Nick Ryan
Nick Ryan is a film director and producer from Dublin, Ireland.[1] Ryan directed A Lonely Sky (2006), The German (2008), Electric Picnic: The Documentary (2008), and the award-winning documentary The Summit (2012); In 2016 he produced the award winning Feature I Am Not A Serial Killer directed by Billy O'Brien starring Max Records and Christopher Lloyd; he was also the producer for Ruairi Robinson's short films The Silent City, BlinkyTM, and Corporate Monster.[2][3] In 1995 he and two others founded Image Now Films, where they worked on commercials and graphic design.[1][3] In 2018 he established Titan II Films
Nick Ryan | |
|---|---|
| Notable work | The Summit, A Lonely Sky, The German, Electric Picnic: The Documentary, |
Filmography edit
As director edit
- Are We Alone (2000, short, also producer and writer)
- A Lonely Sky' (2006, short, also producer and writer)
- Electric Picnic 2005 (2006, feature doc, also producer)
- Electric Picnic 2006 (2007, feature doc, also producer)
- Electric Picnic 2007 (2008, feature doc, also producer)
- The German (2008, short, also producer and writer)
- The Summit The Summit Trailer (2012, feature documentary, also producer)
As producer edit
- Are We Alone (2000, short, also director and writer)
- The Silent City (2006, short)
- A Lonely Sky (2006, short, also director and writer)
- Electric Picnic 2005 (2006, feature doc, also director)
- Electric Picnic 2006 (2007, feature doc, also director)
- 'Electric Picnic 2007 (2008, feature doc, also director)
- The German (2008, short, also director and writer)
- Uncle Bill's Barrel (2008, short)
- BlinkyTM (2011, short)
- The Summit The Summit Trailer (2012, feature documentary, also director)
- The Leviathan (2015, concept teaser)
- I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016, feature film)
- Corporate Monster (2019, short)
As writer edit
- Are We Alone (2000, short)
- A Lonely Sky (2000, short)
- The German (2008, short)
Awards edit
Nick Ryan's 2012 documentary The Summit was nominated for and received several awards. In 2012 it was nominated for the Grierson Award at the London Film Festival.[4][5] In 2013 it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and won the Editing Award for the category World Cinema Documentary.[5][6][7] In the same year it won an award for Best Adventure Film at the Boulder International Film Festival.[5] In 2014 it was a three-time nominee at the Irish Film and Television Awards; it was nominated for Best Original Score, and it won both Best Documentary and Best Feature Documentary.[5][8] The film one seven other awards in festivals around the world. In 2016 I Am Not A Serial Killer won the Nocturno Nuove Visioni Award at the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, Best Feature film at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival , the Panorama Audience Award at Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival, thae Audience Choice award at the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival, the Jury Prize at Molins Film Festival and received 3 nominations at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). The film won best editing at the 2017 Irish Film and Television Awards and the Festival Prize at the Bilbao Fantasy Film Festival.
References edit
- ^ a b "Meet the Sundance Filmmakers #33: Nick Ryan Revisits the Deadliest Day on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain in 'The Summit'". Indiewire. 17 January 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Nick Ryan IMDb Page". IMDb.
- ^ a b "The Summit Film Official Website". The Summit Film Official Website. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d "The Summit – Awards – IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards". 27 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "2013 Film Festival Awards Updates". 27 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ^ "IFTA 2014 Nominees & Winners". The Irish Film and Television Awards. The Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 3 December 2014.