Production Assistant - Director
A Snippet about Nick
As a former film school student, Nicholas is always looking for the next opportunity to push himself and put his skills to the test. He has worked in many different areas on a variety of projects such as, Stills Photographer, Boom Operator, Sound Mixer, Producer and Director, and have learned from some incredibly talented professionals. He loves applying his creativity in new ways, and is constantly looking for new sources of inspiration.
His Story
Growing up, Nicholas has been very active. Participating in his town's Soccer league for roughly 8 years before moving on to Volleyball where throughout late middle school and early to mid high school he played for 4 years. His first ever camera being a Sony camcorder. Later he received a Go Pro Hero 3, a Canon Rebel t5i and his sister having a Canon EOS 60D; which he would borrow from time to time. Uploading his silly videos with friends at school to his YouTube channel over the years.
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At 25, Film has been a passion of Nicholas' since he was 11; after watching the film Rio (2011) by Blue Sky Studios. Something about that film made him want to tell stories, his drive and passion since then has only enlarged. His desire to tell stories has been made a reality as he's grown older. Throughout high school in his Media Arts class where he made rudimentary films about whatever creative ideas he had at the time, to film school where he Directed his first Short film "Broken". Nicholas is a hard worker. He gives every project his best and puts 110% effort into everything he does.
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Nicholas graduated Toronto Film School March of 2021 with a President's List Award and Diploma. 6 months later, he moved out to Calgary with his friend he met at Toronto Film School, to explore the life of adult hood and a potential film career. After 2 years he learned a lot about what it's like to work in the industry and to live on his own as a proper adult, and with that experience under his belt, moved back to Ontario. After departing from his full time job a year later, Nicholas spent every waking minute focusing on himself. And for the next 7 months he obtained his full drivers license, his RPAS basics drone license, volunteered for a digital podcast, dabbled in hobbies such as video editing for YouTube, video game development and also his love for film. By getting back into the industry he spent so long building towards, he worked on short films and volunteered for open houses hosted across Ontario by his former film school. To which we are now, at this next chapter of his life-
Contact
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(226) 218-7525