Schenkkan's film work includes: "The Quiet American", directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Michael Caine (who received an Oscar nomination). For television he wrote four episodes of "The Pacific" (HBO, 2010) for which he was nominated for two Emmy Awards and won a WGA Award for Best Miniseries writing. Other television work includes "The Andromeda Strain" (A&E, 2009), "Spartacus" (USA Network, 2006), and "Crazy Horse" (TNT). In 2005, he was hired by Sony Pictures to develop a script based on Marvel Comics' "Killraven". Schenkkan was also named as the writer for the adaptation of the comic book "Incognito" published by the Marvel imprint Icon Comics. In 2016, his television adaptation of "All the Way" was filmed for HBO, with Cranston reprising his role as Lyndon Baines Johnson, and premiered in May. Also that year, he co-wrote the war drama film "Hacksaw Ridge", directed by Mel Gibson.