Nicholas J. Antosca (born January 23, 1983) is an American film and television writer, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and showrunner of Channel Zero , Cape Fear, and A Friend of the Family. He also co-created and showran Hulu's The Act (2019) and Netflix's Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021).

Career

As a television writer, he created the Syfy horror anthology series Channel Zero and the Hulu crime anthology The Act. He also co-produced 13 episodes of the horror series Hannibal. His short story "The Quiet Boy", published in the January 2019 issue of Guernica magazine, was the basis for the 2021 film Antlers.

Antosca was in a screenwriting partnership for several years with novelist Ned Vizzini, who died in 2013.

In January 2020, Syfy greenlit Chucky, a TV series continuation of the Child's Play franchise from creator Don Mancini, with Antosca set to executive produce.

In November 2019, it was announced that Antosca would be credited as a co-creator, writer, executive producer alongside Lenore Zion in the Netflix horror drama miniseries, Brand New Cherry Flavor. The series premiered on Friday August 13, 2021.

Antosca served as showrunner, writer, and executive producer on A Friend of the Family for Peacock. and Cape Fear on Apple TV.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleDirectorProducerWriterNotes
2012Teen WolfNoNoYesstaff writer with Ned Vizzini
2012Last ResortNoNoYesstory editor with Ned Vizzini
2014BelieveNoNoYesstory editor with Ned Vizzini
2015The PlayerNoYesYesCo-producer
2015HannibalNoYesYesCo-producer, season 3, co-wrote three episodes
2016–2018Channel ZeroNoExecutiveYesCreator, showrunner
2019The ActNoExecutiveYesCo-creator, showrunner
2021Into the DarkNoNoStoryEpisode: "Tentacles"
2021Brand New Cherry FlavorYesExecutiveYesCo-creator, showrunner, directed one episode
2021–2024ChuckyNoExecutiveNo
2022CandyNoExecutiveYesCo-creator
2022A Friend of the FamilyNoExecutiveYesCreator, showrunner
2025Murdaugh: Death in the FamilyNoExecutiveNo
2026Cape FearNoExecutiveYesCreator, showrunner

Film writing credits

Bibliography

  • Fires, novel (Impetus Press, 2006; re-released in 2011 by Civil Coping Mechanisms).
  • Midnight Picnic, novella (Word Riot Press, 2009).
  • The Obese, novella (Lazy Fascist Press, 2012).
  • The Hangman's Ritual, novella (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2013).
  • The Girlfriend Game, short story collection (Word Riot Press, 2013).
  • The Quiet Boy, short story (Guernica, 2019).
  • The Noble Rot, novelette (McSweeney's 71, 2023).

Awards

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