NICHOLAS GRIFFIN (Screenplay) was born in Pasadena, California, the grandson of veteran movie director William A. Seiter ("Sons of the Desert", with Laurel and Hardy, "Roberta", with Astaire and Rogers, and "Room Service", starring the Marx Brothers) and actress Marion Nixon (best known for Rebecca of "Sunnybrook Farm").

"Matchstick Men" is his first produced screenplay.

Griffin, who began writing scripts while still a youngster, graduated from the renowned UCLA Film School, where he received the Dorothy Arzner Award for undergraduate filmmaking. He landed his first industry job as production assistant for Stephen J. Cannell Studios, working on such television shows as "The A-Team" and "Hunter".