Nick Antosca

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).

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.

2009 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella: Midnight Picnic