[4] For his work in the film The Funeral (1996), St. John was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay.
[2][6] Under the pseudonym Nicholas George, St. John wrote the screenplay for Ferrara's 1976 pornographic film, 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy.
[8] St. John also tried to dissuade Ferrara and Harvey Keitel, who played the titular role, from even making it.
[9] Despite this, St. John wrote the scripts of Ferrara's subsequent films Body Snatchers[9] and Dangerous Game,[10] both released in 1993.
[11] In 2005, it was reported that St. John co-wrote a script with Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn titled Billy’s People.