---
name: "Jonathan Herman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonathan-herman"
fi1m_id: "jonathan-herman"
imdb_id: "nm6707680"
tmdb_id: 211197
wikidata_id: "Q22074007"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:55:22.339090+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jonathan Herman

## Identity

Jonathan Herman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonathan-herman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonathan-herman
- **IMDb ID:** nm6707680
- **TMDB ID:** 211197
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22074007
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Herman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22074007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6707680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211197

Writer. Born 1 January 1973 in Connecticut.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, Connecticut
- **Also known as:** Джонатан Херман
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Herman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22074007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6707680/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211197

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Straight Outta Compton*](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jonathan Herman is an American screenwriter. Born in 1973 in Connecticut, he began working in the film industry in the mid-2000s, initially in support roles before selling spec scripts.

Herman received his first major screen credit for the 2015 biopic *Straight Outta Compton*, on which he shared the screenplay with Andrea Berloff. The film earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, as well as nominations from the Writers Guild of America and other bodies.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), Fi1m 76, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jos* (2022), series, Director
- *Bon Bini: Judeska in da House* (2020), Director
- *All We Are* (2018), Writer
- *Straight Outta Compton* (2015), Screenplay — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/straight-outta-compton.md)
- *Godforsaken True Killers* (2011), series, Director
- *TV7* (2002), series, Director
- *Baantjer* (1995), series, Director
- *The Birds*, Screenplay
- *The Scorpion King*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2016: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Straight Outta Compton*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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