Nick’s background in the area of film and TV documentary began with one year as Assistant to the Producer on the PBS Documentary, “America’s Political Parties.”
This experience was followed by two years as an Assistant to the Producer for Alexandra Rose, the Oscar-nominated Producer of “Norma Rae.” Among other responsibilities, he was primary liaison between a remote crew in Australia, and the production office at Pathe-MGM in Los Angeles, reporting directly to the Vice President of Production on the feature Quigley Down Under. He was later a Story Analyst for famous Oscar winner Arnold Kopelson (“Platoon”).
He attended the American Film Institute in the Graduate Producing Program, and was the Producer of two short 35mm films, using cameras provided by Panavision under the New Filmmaker’s Program. The following years, Nick began as an Assistant Production Coordinator for a feature film produced by Spectacor Films, later moving up to Assistant Comptroller on the same film.
He switched gears to Editing and became a Certified Avid Editor and was hired to edit many commercials, music videos, television shows and industrials for the likes of dozens of clients . Finally, he was hired as an Editorial Assistant on the major PBS documentary by Oscar-nominee Connie Fields, entitled “Have You Heard From Johannesburg?”
A true one-man band, he also was hired as a Cameraman, Editor, and Graphic Artist for an Internet company, and later was a Cinematographer for a low-budget feature.
Nick was hired to teach Editing, Film History and Guerrilla Filmmaking to students from all over the world at the International Academy of Film and Television, located in the island of Cebu, Philippines, and a Series Editor for the Sportsman Channel TV show, “Hooked on the Fly.”
In addition, he was nominated for a “Best Video” Award at the LA Music Awards and was a Finalist in the Roy W. Dean Memorial Grant for two different documentary projects. He has produced an independent feature entitled “Nutcracker: An American Nightmare,” made for a shoestring budget and sold to worldwide, and picked up by Russian and South African distributors, as well as Amazon and Netflix.
He has also independently produced and directed two documentaries, “Takashi’s Dream,” and “The Brokaw Hoax”. Nick had the distinction of having two films in the Cannes Short Film Corner while simultaneously his feature film was being sold worldwide in the Cannes Film Market, all of which he accomplished with no outside financing, only his own grit, determination, and perseverance.
He was also the Co-Producer and Editor for “Steel Drums, Not Guns” and “On Borrowed Time” and the Producer/Editor of “Genghis Heroes,” as well as Editor on “Harlem to Hollywood,” “When Houston Had the Blues” and the feature film “Egypt Affair,” all of which are currently on Amazon Prime.
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This is a promotional project as a fundraiser for the most prestigious organization working for disabled individuals by arguing cases in front of the US Supreme Court.
The history of the singer/songwriter Billy Vera, who was the first white performer on stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York and it shows his ups and downs over 50 years, to his current life as a big band leader with a star on Hollywood Blvd.
Independent Feature Film shot on the Nile River in Egypt.
Full-length Documentary about the Blues musicians of Houston Texas. The list of musicians includes Little Richard, Big Momma Thornton, Lightnin Hopkins, Guitar Shorty, and dozens of others.
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