| Date Span: | 1945-2000 |
| Creator: | Meyer, Nicholas (1945-) |
| Extent: | 38.50 linear feet. |
| Collection Number: | MSC0425 |
| Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
| Summary: | Screenwriter and director. Typescripts, screenplays, correspondence, clippings, proofs, photographs, etc. |
Nicholas Meyer was born in New York City on December 24, 1945. After high school he moved to Iowa City, Iowa, where he attended the University of Iowa. While he was a student there he wrote movie reviews for the campus newspaper, The Daily Iowan. In 1968, he graduated with a B.A. in speech and dramatic art. Nicholas Meyer has maintained close ties to the University. In 1976, he was honored with the University of Iowa's Distinguished Young Alumni Award. He later became a member of the President's Club and established the Nicholas Meyer Playwriting Scholarship.
After graduating from Iowa, Meyer returned to New York City where he took a job as a unit publicist on set of Paramount Picture's Love Story. It was this experience that spawned his first book, The Love Story Story. At age twenty-eight, Nicholas Meyer published his best selling novel, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. He then went on to write the screen adaptation, which earned him an academy award nomination. Meyer has published a number of novels since The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, including The West End Horror, Black Orchid, and Confessions of a Homing Pigeon.
Nicholas Meyer made his debut as a director in 1979 with the film Time After Time (for which he also wrote the screenplay). His career as a motion picture director and writer is now firmly established having written and/or directed a number of films including Volunteer, Star Trek's II and IV, and Sommersby. He has also done quality work for television. He directed The Day After, a television movie about a nuclear holocaust. In 1997, Meyer co-produced the Odyssey, a miniseries for NBC television.
Alternate Extent Statement: Photographs: Boxes 49, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57; Audio Material: Box 23
Access: This collection is open for research. Prior to the death of Meyer, no person may publish any portion of the papers without first obtaining the express written consent of Meyer or his agent. Subsequent to the death of Meyer, express written consent must be obtained from the executor of his estate or from his heirs, whichever shall have the legal right to defend Meyer's copyright interests. Any publication of Meyer's copyrighted work must contain a copyright notice in the following form "© Nicholas Meyer [date of creation of the quotation]. "
Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Acquisition: These papers were donated to the University of Iowa Libraries in 1983.
Preferred Citation: Nicholas Meyer Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.
| Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
| Address: | Special Collections Department University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
| Phone: | 319-335-5921 |
| Curator: | Greg Prickman |
| Email: | lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
| Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/ |
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