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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Biography from TMDB.
- Writer
- 4 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
What are Ken Nolan's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 3
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 2
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ken Nolan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ken Nolan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
6 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
The Amateur(2025)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Only the Brave(2017)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Black Hawk Down(2001)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 6 titles from 2001 to 2025.
Awards
1 major award from 2 major nominations, 2002–2008.
- Writers Guild Award, won · Long Form - Adaptation
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Ken Nolan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 41/100 and the plot and story 40/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ken Nolan's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Ken Nolan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ken Nolan's MovieCove titles; Lorenzo di Bonaventura shares the most, 2.
- Lorenzo di BonaventuraShared titles: Only the Brave (2017), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Lorenzo di Bonaventura
