Nick Santora

For the mobster, see Nicholas Santora.

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]

Nick Santora
Santora at the 2014 Comic-Con International
Occupation(s)	Writer, producer

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)
• Mr. Irrelevant (TBA)

TV

Year	Title	Credited as
		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