Ron Nyswaner
Known for: Writing
Born: October 5, 1956
Place of birth: Clarksville, Pennsylvania, USA
Ronald L. Nyswaner (born October 5, 1956) is an American screenwriter and film director. He has been nominated for numerous awards including a Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. He is known for his screenplays Smithereens (1982), Philadelphia (1993), The Painted Veil (2006), Freeheld (2015), and My Policeman (2022). He is also known as a writer and producer of the Showtime series Ray Donovan (2013–2015) and Homeland (2017–2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Nyswaner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Advertisement
Filmography
23 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
NR
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026
8.4
Fellow Travelers
2023
NR
Commitment to Life
2023
NR
Loan Wolves
2022
7.5
My Policeman
2022
7.3
Murder on Middle Beach
2020
7.2
Freeheld
2015
1.0
She's The Best Thing in It
2015
7.5
Ray Donovan
2013
5.4
Why Stop Now?
2012
7.6
Homeland
20111.7
Filthy Gorgeous
2007
1.0
Casting Pearls
2007
7.3
The Painted Veil
2006
4.8
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004
7.0
Soldier's Girl
2003
5.5
Star Maps
1997
7.2
The Celluloid Closet
1996
3.7
Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
1995
7.7
Philadelphia
1993
4.6
Love Hurts
1990
5.7
Gross Anatomy
1989
5.6
The Prince of Pennsylvania
1988
6.0
Mrs. Soffel
1984
5.6
Swing Shift
1984
6.4
Smithereens
1982NR
American Wife
—