Christopher Nicholson
Video
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2016 |
Tutor in TV & Film Practice and Acting to Camera
Event |
IDSA Identity School of Acting |
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2015 |
Writer/Director
Film |
Alex The Vampire Christopher Nicholson / Kind of Blue/Sony |
|
2014 |
Visiting Lecturer
Event |
University of Bedfordshire University of Bedfordshire |
|
2013 |
Writer/Co-Producer
Film |
Manfred Kind of Blue |
|
2012 |
Writer
Film |
Chang Kind of Blue |
|
2012 |
Co-Writer
Film |
Graphic Freelance |
|
2012 |
Producer/Director
Film |
Paranormal Investigations Christopher Nicholson / Terrafirm |
|
2011 |
Live Gallery Directing
Television |
Live TV Freelance |
|
2011 |
Writer/Director/Executive Producer
Film |
Don't Call Back Christopher Nicholson / Benchmark Creative Media |
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2011 |
Self-Shooting Director
Film |
Dickies Worker of the Year Christopher Nicholson / Chicane/Originator Films |
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2011 |
Director/Cinematographer
Film |
Le Faucon Noir Christopher Nicholson / HurryKen/Originator Films/Kind Of Blue Ltd |
|
2009 |
Director
Commercials & Industrials |
Christmas - Mayfair Style Benchmark Creative Media |
|
2007 |
Director
Commercials & Industrials |
Cinema and TV commercials Clients include Guinness, Volvo, Procter & Gamble, London Transport etc |
|
2007 |
Creative Director
Performing Arts |
Revolution Freelance |
|
2007 |
Writer/Director/Producer
Commercials & Industrials |
Crisis At Christmas Crisis |
|
2007 |
Writer
Event |
Milo and Kate Benchmark Creative Media |
|
2004 |
Writer
Film |
Lord Owen's Lady Freelance |
|
2003 |
Writer/Director
Film |
Unbelievably British Freelance |
|
2000 |
Director
Commercials & Industrials |
Cinema and TV commercials for clients including British Airways, Davidoff, Shell, Sony, Polydor, Virgin, Kodak, Granada etc Polite Company |
|
2000 |
Photographer/Creative Director
Modeling |
A series of Photographic Art Gallery installations in the UK and Italy Freelance |
|
1999 |
Writer/Director
Film |
All Our Sins Remembered... Polite Company |
|
1996 |
Head of Programming and Presentation
Television |
Tara TV Tara TV |
|
1996 |
Wrier/Director
Commercials & Industrials |
Marie Curie Cancer Care Polite Company |
|
1995 |
Network Director
Television |
London Weekend Television London Weekend Television |
|
1990 |
Assistant Network Director
Television |
BBC TV BBC TV |
|
1985 |
Studio Manager
Event |
Imagination Imagination |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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1990 | Training as a Network Director | ITV |
1988 | General training | BBC TV |
1980 | Psychology BSc, specializing in the science of audio and visual perception | Durham University |
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About me
Christopher Nicholson has worked as Writer, Director and Producer for over 27 years, collaborating to deliver feature films, short films, cinema and TV commercials, dramas, documentaries and live events. He is technically trained and highly creative, fast, reliable, efficient and is capable of delivering difficult projects on time and on budget.Christopher has been the Creative Director and Executive Producer of a number of charity projects including nationwide cinema and TV campaigns for Crisis and Marie Curie Cancer Care. He is also especially passionate about passing on his training and experience to the younger generation and his work with disadvantaged teenagers from the Prince’s Trust resulted in him receiving a personal commendation from HRH Prince Charles.
Additional information:
Christopher was the first in the UK to create a cinema commercial digitally in association with Sony, first to create a commercial that incorporated live action footage in a Virtual Studio in association with Molinare, first to create a narrative drama with Vision 2 T-Grain film stock in association with Kodak and first to shoot a music video using a RED One camera.
He as also recently developed a new process of 3D filmmaking called NVE®, Natural Viewing Experience, a process presented to senior management at Warner Brothers in Los Angeles.
Theatre professional:
Additional skills:
Very experienced Writer/Director who can also Producer
Ex BBC, ex ITV and ran a successful production company for 7 years, making mostly cinema commercials
Currently working on a feature film
Additional information:
Please see:
http://www.christophernicholson.com
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Director |
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Job Titles | Writer, Director, Producer, Studio Producer / Director, Production Support, Photographer, Creative Director, Marketing / PR, Technical Director / Vision Mixer |
Years in industry | 6+ years |
Organisations / Memberships | DGGB (UK) |