After the stock market dot-com bubble exploded, Zakarin turned back to more traditional media and began producing, directing, and representing movies for a company he co-founded with Rich Tackenberg called Creative Light Media. Creative Light Media operated from 1998 until 2006, distributing and producing independent films, some of which Zakarin produced, wrote, and directed. It also produced several critically well received documentaries for theatrical, video, and cable release, including: Mind Meld, featuring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy discussing their Star Trek characters and experiences. The Miramax release, Comic Book: The Movie starring Mark Hamill, Roger Rose, Billy West and Jess Harnell, and featuring cameo appearances by Hugh Hefner, Kevin Smith, Stan Lee and dozens of other pop culture icons and innovators. “Comic Book: The Movie” won Variety’s 2004 DVD Exclusive Award in the Best Live Action category. Creative Light Media also produced several re-stored collections of classic Sid Caesar comedy programs from material originally produced and broadcast for NBC-TV’s in the 50s Your Show of Shows, along with a Showtime Documentary “Hail Sid Caesar” that combined sketches and interviews with the original Show of Shows 1950s writing staff, including: Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Woody Allen. Scott also directed and produced Stan Lee’s Mutants, Monsters & Marvels for Sony pictures, featuring Kevin Smith.