Nick Santora
Nick Santora is a writer and producer born in Queens, New York. Santora graduated from Columbia Law School and practiced law for six years before giving up full-time practice to write and produce television.
He won the Best Screenplay of the Competition in the New York Independent International Film Festival. He has also written and/or produced The Sopranos, The Guardian, Law & Order, Prison Break, Lie To Me and he created and executive produced Beauty and the Geek. Nick also Co-wrote/created/executive produced the television series Breakout Kings. He currently serves as executive producer and developer of Scorpion.
Nick also wrote and produced The Longshots, a Weinstein Co./Dimension film starring Ice Cube, and was a credited writer on the Lionsgate/Marvel film, The Punisher: War Zone.
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.
His first original comic books series, Sandstorm, was sold to DC Comics.
Prison Break (15 episodes)
- 1.06 - Riots, Drills, and the Devil (written)
- 1.10 - Sleight of Hand (written)
- 1.15 - By the Skin and the Teeth (written)
- 1.18 - Bluff (co-written with Karyn Usher)
- 2.04 - First Down (written)
- 2.09 - Unearthed (written)
- 2.12 - Disconnect (co-written with Karyn Usher)
- 2.14 - John Doe (co-written with Matt Olmstead)
- 2.16 - Chicago (co-written with Matt Olmstead)
- 2.18 - Wash (written)
- 3.04 - Good Fences (written)
- 3.08 - Bang & Burn (co-written with Christian Trokey)
- 3.12 - Hell or High Water (written)
- 4.03 - Shut Down (written)
- 4.09 - Greatness Achieved (written)
- 4.20 - Cowboys and Indians (written)
Breakout Kings (23 episodes)
- Pilot (6 March 2011) - executive producer, (written)
- Collected (13 March 2011) - executive producer, (written)
- The Bag Man (20 March 2011) - executive producer, (written)
- Out of the Mouths of Babes (27 March 2011) - executive producer, (written)
- Queen of Hearts (3 April 2011) - executive producer
- Like Father, Like Son (10 April 2011) - executive producer
- Fun with Chemistry (17 April 2011) - executive producer,
- Steaks (24 April 2011) - executive producer
- One for the Money (1 May 2011) - executive producer
- Paid in Full (8 May 2011) - executive producer
- Off the Beaten Path (15 May 2011) - executive producer
- There Are Rules (22 May 2011) - executive producer, (written)
- Where in the World Is Carmen Vega (30 May 2011) - executive producer
- An Unjust Death (4 March 2012) - executive producer, (written)
- Round Two (11 March 2012) - executive producer
- Double Down (18 March 2012) - executive producer
- Cruz Control (25 March 2012) - executive producer
- Self Help (1 April 2012) - executive producer, (written)
- I Smell Emmy (8 April 2012) - executive producer
- Ain't Love (50) Grand? (15 April 2012) - executive producer
- SEALd Fate (22 April 2012) - executive producer
- Served Cold (29 April 2012) - executive producer
- Freakshow (29 April 2012) - executive producer
Law & Order (19 episodes)
- 326 - Paradigm (22 September 2004) (production)
- 327 - Dead Wives Club (22 September 2004) (produced & written)
- 328 - The Brotherhood (29 September 2004) (production)
- 329 - Coming Down Hard (6 October 2004) (production)
- 330 - Gunplay (20 October 2004) (production)
- 331 - Cut (27 October 2004) (production)
- 332 - Gov Love (10 November 2004) (production)
- 333 - Cry Wolf (17 November 2004) (produced & written)
- 334 - All in the Family (24 November 2004) (production)
- 337 - Mammon (5 January 2005) (production)
- 338 - Ain't No Love (12 January 2005) (production)
- 339 - Fluency (19 January 2005) (produced & written)
- 340 - Obsession (9 February 2005) (production)
- 342 - License to Kill (23 February 2005) (production)
- 345 - Tombstone (13 April 2005) (production)
- 346 - Publish and Perish (20 April 2005) (production)
- 347 - Sport of Kings (4 May 2005) (produced & written)
- 348 - In God We Trust (11 May 2005) (production)
- 349 - Locomotion (18 May 2005) (production)
The Sopranos (1 episode)
- 46 - Watching Too Much Television (27 October 2002) (written)
The Guardian (12 episodes)
- 2.05 - Assuming the Position (22 October 2002) (written)
- 2.09 - The Dark (26 November 2002) (written)
- 2.11 - No Good Deed (17 December 2002) (written)
- 2.17 - The Intersection (25 February 2003) (written)
- 2.22 - Sensitive Jackals (6 May 2003) (written)
- 3.02 - Big Coal (30 September 2003) (written)
- 3.09 - Let God Sort 'Em Out (25 November 2003) (written)
- 3.14 - All Is Mended (10 February 2004) (production)
- 3.16 - Sparkle (24 February 2004) (production)
- 3.17 - The Watchers (2 March 2004) (produced & written)
- 3.20 - The Vote (20 April 2004) (production)
- 3.21 - Blood In, Blood Out (27 April 2004) (produced & written)
External links
- Official Site (down at least since 19. May 2015)
- Nick Santora on IMDb