Nicholas Carlton

About

Well this is the page where I blab about me. I guess having your own website is inherently narcissistic anyway, so here goes!

I wrote, produced and directed Australia’s first social web series OzGirl during my summer break from film school in 2008, when I was 18-years-old. The 23-part, feature length (105 minutes) web series which garnered over 25, 000 fans was produced independently on a shoe-string budget of AUD$7, 000. Following the success of the series, which has been described as “Australia’s next social media sensation”, I signed a distribution deal with KoldCast TV which saw the series syndicated across TiVo, iTunes, and Zune.

Most recently, OzGirl won the top prize, ‘Best Web Series’ and ‘Best Acting’ at the 4th Independent Television Festival in Los Angeles. The series also made its New York debut at the New York Television Festival in September 2009.

I started making films 10 years ago (when I was 10) with a webcam connected to my computer, since then I’ve made heaps of short films consisting of everything from documentary to sci fi to animation. I’m currently completing my third and final year of Film and Television at the prestigious Victorian College of the Arts.

In 2006, I produced a short documentary titled Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble, which examined the question of whether or not ‘for the public good’ creates an orderly society or an oppressed one.  This film was nominated for an ATOM Award. I followed this up in 2007 with Blood and Water a short dramatic film about the drought in Australia and resulting break down and civil unrest.

I’m currently writing, producing and directed a range of web shows, shorts and planning to make a feature film in 2010. I’m represented by United Talent Agency in Los Angeles.