Robert Stuart Nathan

Robert Nathan
Born Robert Stuart Nathan
(1948-08-13) August 13, 1948
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Occupation Novelist, journalist, screenwriter, director, author, television producer

Robert Stuart Nathan (born August 13, 1948), usually credited as Robert Nathan, is an American novelist, journalist, screenwriter, director, and television producer. He directed his first film, Lucky Bastard, in 2012.

Early life

Nathan was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and was raised in Clayton, Missouri. His father was a toy wholesaler and his mother an accountant. He graduated from Amherst College. He began his career in politics and print journalism, then joined the reporting staff of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered,[1] first as New York Bureau Chief and subsequently as White House Correspondent and occasional weekend anchor. He has been a contributor to many magazines, including The New Republic,[2] Harper's,[3][4] Cosmopolitan,The New York Times Book Review,[5][6][7][8][9] The Nation,[10] and elsewhere.

Novels

Nathan is the author of four novels, including the political thriller The White Tiger, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year[11] and a Book of the Month Club selection published in seventeen languages. The New York Times called the book “exciting, rare, and authentic.”[12] As half of the thriller-writing team published under the pseudonym Nicholas Condé,[13] he is co-author of three novels, including The Religion, which was filmed as The Believers by John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man), and In the Deep Woods, the basis for a television film starring Rosanna Arquette and Anthony Perkins in his last role.

Television

Nathan began working in episodic television on the original staff of Law & Order'.[14] He was subsequently on the original staff of ER as Co-Executive Producer and for that show received the industry’s coveted George Foster Peabody Award. His television credits include Executive Producer and showrunner, Law & Order: Criminal Intent; Co-Executive Producer, Law & Order; Co-Executive Producer, Law & Order: SVU;[15] Co-Executive Producer, Dragnet; Executive Producer and showrunner, ABC’s Women's Murder Club; Consulting Producer, USA’s Fairly Legal; Consulting Producer, FX’s Dirt; Executive Producer, showrunner, and co-creator, NBC’s Prince Street; and Executive Producer and showrunner, CBS’s The Client. For episodes of Law & Order and its sequels he received an Edgar Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of America, four Emmy nominations and a Humanitas Award nomination as a producer, The Shine Award, The Silver Gavel Award, and the GLAAD Media Award. For Paramount Television he was Executive Producer of James Ellroy’s L.A. Sheriff’s Homicide. In the 23-year history of the Law & Order franchise, the 1993 episode “Manhood,” from Nathan's teleplay with a story co-written by Walon Green, holds the only Emmy nomination in the category Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series.[16]

Film

In 2012 Nathan directed his first film, Lucky Bastard, for which he co-wrote the script and for which he was also, with his writing partner Lukas Kendall, an Executive Producer. The film premiered In Europe in competition at the Monaco Film Festival in May, 2013, where it received The Special Jury Prize and Best Screenplay Award.[17]

Selected bibliography

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hontz, Jenny (1997-06-25). "Nathan Taps Into Par TV Pact". Variety. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  2. ↑ Nathan, Robert (1976-03-27). "Revolution on Wall Street". The New Republic. 174 (13): 16–21. ISSN 0028-6583.
  3. ↑ Nathan, Robert Stuart (March 1975). "The Education Explosion". Harper's Magazine.
  4. ↑ Nathan, Robert Stuart (January 1980). "Coddled Criminals". Harper's Magazine.
  5. ↑ Nathan, Robert (1993-09-26). "Irritable, Depressed, Spoiled and Terrific". The New York Times - Book Review. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
  6. ↑ Nathan, Robert (1989-07-16). "A Moscow Cop At Sea". The New York Times - Book Review. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  7. ↑ The New York Times Book Review, "Right Up There With Harold Robbins," Dance with the Devil by Kirk Douglas, Random House, reviewed by Robert Stuart Nathan, June 10, 1990, http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/10/books/right-up-there-with-harold-robbins.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
  8. ↑ The New York Times Book Review, "The Cop and the Cartel," A Faint Cold Fear by Robert Daley, Little, Brown & Company, reviewed by Robert Stuart Nathan, October 14, 1990, http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/14/books/crime-mystery-the-cop-and-the-cartel.html
  9. ↑ The New York Times Book Review, "The Treasure in the Lacquered Box," Cinnabar: A Novel of China by Robert B. Oxnam, St. Martin's Press, reviewed by Robert Stuart Nathan, March 11, 1990, http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/11/books/the-treasure-in-the-lacquered-box.html
  10. ↑ March 12, 2007, http://www.thenation.com/article/remembering-norma-rae#
  11. ↑ New York Times Book Review, December 8, 1987, http://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/06/books/notable-books-of-the-year.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
  12. ↑ "Death Comes for the Archbureaucrat" by Jerome Alan Cohen, The New York Times, September 6, 1987, http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/books/death-comes-for-the-archbureaucrat.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm
  13. ↑ "Nathan back to Wolf Pack, Variety, June 23, 2002, www.variety.com/article/VR1117868920/
  14. ↑ Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion (Updated and Expanded), by Kevin Courier and Susan Green, Renaissance Books, 2nd edition, November 20, 1999, ISBN 1580631088
  15. ↑ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion by Susan Green and Randee Dawn, Foreword by Dick Wolf, BenBella Books, September 1, 2009, ISBN 1933771887
  16. ↑ "Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Drama Series 1993". Emmy Awards. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  17. ↑ "Monaco Charity Film Festival Awards 2013". Monaco Charity Film Festival. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
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