Nick Grinde (January 12, 1893 – June 19, 1979) was an American film director and screenwriter.

As a director, he is considered one of American cinema's early B film specialists.

Notable films include The Man they Could Not Hang with Boris Karloff, and Ronald Reagan's first motion picture: Love is on the Air (1937).

[3][4] Throughout his career, Grinde was a writer of short stories, articles and columns usually about show business and film making in early Hollywood.

[4] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences houses the Nick Grinde Papers in its Special Collections.