Nicholas Nayfack (January 27, 1909 – March 31, 1958) was an American movie producer whose notable works include Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy.
[2] He left to join MGM in 1936, where his uncle Nicholas was president of the parent company, Loew's Inc.[2] Nayfack worked for 20th Century Fox as an associate producer under Darryl F. Zanuck from 1937 to 1939.
[1] He joined the Navy during World War II and was a lieutenant commander in the South Pacific.
He formed his own company, Pan Productions with a distribution and financing deal with MGM who released his last film, The Invisible Boy (1957).
[5] He later married Patricia Schmidt with who he had a son, Nicholas Jr.[2][3] Nayfack died of a heart attack, aged 49, on March 31, 1958, at his Beverly Hills home.