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{{short description|American writer and film producer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robert Nathan
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| birth_name = Robert Stuart Nathan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|8|13}}
| birth_place = [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| years_active =
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* [[Novelist]]
* [[journalist]]
* [[screenwriter]]
* [[Film director|director]]
* [[author]]
* [[television producer]]
}}
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'''Robert Stuart Nathan''' (born August 13, 1948), usually credited as '''Robert Nathan''', is an American [[novelist]], journalist, screenwriter, director, and [[television producer]].

==Early life==
Nathan was born in [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]], and was raised in [[Clayton, Missouri]].{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} His father was a toy wholesaler and his mother an accountant. He graduated from [[Amherst College]]. He began his career in politics and print journalism, then joined the reporting staff of [[National Public Radio]]’s ''[[All Things Considered]]'',<ref>{{cite journal
|url = https://www.variety.com/article/VR1116679104/
|title = Nathan Taps Into Par TV Pact
|last = Hontz
|first = Jenny
|journal = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]
|date = 1997-06-25
|accessdate = 2013-06-03}}</ref> first as New York Bureau Chief and subsequently as White House Correspondent and occasional weekend anchor. He has been a contributor to many magazines, including ''[[The New Republic]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine
|title = Revolution on Wall Street
|first = Robert
|last = Nathan
|magazine = The New Republic
|date = 1976-03-27
|pages = 16–21
|volume = 174
|issue = 13
|issn = 0028-6583}}</ref> ''[[Harper's Magazine|Harper's]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine
|title = The Education Explosion
|first = Robert Stuart
|last = Nathan
|magazine = [[Harper's Magazine]]
|date = March 1975
|url = http://harpers.org/archive/1975/03/the-education-explosion/}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine
|title = Coddled Criminals
|first = Robert Stuart
|last = Nathan
|magazine = [[Harper's Magazine]]
|date = January 1980
|url = http://harpers.org/archive/1980/01/coddled-criminals/}}</ref> ''Cosmopolitan'', ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'',<ref>{{cite news
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/04/20/bsp/28867.html
|title = Irritable, Depressed, Spoiled and Terrific
|first = Robert
|last = Nathan
|work = [[The New York Times]] - Book Review
|date = 1993-09-26
|accessdate = 2013-06-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url = https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/06/06/specials/smith-polar.html
|title = A Moscow Cop At Sea
|first = Robert
|last = Nathan
|work = [[The New York Times]] - Book Review
|date = 1989-07-16
|accessdate = 2013-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nathan |first=Robert Stuart |date=1990-06-10 |title=RIGHT UP THERE WITH HAROLD ROBBINS |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/10/books/right-up-there-with-harold-robbins.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nathan |first=Robert Stuart |date=1990-10-14 |title=CRIME/MYSTERY; The Cop and the Cartel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/14/books/crime-mystery-the-cop-and-the-cartel.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Nathan |first=Robert Stuart |date=1990-03-11 |title=THE TREASURE IN THE LACQUERED BOX |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/11/books/the-treasure-in-the-lacquered-box.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''The Nation,''<ref>March 12, 2007, http://www.thenation.com/article/remembering-norma-rae#</ref> and elsewhere.

== Career ==
===Novels===
Nathan is the author of four novels, including the political thriller ''The White Tiger'', a ''New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year<ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-12-06 |title=NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/06/books/notable-books-of-the-year.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and a Book of the Month Club selection published in seventeen languages. ''The New York Times'' called the book “exciting, rare, and authentic.”<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Jerome Alan |date=1987-09-06 |title=DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBUREAUCRAT |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/06/books/death-comes-for-the-archbureaucrat.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As half of the thriller-writing team published under the pseudonym Nicholas Condé,<ref>"Nathan back to Wolf Pack, ''Variety'', June 23, 2002, www.variety.com/article/VR1117868920/</ref> he is co-author of three novels, including ''[[The Religion]]'', which was filmed as ''The Believers'' by John Schlesinger (''Midnight Cowboy'', ''Marathon Man''), and ''In the Deep Woods'', the basis for a television film starring Rosanna Arquette and Anthony Perkins in his last role.

=== Television ===
Nathan began working in episodic television on the original staff of ''[[Law & Order]]'''.<ref>''Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion'' (Updated and Expanded), by Kevin Courier and Susan Green, Renaissance Books, 2nd edition, November 20, 1999, {{ISBN|1580631088}}</ref> He was subsequently on the original staff of ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' as Co-Executive Producer and for that show received the industry’s coveted George Foster Peabody Award. His television credits include Executive Producer and showrunner, ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''; Co-Executive Producer, ''[[Law & Order]]''; Co-Executive Producer, ''[[Law & Order: SVU]]'';<ref>{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Susan |last2=Dawn |first2=Randee |title=Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion |date=2009 |publisher=[[BenBella Books]] |location=Dallas |isbn=978-1933771-88-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/laworderspecialv0000gree |url-access=limited |via=[[Internet Archive#Text collection|Internet Archive text collection]]}}</ref> Co-Executive Producer, ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]''; Executive Producer and showrunner, ABC’s ''[[Women's Murder Club (TV series)|Women's Murder Club]]''; Consulting Producer, USA’s ''[[Fairly Legal]]''; Consulting Producer, FX’s ''[[Dirt (TV series)|Dirt]]''; Executive Producer, showrunner, and co-creator, NBC’s ''Prince Street''; and Executive Producer and showrunner, CBS’s ''[[The Client (TV series)|The Client]]''. For episodes of ''[[Law & Order]]'' and its sequels he received an Edgar Award nomination from the Mystery Writers of America, four Emmy nominations and a Humanitas Award nomination as a producer, The Shine Award, The Silver Gavel Award, and the GLAAD Media Award. For Paramount Television he was Executive Producer of James Ellroy’s ''L.A. Sheriff’s Homicide''. In the 23-year history of the ''Law & Order'' franchise, the 1993 episode “Manhood,” from Nathan's teleplay with a story co-written by [[Walon Green]], holds the only Emmy nomination in the category Outstanding Writing for A Drama Series.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.emmys.com/nominations/1993/OUTSTANDING%20individual%20achievement%20in%20WRITING%20IN%20A%20DRAMA%20SERIES
|title = Outstanding Individual Achievement In Writing In A Drama Series 1993
|work = [[Emmy Award]]s
|publisher = [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]
|accessdate = 2013-05-30}}</ref>

=== Film ===
In 2012 he directed the film ''[[Lucky Bastard (2013 film)|Lucky Bastard]]'', for which he co-wrote the script and for which he was also, with his writing partner Lukas Kendall, an Executive Producer. The film premiered In Europe in competition at the Monaco Film Festival in May, 2013, where it received The Special Jury Prize and Best Screenplay Award.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://monacofilmfestival.de/74-0-Awards-2013.html
|title = Monaco Charity Film Festival Awards 2013
|work = Monaco Charity Film Festival
|accessdate = 2013-06-10
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130627135519/http://www.monacofilmfestival.de/74-0-Awards-2013.html
|archivedate = 2013-06-27
}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Writer===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year !! Show !! Episode !! Notes
|-
|rowspan=4|1990
|rowspan=30|''[[Law & Order|Law and Order]]''
|"The Reaper's Helper"
|Teleplay - Season 1, Episode 3
|-
|"Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die"
|Teleplay - Season 1, Episode 4
|-
|"Happily Ever After"
|Teleplay - Season 1, Episode 5
|-
|"Prisoner of Love"
|Story/Teleplay - Season 1, Episode 10
|-
|rowspan=9|1991
|"Life Choice"
|Teleplay - Season 1, Episode 12
|-
|"The Secret Sharers"
|Season 3, Episode 18
|-
|"The Serpent's Tooth"
|Teleplay - Season 1, Episode 19
|-
|"The Blue Wall"
|Story/Teleplay - Season 1, Episode 22
|-
|"The Wages of Love"
|Story - Season 2, Episode 2
|-
|"God Bless the Child"
|Season 2, Episode 5
|-
|"In Memory Of"
|Teleplay - Season 2, Episode 7
|-
|"Out of Control"
|Story - Season 2, Episode 8
|-
|"His Hour Upon the Stage"
|Teleplay-Season 1, Episode 11
|-
|rowspan=8|1992
|"Star Struck"
|Teleplay - Season 2, Episode 12
|-
|"Blood Is Thicker..."
|Story - Season 2, Episode 14
|-
|"Cradle to Grave"
|Season 2, Episode 18
|-
|"Intolerance"
|Story - Season 2, Episode 20
|-
|"Skin Deep"
|Season 3, Episode 1
|-
|"Forgiveness"
|Story - Season 3, Episode 3
|-
|"Wedded Bliss"
|Season 3, Episode 5
|-
|"Prince of Darkness"
|Season 3, Episode 8
|-
|rowspan=7 |1993
|"Extended Family"
|Teleplay - Season 3, Episode 11
|-
|"Promises to Keep"
|Teleplay - Season 3, Episode 14
|-
|"Mother Love"
|Story/Teleplay - Season 3, Episode 15
|-
|"Manhood"
|Story/Teleplay - Season 3, Episode 21
|-
|"Sweeps"
|Season 4, Episode 1
|-
|"Pride and Joy"
|Season 4, Episode 6
|-
|"The Pursuit of Happiness"
|Season 4, Episode 10
|-
|rowspan=4|1994
|"Kids"
|Season 4, Episode 15
|-
|"Old Friends"
|Story - Season 4, Episode 22
|-
|rowspan=4|''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
|"Into That Good Night"
|Season 1, Episode 5
|-
|"9 1/2 Hours"
|Season 1, Episode 8
|-
|rowspan=3|1995
|"Long Day's Journey"
|Season 1, Episode 14
|-
|"Men Plan, God Laughs"
|Season 1, Episode 22
|-
|rowspan=1|''[[The Client (TV series)|The Client]]''
|"Them That Has..."
|Season 1, Episode 2
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|rowspan=2|''Prince Street''
|"Pilot"
|Season 1, Episode 1
|-
|"God Bless America"
|Season 1, Episode 2
|-
|rowspan=2|2003
|rowspan=2|''[[Dragnet (franchise)|L.A. Dragnet]]''
|"The Brass Ring"
|Season 1, Episode 6
|-
|"The Little Guy"
|Season 1, Episode 12
|-
|rowspan=3|2004
|rowspan=4|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
|"Hate"
|Season 5, Episode 13
|-
|"Lowdown"
|Season 5, Episode 20
|-
|"Conscience"
|Season 6, Episode 6
|-
|rowspan=1|2005
|"Strain"
|Season 7, Episode 5
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|rowspan=1|''Conviction''
|"Deliverance"
|Season 1, Episode 10
|-
|rowspan=1|''[[Law & Order (franchise)|Law and Order]]''
|"Fear America"
|Season 17, Episode 4
|-
|rowspan=4|2008
|rowspan=1|''[[Dirt (TV series)|Dirt]]''
|"Ties That (Don't) Bind"
|Season 2, Episode 4
|-
|rowspan=3|''[[Women's Murder Club (TV series)|Women's Murder Club]]''
|"Father's Day"
|Story - Season 1, Episode 11
|-
|"And the Truth Will (Sometimes) Set You Free "
|Story - Season 1, Episode 12
|-
|"Never Tell"
|Story - Season 1, Episode 13
|-
|rowspan=1|2009
|rowspan=1|''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
|"The Glory That Was..."
|Season 8, Episode 8
|-
|rowspan=1|2012
|rowspan=1|''[[Fairly Legal]]''
|"Ripple of Hope"
|Season 2, Episode 8
|-
|rowspan=1|2014
|rowspan=1|''[[Taxi Brooklyn]]''
|"Double Identity"
|Season 1, Episode 9
|-
|}

== Selected bibliography ==
* ''[[Amusement Park (Nathan novel)|Amusement Park]]'', The Dial Press, 1977.
* ''[[Rising Higher (Nathan novel)|Rising Higher]]'', The Dial Press, 1981.
* ''[[The White Tiger (Nathan novel)|The White Tiger]]'' (1987, Simon and Schuster; {{ISBN|978-0-00-222978-4}})
* ''[[The Bushido Code]]'', Fawcett (writing as Robert St. Louis), 1981.
* ''[[The Religion]]'', co-writing as Nicholas Condé (1982, New American Library; {{ISBN|0-451-12119-8}})
* ''The Legend'', co-writing as Nicholas Condé (1984, New American Library)
* ''[[In the Deep Woods]]'', co-writing as Nicholas Condé (1989, St. Martin’s Press; {{ISBN|9780312929909}})

== References ==
* Jerome Alan Cohen, "Death Comes for the Archbureaucrat" (book review, ''The White Tiger''), ''New York Times Book Review'', September 6, 1987.
* "Master Craftsman," ''Variety'', April 10, 1995.
* McGrath, Charles, "He's The Master Craftsman," ''New York Times'', October 22, 1995.
* "Nathan Back to Wolf Pack," ''Variety'', June 23, 2002.
* "Paramount Signs Nathan," ''Broadcasting & Cable'', June 30, 1997.

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0622250}}

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