Writing

Ken Nolan

Ken Nolan (/ˈnoʊlən/) is an American screenwriter and novelist best known for adapting the 2001 biographical war film Black Hawk Down from the non-fiction book of the same name. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Nolan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down · 2001

Black Hawk Down

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

The Amateur

The Amateur · 2025

MovieThrillerAction

After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight · 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

MovieActionAdventure

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

Only the Brave

Only the Brave · 2017

MovieDramaHistory

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

Dawn

Follow a tribe of Neanderthals as they struggle to survive and hold on to their way of life after coming into contact with a family of Homo Sapiens. At the intersection of evolution and genocide, Dawn asks the fundamental question, what does it mean to be human?

The Company

The Company · 2007

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

The Company tells the thrilling story of Cold War CIA agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, formidable enemy – and each other – in an internecine battle within the Company itself.

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Black Hawk Down

Black Hawk Down · 2001

Black Hawk Down

When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.

Screenplay

The Amateur

The Amateur · 2025

MovieThrillerAction

After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.

Screenplay

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight · 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

MovieActionAdventure

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

Screenplay

Only the Brave

Only the Brave · 2017

MovieDramaHistory

Members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots battle deadly wildfires to save an Arizona town.

Writer

Dawn

Follow a tribe of Neanderthals as they struggle to survive and hold on to their way of life after coming into contact with a family of Homo Sapiens. At the intersection of evolution and genocide, Dawn asks the fundamental question, what does it mean to be human?

Executive Producer

The Company

The Company · 2007

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

The Company tells the thrilling story of Cold War CIA agents imprisoned in double lives, fighting an amoral, elusive, formidable enemy – and each other – in an internecine battle within the Company itself.

Teleplay