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name: "Ron Nyswaner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ron-nyswaner"
fi1m_id: "ron-nyswaner"
imdb_id: "nm0638913"
tmdb_id: 59330
wikidata_id: "Q1281149"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "5 October 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T00:04:00.495201+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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# Ron Nyswaner

## Identity

Ron Nyswaner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ron-nyswaner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ron-nyswaner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0638913
- **TMDB ID:** 59330
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1281149
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Nyswaner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281149, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638913/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59330

Writer and producer. Born 5 October 1956 in Clarksville, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 5 October 1956, Clarksville, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Anya Leta](https://film.one/person/anya-leta.md), [Daniel Minahan](https://film.one/person/daniel-minahan.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (1), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $207m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Nyswaner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281149, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638913/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59330

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Homeland*](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md) (78)
- **Hulu:** [*Fellow Travelers*](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md) (68)

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## Biography

Ron Nyswaner is an American screenwriter and film director. He was born on 5 October 1956 in Clarksville, Pennsylvania, and studied at the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University.

Nyswaner wrote the screenplay for *Philadelphia* (1993), directed by Jonathan Demme. His other screenplays include *Smithereens* (1982), *The Painted Veil* (2006), *Freeheld* (2015) and *My Policeman* (2022). He has also written for television series including *Ray Donovan* (2013–2015), *Homeland* (2017–2018) and *Fellow Travelers* (2023).

He received an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of *Philadelphia*, as well as BAFTA and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Nyswaner has directed films including *The Prince of Pennsylvania* (1988).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), Fi1m 68, Executive Producer, Creator, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *Homeland* (2011), Fi1m 78, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Philadelphia* (1993), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/philadelphia.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Story, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *Loan Wolves* (2022), Executive Producer, Producer
- *My Policeman* (2022), Screenplay
- *Murder on Middle Beach* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Freeheld* (2015), Screenplay
- *She's The Best Thing in It* (2015), Producer, Camera Operator, Director
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Why Stop Now?* (2012), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Homeland* (2011), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Filthy Gorgeous* (2007), Writer
- *Casting Pearls* (2007), Executive Producer
- *The Painted Veil* (2006), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Soldier's Girl* (2003), Writer, Co-Producer
- *Star Maps* (1997), Co-Producer
- *Philadelphia* (1993), Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/philadelphia.md)
- *Love Hurts* (1990), Writer
- *Gross Anatomy* (1989), Screenplay
- *The Prince of Pennsylvania* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Mrs. Soffel* (1984), Writer
- *Swing Shift* (1984), as Additional Writing
- *Smithereens* (1982), Story, Screenplay
- *American Wife*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Ron Nyswaner](https://film.one/media/person/82641/gallery-46a169873a50.jpg) Ron Nyswaner — larry-411, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Ron_Nyswaner_%282009%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS 63rd Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 17, 2004](https://film.one/media/person/82641/gallery-9b197d549fcf.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS 63rd Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 17, 2004 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/363_pa_%288187417657%29.jpg/1280px-363_pa_%288187417657%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1994: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Philadelphia*

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

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