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 Year TitleDirectorProducerWriter Notes 2012 Teen Wolf staff writer with Ned Vizzini 2012 Last Resort story editor with Ned Vizzini 2014 Believe story editor with Ned Vizzini 2015 The Player Co-producer 2015 Hannibal Co-producer, season 3, co-wrote three episodes 2016–2018 Channel Zero Creator, showrunner 2019 The Act Co-creator, showrunner 2021 Into the Dark Episode: "Tentacles" 2021 Brand New Cherry Flavor Co-creator, showrunner, directed one episode 2021–2024 Chucky 2022 Candy Co-creator 2022 A Friend of the Family Creator, showrunner 2025 Murdaugh: Death in the Family 2026 Cape Fear Creator, showrunner
Film writing credits The Cottage (2012) The Forest (2016) Antlers (2021) Verity (2026)
Producer credits River (2026) Verity (2026)
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).Antosca, Nick. 2013. The Hangman's Ritual. Civil Coping Mechanisms. Retrieved 2015-03-06. The Girlfriend Game, short story collection (Word Riot Press, 2013). The Quiet Boy, short story (Guernica, 2019).Antosca, Nick. 2019. The Quiet Boy. Retrieved 2019-02-30. The Noble Rot, novelette (McSweeney's 71, 2023).https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcsweeney-s-71
Awards 2009 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella: Midnight Picnic
References
External links
"Predator Bait" – short story from n+1 Interview at The Short Form "Reigning Lecter: An Interview with Series Writer Nick Antosca on Hannibal"