Ron Nyswaner

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1956-10-05 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Clarksville, Pennsylvania, USA

Ron Nyswaner

Biography

Ronald L. Nyswaner (born October 5, 1956) is an American screenwriter and film director. He has been nominated for numerous awards including a Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He is known for his screenplays Smithereens (1982), Philadelphia (1993), The Painted Veil (2006), Freeheld (2015), and My Policeman (2022). He is also known as a writer and producer of the Showtime series Ray Donovan (2013–2015) and Homeland (2017–2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Nyswaner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Production

2003

2006

The Painted Veil

as Executive Producer

2006

The Painted Veil

as Screenplay

2007

2012

Why Stop Now?

as Director

2012

Why Stop Now?

as Screenplay

1990

Love Hurts

as Writer

1993

Philadelphia

as Writer

1984

Swing Shift

as Additional Writing

2007

Casting Pearls

as Executive Producer

1997

Star Maps

as Co-Producer

2003

Soldier's Girl

as Co-Producer

1982

Smithereens

as Story

1984

Mrs. Soffel

as Writer

2015

She's The Best Thing in It

as Camera Operator

2012

Why Stop Now?

as Producer

2015

Freeheld

as Screenplay

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American Wife

as Writer

1989

Gross Anatomy

as Screenplay

1982

Smithereens

as Screenplay

2022

Loan Wolves

as Producer

2022

Loan Wolves

as Executive Producer

2022

My Policeman

as Screenplay

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