---
name: "Nicole Perlman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicole-perlman"
fi1m_id: "nicole-perlman"
imdb_id: "nm2270979"
tmdb_id: 1171123
wikidata_id: "Q19665855"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 December 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T15:05:23.359028+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."
---

# Nicole Perlman

## Identity

Nicole Perlman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicole-perlman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicole-perlman
- **IMDb ID:** nm2270979
- **TMDB ID:** 1171123
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19665855
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Perlman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19665855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2270979/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1171123

Writer. Born 10 December 1981 in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 December 1981, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 68 (3), 2020s 76 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,354m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Perlman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19665855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2270979/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1171123

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Guardians of the Galaxy*](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Nicole Perlman is an American screenwriter. She graduated with a BFA in film and dramatic writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2003. She won the Tribeca Film Festival's Sloan Grant for Science in Film for her screenplay *Challenger*.

In 2009, Perlman joined Marvel Studios' screenwriting programme. She chose to develop *Guardians of the Galaxy*, spending two years on the project. She received a co-writing credit on the 2014 film with James Gunn. She later received story credits on *Captain Marvel* (2019) and *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Captain Marvel* (2019), Fi1m 60, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-marvel.md)
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), Fi1m 65, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)

### Produced (1)

- *KPop Demon Hunters* (2025), Fi1m 76, Production Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *CIA* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *KPop Demon Hunters* (2025), Production Consultant — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md)
- *Undo* (2019), Director, Writer
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), Story — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)
- *Captain Marvel* (2019), Story — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-marvel.md)
- *The Slows* (2018), Screenplay, Director
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *The President Is Missing*, Screenplay

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/nicole-perlman