Nick Bilton

Nick is the founder & CEO of True Story Productions. He started his career as a columnist and reporter for The New York Times, covering technology, media, culture and politics. In 2016, he become a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, where he currently writes long-form features for the magazine. He is the creator of the podcast Inside the Hive with Vanity Fair, and a contributor to CNBC.

 

Nick has written several New York Times-bestselling books, including American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road and Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal. The latter, which was voted Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, is currently being adapted into a series with Netflix and UCP, where Nick is serving as showrunner and executive producer. Nick was also a writer on the upcoming HBO series The Idol.

 

Since launching True Story Productions, Nick has produced several documentaries, including HBO's The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, and a forthcoming series about "Bitcoin Bonnie & Clyde," who were arrested with $5.3 billion in stolen crypto, in collaboration with director Chris Smith. Bilton wrote and directed Fake Famous for HBO, which explores the world of social media influencers and the lengths they go to for fame and fortune.