Nick Bilton

He worked at the Times for 13 years, then at Vanity Fair for 10.

Nick Bilton studied at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is literary activity and journalism. Places of work recorded in the authority are San Francisco. Residence is recorded at Los Angeles. Positions recorded include executive producer.

• Name — Nick Bilton • Birthplace — Darlington, County Durham, England • Education — School of Visual Arts The New School Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School • Occupation — Journalist, author and filmmaker • Employer — CBS News • Notable Works — Hatching Twitter (2013) American Kingpin (2017) Fake Famous (2021)

Nicholas Bilton was born in Darlington, England, to Terence Bilton and his wife Sandra (née Jacobs). Bilton's parents were from Jewish families - although Bilton's mother gave up Judaism as a teenager - and together they had three children before they split up. Bilton's mother later remarried. Nick moved to the United States and attended Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Bilton has described some of his initial jobs prior to starting his career: as a restaurant employee, garment industry courier, hair salon worker, and as a birthday party performer. He also studied at The New School and the School of Visual Arts, both in New York City.

Bilton worked at The New York Times from 2003 to 2016, as a design editor in the newsroom and a researcher in the research and development labs, later becoming a technology columnist and the lead writer for the Bits blog. While at the Times, CBS News offered him a position, which he declined. In 2016, he left The New York Times to become a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, where he wrote features and columns. He co-wrote the 2015–2019 Vanity Fair New Establishment List. Also in 2016, Bilton fought, and won, a First Amendment lawsuit when he was deposed to testify in a class action lawsuit against Twitter. That followed an article he wrote in Vanity Fair, “Twitter Is Betting Everything on Jack Dorsey. Will It Work?” alleging that the company knowingly deceived investors in 2015 about its users’ daily and monthly engagement with the site. In 2021, HBO released Fake Famous, a documentary film Bilton wrote, directed and produced about social media and influencer culture. Bilton is also credited as a staff writer on HBO's 2023 series The Idol. In 2025 it was announced that Bilton would write the screenplay for a new Martin Scorsese film, starring Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt, set to be staged in Hawaii. Bilton will also produce the film. On May 28, 2026, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss tapped Bilton to become the executive producer of the network's flagship 60 Minutes news magazine, his first assignment at a weekly news program. During the first team meeting with Bilton, veteran CBS correspondent Scott Pelley voiced concerns about Bilton’s lack of experience in a newsroom, and his belief that Bari Weiss and CBS were ruining 60 Minutes. The following day, Bilton fired Pelley. The day after that, Bilton sent a memorandum to 60 Minutes staff describing the values and vision that he seeks to maintain at the show. Bilton has been an adjunct professor at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. As part of NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), he has taught two courses called "1, 2, 10," and "Telling Stories with Data, Sensors and Humans".

• Year — Title — director — Writer — Producer • 2019 — The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley — Alex Gibney • 2021 — Fake Famous — Nick Bilton • 2024 — Biggest Heist Ever — - • TBA — Untitled Hawaii-Set Crime Drama — Martin Scorsese

Bilton and his wife Chrysta have two children. As of 2022, their home was in Los Angeles, having moved to L.A. in 2014 from San Francisco. Chrysta Bilton is the author of a book titled Normal Family: On Truth, Love, and How I Met My 35 Siblings. Bilton is a member of NYC Resistor, a hackerspace in Brooklyn, New York.