Nicholas Weinstock is the founder and president of Invention Studios, an independent creative production company developing a wide range of features and television series for both major American and international platforms.
Weinstock began his career in New York City as an editor at Random House and Riverhead Books, and as the author of a nonfiction book and two novels, before moving to Los Angeles in 2004 to develop series at 20th Century Fox Television. He went on to run Apatow Productions with writer/director Judd Apatow, where he produced movies including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Step Brothers, Pineapple Express, Get Him to the Greek and Bridesmaids. He then helped launch the production company Chernin Entertainment alongside Peter Chernin; and for nearly six years was partnered with actor/director Ben Stiller and served as the creative head of their company Red Hour Films. In 2022 he launched his own company, Invention Studios – powered by a first- look financing deal with Fremantle on the television side and a diverse slate of theatrical, streaming and independent features on the movie side.
Weinstock developed and produced the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora, which was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards; the hit series In the Dark, which ran for four seasons on Netflix; the movies Alex Strangelove, The Package, Plus One and Queenpins; and most recently the Emmy Award-winning Apple+ series Severance, which he continues to executive produce.
Weinstock is also the founder of Craft Services, an innovative online support network for new screenwriters and emerging directors around the world. With more than 500 members in more than 20 countries – including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, England, Italy, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Malaysia, Iceland and beyond – Craft Services provides an unprecedented on-ramp to the global entertainment business regardless of writers’ geography, economics, or previous connections or experience.
Weinstock’s company, Invention Studios, is currently producing movies and series with Fremantle, Paramount, CBS, Amblin, Apple+, Film One in Nigeria, SBS in Australia, and other studios and networks across the globe. Staffed by creative executives from Uganda, India and Romania as well as the United States, the company is devoted to groundbreaking projects and bold storytelling that represents the widest and deepest possible human experience.
