---
name: "Nicholas St. John"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-st-john"
fi1m_id: "nicholas-st-john"
imdb_id: "nm0820669"
tmdb_id: 59113
wikidata_id: "Q3875984"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:00:05.995439+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."
---

# Nicholas St. John

## Identity

Nicholas St. John

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-st-john
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-st-john
- **IMDb ID:** nm0820669
- **TMDB ID:** 59113
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3875984
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_St._John_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3875984, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820669/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59113

Writer. Born 1 January 1973 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, United States
- **Also known as:** Nicodemo Oliverio, Nicholas George, N.G. St. John
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_St._John_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3875984, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0820669/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59113

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*King of New York*](https://film.one/film/king-of-new-york.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Nicholas St. John is an American screenwriter, also known by the names Nicodemo Oliverio, Nicholas George and N.G. St. John. He has written or co-written the screenplays for nine films directed by Abel Ferrara.

St. John attended Lakeland High School in New York, where he met Ferrara, and both later graduated from New York University. His early credits include the short films *Nicky's Film* (1971) and *The Hold Up* (1972), as well as the 1976 film *9 Lives of a Wet Pussy* (as Nicholas George). Subsequent work with Ferrara includes *The Driller Killer* (1979), *Ms. 45* (1981), *Fear City* (1984), *China Girl* (1987), *King of New York* (1990), *Dangerous Game* (1993), *Body Snatchers* (1993), *The Addiction* (1995) and *The Funeral* (1996).

For *The Funeral* (1996), St. John received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *King of New York* (1990), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-new-york.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *The Funeral* (1996), Writer
- *The Addiction* (1995), Writer
- *Dangerous Game* (1993), Writer
- *Body Snatchers* (1993), Screenplay
- *King of New York* (1990), Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-new-york.md)
- *China Girl* (1987), Screenplay
- *Fear City* (1984), Writer
- *Ms .45* (1981), as Detective · Screenplay
- *The Driller Killer* (1979), Screenplay
- *9 Lives of a Wet Pussy* (1976), as Chauffeur · Writer
- *The Hold Up* (1972), Writer
- *Nicky's Film* (1971), as Nicky · Writer

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