Ron Nyswaner

70, from Clarksville, Pennsylvania, USA

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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).

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Timeline

2026Aged 70

  • Poster for Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders

    Executive Producer

2023Aged 67

  • Poster for Commitment to Life

    Self

2022Aged 66

  • Poster for My Policeman

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Loan Wolves

    Producer

2015Aged 59

  • Poster for She's The Best Thing in It

    Camera Operator

  • Poster for Freeheld

    Screenplay

2012Aged 56

  • Poster for Why Stop Now?

    Producer

2007Aged 51

2006Aged 50

  • Poster for The Painted Veil

    Executive Producer

2004Aged 48

  • Poster for People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

    Self

2003Aged 47

  • Poster for Soldier's Girl

    Co-Producer

1997Aged 41

  • Poster for Star Maps

    Co-Producer

1996Aged 40

  • Poster for The Celluloid Closet

    Self

1995Aged 39

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

    Self - Screenwriter, "Philadelphia"

1993Aged 37

  • Poster for Philadelphia

    Writer

1990Aged 34

  • Poster for Love Hurts

    Writer

1989Aged 33

  • Poster for Gross Anatomy

    Screenplay

1988Aged 32

  • Poster for The Prince of Pennsylvania

    Writer

1984Aged 28

  • Poster for Swing Shift

    Additional Writing

  • Poster for Mrs. Soffel

    Writer

1982Aged 26

  • Poster for Smithereens

    Story

Year unknown

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