Nick Santora
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Occupation(s) | Writer, producer |
Nick Santora (born 1970) is a writer and producer 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,[1] 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.[2][3]
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.[4] 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)
TV
Year | Title | Credited as | |
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Writer | Producer | ||
2002 | The Sopranos | Yes | No |
2002–04 | The Guardian | Yes | Yes |
2004–05 | Law & Order | Yes | Yes |
2005–09 | Prison Break | Yes | Yes |
2005–09 | Beauty and the Geek | No | Yes |
2009–10 | Lie to Me | Yes | Yes |
2011–12 | Breakout Kings | Yes | Yes |
2012–13 | Vegas | Yes | Yes |
2013 | Hostages | Yes | No |
2014–18 | Scorpion | Yes | Yes |
2019 | FBI | Yes | No |
2020–2023 | Most Dangerous Game | Yes | Yes |
2020 | The Fugitive | Yes | Yes |
2022–present | Reacher | Yes | Yes |
2023–present | FUBAR | Yes | Yes |
References
- ^ "An Interview with Nick Santora, writer of an episode of the Sopranos and the television show "Prison Break"".
- ^ "'Scorpion' Creator Nick Santora on His Journey to the New CBS Drama and Beyond". Forbes.
- ^ "DDFP: 'Scorpion' showrunner Nick Santora - NFL.com". NFL.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018.
- ^ "Nick Santora".
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- Nick Santora at IMDb
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