Biography
Nicholas Kazan is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He was born on 15 September 1945 in New York City and is the son of director Elia Kazan and playwright Molly Kazan. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1969 and married screenwriter Robin Swicord in 1984; their daughters are actresses Zoe Kazan and Maya Kazan.
Kazan wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. His other screenwriting credits include At Close Range (1986), Patty Hearst (1988), Mobsters (1991), Dream Lover (1994, which he also directed), Matilda (1996), Fallen (1998), Bicentennial Man (1999), Enough (2002) and The Whole Truth (2016). He has also worked as a producer on several of these films.
