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Nick Santora

American screenwriter (born 1970)

Summary

American screenwriter (born 1970)

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nameNick Santora
imageNick Santora SDCC 2014.jpg
captionSantora at the 2014 Comic-Con International
occupationWriter, producer

Nick Santora (born 1970) is an American screenwriter, producer, and author born in Queens, New York. He won the Best Screenplay of the Competition in the New York City Independent International Film Festival. He has also written for and/or produced The Sopranos, The Guardian, Law & Order, Prison Break, Lie to Me, and Scorpion and he created and executive produced Beauty and the Geek. Santora also co-wrote/created/executive produced the television series Breakout Kings. He served as executive producer and developer of Scorpion from 2014 to 2018 over four seasons.

Career

Santora graduated from Columbia Law School and practiced law for six years before giving up a full-time practice to write and produce television.

Santora also wrote and produced The Longshots, a film starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer, and was a credited writer on the Lionsgate/Marvel Studios film Punisher: War Zone.

Other work

Santora's first novel, Slip & Fall, was selected by Borders Books Stores to be the debut novel for their newly created publishing division. It was a National Best Seller. His second novel, Fifteen Digits, was published in 2012 by Little Brown's suspense/thriller imprint, Mulholland Books.

Filmography

Film

  • The Longshots (2008)
  • Punisher: War Zone (2008)
  • Safety (2020)
  • Dog Gone (2023)
  • Mr. Irrelevant (TBA)

TV

YearTitleCredited asWriterProducer
2002The Sopranos
2002–04The Guardian
2004–05Law & Order
2005–09Prison Break
2005–09Beauty and the Geek
2009–10Lie to Me
2011–12Breakout Kings
2012–13Vegas
2013Hostages
2014–18Scorpion
2019FBI
2020–2023Most Dangerous Game
2020The Fugitive
2022–presentReacher
2023–2025FUBAR
TBANeagley

References

References

  1. "An Interview with Nick Santora, writer of an episode of the Sopranos and the television show "Prison Break"".
  2. "'Scorpion' Creator Nick Santora on His Journey to the New CBS Drama and Beyond".
  3. "DDFP: 'Scorpion' showrunner Nick Santora - NFL.com".
  4. "Nick Santora".
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