Nick Santora

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::summary American screenwriter (born 1970) ::

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Field	Value
name	Nick Santora
image	Nick Santora SDCC 2014.jpg
caption	Santora at the 2014 Comic-Con International
occupation	Writer, producer
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|name=Nick Santora |image=Nick Santora SDCC 2014.jpg |caption=Santora at the 2014 Comic-Con International |birth_date= |birth_place= |occupation=Writer, 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 ::data[format=table]

Year	Title	Credited as	Writer	Producer
2002	The Sopranos
2002–04	The Guardian
2004–05	Law & Order
2005–09	Prison Break
2005–09	Beauty and the Geek
2009–10	Lie to Me
2011–12	Breakout Kings
2012–13	Vegas
2013	Hostages
2014–18	Scorpion
2019	FBI
2020–2023	Most Dangerous Game
2020	The Fugitive
2022–present	Reacher
2023–2025	FUBAR
TBA	Neagley
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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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