About
My name is Nick, I am a young filmmaker with a passion for directing. 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, Zune and Virgin Australia. The show was an experiment in cross-platform and interactive storytelling, with the audience able to interact with characters and affect plot lines, it tells the story of country girl Sadie Brown (Sophie Tilson) who moves to the city to stay with her cousin, former child-star Megan Brown (Shanrah Wakefield), and along the way she meets George (Richard Askin).
OzGirl won ‘Best Web Series’ and ‘Best Acting’ at the 4th Independent Television Festival in Los Angeles and won ‘Best Foreign Series’ at the 2nd Streamy Awards in Los Angeles, the most prestigious award for web series content, as well as being nominated for ‘Best Drama’ and ‘Best Actor’. The show is an Official Honoree at the 14th Webby Awards in the Drama category and also made its New York debut at the New York Television Festival in September 2009.
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 a graduate of the prestigious School of Film and Television at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia.
In 2010, I co-created and directed the TV pilot, Matchbreaker as well as writing and directing a 15 minute short thriller, Transmission, which is currently in post-production. I’ve spoken at the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA), Australian Film and Television Radio School (AFTRS) and Open Channel. I am represented by United Talent Agency in Hollywood.
Exciting times are ahead with several web series, television pilots and feature films in the works!
