---
name: "Nick Schenk"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-schenk"
fi1m_id: "nick-schenk"
imdb_id: "nm1010405"
tmdb_id: 74315
wikidata_id: "Q3339797"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 November 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:41:48.429777+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."
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# Nick Schenk

## Identity

Nick Schenk

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-schenk
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-schenk
- **IMDb ID:** nm1010405
- **TMDB ID:** 74315
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3339797
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Schenk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3339797, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1010405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74315

Writer. Born 12 November 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 November 1965, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- **Active:** 2008–2015
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Schenk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3339797, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1010405/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74315

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Narcos*](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md) (76)

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## Biography

Nick Schenk is an American screenwriter. He was born on 12 November 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in the neighbouring city of Fridley. He graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1989.

Schenk began his career writing for and appearing in the television series *Let's Bowl* in the 1990s and early 2000s, and worked as a writer and producer on *Bodog Fight*. His breakthrough came with the screenplay for *Gran Torino* (2008), which he also co-wrote the story for; the film was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood. For the script, Schenk received the National Board of Review award for Best Original Screenplay.

He has continued to collaborate with Eastwood on *The Mule* (2018) and *Cry Macho* (2021). Other credits include the story and screenplay for *The Judge* (2014), episodes of *Narcos* (2015), and the story and screenplay for *A Christmas Story Christmas* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Narcos* (2015), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)
- *Gran Torino* (2008), Fi1m 76, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *A Christmas Story Christmas* (2022), Screenstory, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Cry Macho* (2021), Screenplay
- *The Mule* (2018), Screenplay
- *Manhunt* (2017), series, Teleplay, Story, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Harley and the Davidsons* (2016), series, Teleplay, Story, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Narcos* (2015), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/narcos.md)
- *The Judge* (2014), Screenplay, Story
- *Gran Torino* (2008), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *Bitcoin*, Writer

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