To Sell His Novel, Author Nick Santora Became a Director

By  · Published on June 7th, 2012

When best-selling author Nick Santora wanted a way to get fans and entertainment industry officials excited about “Fifteen Digits,” he became a director. The result is a short film pulled from the book featuring Jimmi Simpson and Gino Anthony Pesi. Of course, Santora has a background ‐ writing for shows like The Sopranos, Prison Break and Law and Order. He also wrote Punisher: War Zone and created the show Breakout Kings. He’s firmly entrenched in a world where everything is caught on camera, but he’s using that experience in a unique way when it comes to wearing his literary hat.

We talk with the newly minted director about how turning to filmmaking to sell a book (and himself) has worked out. Plus, Jack Giroux and Rob Hunter face off in the Movie News Pop Quiz and then debate the merits of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus.

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Movie News Pop Quiz [The Beginning ‐ 27:00]: It’s Giroux vs Hunter for the quiz and a conversation about Prometheus.

Law and Disorder [27:00 ‐ The End]: Author Nick Santora talks writing tips, the difficulty of an early cancellation for Breakout Kings and how he became a director in order to help sell books. Check out his short film:

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