Ron Nyswaner

Fellow Travelers

A chronicle of a decades-long volatile romance between two men — from their first meeting during the height of the 1950s Lavender Scare to the AIDS crises of the 1980s.

Release Date:2023-10-29

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:8

Vote Count:146

Loan Wolves

Blake Zeff is an investigative journalist who gets to the root of the student debt crisis. Following the stories of those most affected, Zeff ultimately zeroes in on the unexpected heart of the problem and exposes the rotten core of the country’s policymaking. Confronting powerful enablers and challenging lies, Loan Wolves is a humorous and eye-opening documentary that demystifies this national crisis that prevents countless Americans from reaching their full potential.

Release Date:2022-11-13

Department:Production

Job:Producer

My Policeman

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

Release Date:2022-10-20

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:701

Murder on Middle Beach

A four-part documentary series revolving around the case of single mother Barbara Hamburg, who was brutally murdered in 2010 near her home in the upper-middle class enclave of Madison, Connecticut. The series presents first-time filmmaker Madison Hamburg’s complicated journey as a young man determined to solve an unspeakable crime and absolve the people he loves, while looking for answers within his fractured family and community.

Release Date:2020-11-15

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:25

Freeheld

New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Release Date:2015-10-02

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:651

She's The Best Thing in It

Mary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While teaching skeptical young students, she examines whether her life has been successful.

Release Date:2015-03-16

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:1

Ray Donovan

Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.

Release Date:2013-06-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:761

Why Stop Now?

When a college piano prodigy tries to check his mother into rehab, he is taken hostage by her drug dealer and swept along on a wild adventure.

Release Date:2012-08-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:104

Homeland

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Release Date:2011-10-02

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:2259

Filthy Gorgeous

This original comedy-drama from Oscar-nominated writer Ron Nyswaner ("Philadelphia") and director Robert Allan Ackerman ("The Reagans") charts the lives of male and female employees, as well as their chic clients, at New York City's most exclusive and expensive escort service.

Release Date:2007-07-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Casting Pearls

A short film that illustrates the difficulties transsexual women face in Hollywood via a hectic series of auditions endured by a transsexual actress.

Release Date:2007-04-13

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:1

The Painted Veil

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

Release Date:2006-12-09

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:1174

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'

10 years after the release of "Philadelphia," director Jonathan Demme, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington and others discuss about the making of that film and it's important legacy through the years of being the first mainstream Hollywood film about dealing with the topic of Aids, revealing its impact on culture and society. Cast and crew talk about the inception of the project, the making of it and curious stories about one of the greatest hits of 1993.

Release Date:2004-07-19

Character:Self

Vote Count:3

Soldier's Girl

This true story, which takes place in Fort Campbell, KY, tells the heart-wrenching story of the life and tragic death of soldier Barry Winchell. His love for Calpernia Addams, a transgender nightclub performer, was misunderstood by his fellow soldiers and eventually led to his murder.

Release Date:2003-05-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:91

Star Maps

Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will be one of his father's boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood.

Release Date:1997-07-23

Department:Production

Job:Co-Producer

Vote Count:17

The Celluloid Closet

What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Lily Tomlin narrates as Oscar-winning moviemaker Rob Epstein ("The Times of Harvey Milk" and "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt") and Jeffrey Friedman assemble fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s. Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, Harvey Fierstein and Gore Vidal are just a few of the many actors, writers and commentators who provide funny and insightful anecdotes.

Release Date:1996-01-30

Character:Self

Vote Count:103

Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America

Documentary about the first gay prom in America, that took place in West Hollywood, promoted by students of the EAGLES center, an alternative high school.

Release Date:1995-01-01

Character:Self - Screenwriter, "Philadelphia"

Philadelphia

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

Release Date:1993-12-22

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:4289

Love Hurts

The story of Paul Weaver and his strained relationships with women and his family.

Release Date:1990-04-19

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:7

Gross Anatomy

Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets tested when he enrolls in Gross Anatomy, the toughest course in med school.

Release Date:1989-10-20

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:54

The Prince of Pennsylvania

Set in a remote Pennsylvania coal-mining town, this off-beat comedy follows the relationship between Carla, a hippie woman, and Rupert, a young punk rocker who feels like a pariah. Hoping to leave their current lives behind, the two conspire to kidnap Rupert's father and hold him for ransom.

Release Date:1988-10-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:35

Mrs. Soffel

Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.

Release Date:1984-12-26

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:52

Swing Shift

In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way. The two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers. As the war drags on, Kay finally dates her trumpet-playing foreman and life gets more complicated.

Release Date:1984-04-13

Department:Crew

Job:Additional Writing

Vote Count:73

Smithereens

A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.

Release Date:1982-09-11

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Vote Count:40

American Wife

Department:Writing

Job:Writer