film study, and IB art.
That year, he directed and edited the first feature-length film ever made at his high school. "A.L.I.C.E. (Artificial Lethal Intelligence for Complete Eradication)" was a film about a high school computer geek who accidentally comes into possession of a thumb drive that contains a virus capable of wiping out the memories of every computer in the United States.
..or something like that. However silly the film may seem to him in retrospect, the film's completion is still a proud achievement for Zach and it made him more confident in his filmmaking abilities.When high school ended, Zach had a choice to study illustration, acting, or filmmaking in college.
It remains a mystery to this day as to why Zach didn't just pursue all three. He very well could have done so. The best explanation he has is that he felt he could educate himself on acting and illustration.
Filmmaking, on the other hand, was different - more complex. There were still many details Zach Bowman could learn about filmmaking, which he thought he would learn more easily and effectively in a studio/classroom environment.
So, he capped his formal education with two degrees in filmmaking: BFA Film and Photography, which emphasized experimental and documentary filmmaking, and BA Cinema, emphasizing narrative filmmaking. BFA Film was a major that allowed his creativity and imagination to run wild, and explore the possibilities of filmmaking.
He also learned a lot about the technological aspects of filmmaking, particularly lighting, cinematography, and video editing. These series of classes helped Zach discover his filmmaking style. The second degree, BA Cinema, was a program that taught him the value of teamwork and professionalism when faced with the "real world" of filmmaking.
This was extremely important, as BFA Film was more about expanding the voice of the artist (finding the auteur in the filmmaker) rather than developing strategies to work with a crew and work responsibly.
