A Graduate of the University of Iowa in theater and film, Nicholas has
become one of Hollywood's most respected film writers and directors. Starting
in the film industry as a publicist for Paramount, his novel Target
Practice was published in 1974. He made the best seller lists with
his second novel, The Seven-Percent Solution, which he later adapted
into a screenplay and co-directed as a movie, nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Screenplay Adaptation. He also wrote several bestselling
novels before directing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. His impressive
list of writing and directing credits include The Day After, an
ABC movie deemed the most watched TV film in history, and nominated for
17 Emmy Awards. He has directed several other feature films, including:
Fatal Attraction, Sommersby, Volunteers with Tom Hanks
and John Candy, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI:
The Undiscovered Country, nominated for two Academy Awards, and The
High Ground for Castle Rock and Tom Cruise. He is currently scheduled
to direct Frequency, an original SciFi screenplay for New Line.
