Nick Santora is a writer and producer born in Queens, New York. Santora graduated from Columbia Law School and practiced law for six years before giving up full-time practice to write and produce television. Santora is not to be confused with Nicholas "Nicky Mouth" Santora, who is the Underboss of the Italian-American and New York based Bonanno crime family.

He won the Best Screenplay of the Competition in the New York Independent International Film Festival. He has also written and/or produced The Sopranos, The Guardian, Law & Order, Prison Break and he created and executive produced Beauty and the Geek. He was an on-air correspondent for Court TV while in New York.

Nick also wrote and produced "The Longshots" Weinstein Co./Dimension film starring [[Ice Cube]] and was a credited writer on the Lionsgate/Marvel film, "The Punisher: War Zone."