---
name: "Nic Sheff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nic-sheff"
fi1m_id: "nic-sheff"
imdb_id: "nm2996954"
tmdb_id: 1575527
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 July 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T15:28:29.864100+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."
---

# Nic Sheff

## Identity

Nic Sheff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nic-sheff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nic-sheff
- **IMDb ID:** nm2996954
- **TMDB ID:** 1575527
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2996954/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1575527

Writer. Born 20 July 1982 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 July 1982, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Active:** 2011–2018
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2996954/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1575527

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Killing*](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Nic Sheff is an American writer. He is the author of the memoirs *Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines* (2008) and *We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction* (2011), as well as the young adult novels *Schizo* (2014) and *Harmony House* (2016). He was born on 20 July 1982 in San Francisco, California.

Sheff has written for television series including *The Killing* (2013), *Recovery Road* (2016) and *13 Reasons Why* (2017–2018), on which he also served as story editor and co-producer. He was a consultant on the 2018 film *Beautiful Boy*, adapted from his father David Sheff's memoir and based in part on his own experiences.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Fi1m 68, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)
- *The Killing* (2011), Fi1m 62, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Street Smart* (2026), Writer
- *Find Your Friends* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Book — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)
- *13 Reasons Why* (2017), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Story Editor, Teleplay
- *Recovery Road* (2016), series, Teleplay, Writer
- *The Killing* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)

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