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Ron Nyswaner

Ron Nyswaner

Writer · Born October 5, 1956 · Clarksville, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Wrote 14

Produced 12

2020s

  1. 2026

    Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

    Executive Producer

  2. 2023
  3. 2022

    Loan Wolves

    Producer, Executive Producer

  4. 2020

2000s

  1. 2007

    Casting Pearls

    Executive Producer

  2. 2006
  3. 2003

1990s

  1. 1997

    Star Maps

    Co-Producer

Directed 3

2010s

  1. 2015

    She's The Best Thing in It

    Director

  2. 2012

Other crew 1

1980s

  1. 1984

    Swing Shift

    Additional Writing

Camera 1

2010s

  1. 2015

    She's The Best Thing in It

    Camera Operator

Created 1

Appearances4

2000s

  1. 2004

    People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

    Self

1990s

  1. 1996

    The Celluloid Closet

    Self

  2. 1995

    Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America

    Self - Screenwriter, "Philadelphia"