nickthomson2000~at~yahoo.com (replace ~at~ with @)
Showreel available online here.
What I'd ultimately like to do/become: Writer & Director
Current job targets: Cameraman, Editor & Writer
Writing fields of interest: Script writing, Research essays, Film/Video game reviews
I am a British self-directing cameraman & editor, and ultimately seek to become a Writer/Director.
I was born in 1984 in Scotland, and quickly became obsessed with film. This fascination continued to develop as I grew older, and greatly influenced by work throughout my GCSE and A-Level Art qualifications.
I originally intended to study Graphic Art at College/University, but after finally realising that film was my one true passion in life, I never looked back. I attended the University of East Anglia and studied Film & Television Studies (one of the top such courses in the UK), graduating with a 2:1 in 2005.
Immediately after graduating I did a spell of Research Writing on the subject of film, and worked with the Rural Media Company in Hereford on the BBC Local TV Pilot Project in 2006. I then did a variety of projects - from live music gigs & cabaret acts, to wedding videos and specialist interest subjects - as well as returning to work for Rural Media in 2007 on the Show and Tell project, which was ordered by the government to study the effects of rural poverty.
In addition I have worked on a variety of Arts Council projects, such as the street-based performance "Sturgeon Moon" in Bridgnorth, the student opera "The Handless Maiden" at the Trinity College of Music in London, and the Winter Lantern Parade at Great Malvern.
One of the main projects I have been involved with in recent years was "Contempt of Conscience", an independent documentary about UK protest group The Peace Tax Seven, on which I acted as cinematographer (as well as some additional editing, and technical advice).
At the time of writing I am deep into the editing process on an educational DVD for Sixth Form Theology students on the topic of "Sexual Ethics". On this project I have been acting as cinematographer and editor.
My work has been shown at a variety of venues, from the BBC Local TV Pilot (which was gaining viewing figures of more than 100,000 per week) to a series of festivals, such as: Bristol Bloodbath 2006, Borderlines Film Festival 2006, Phantasmagoria Film Festival 2008, the Milano Film Festival 2008 in Italy as well as having work shown in support of the independent zombie film "Deadlands: The Rising" during its theatrical run in Maryland, USA (the writer/director's hometown). I even had a short film appear on the DVD for "Deadlands", which is the distributor's top selling DVD.
Most recently I took part in the Frieze Film 2008 "Road Movie" YouTube project. Footage from chosen films (of which I am one) will then be re-edited into four 3 minute short experimental films for the "3 Minute Wonder" segment on Channel 4, from the 13th to the 16th of October 2008.
Of the many filmmakers of influence upon me, some are: Romero, Raimi, Carpenter, Cameron, Fincher, Tarantino, Rodriguez, Kubrick, Boyle, Zombie, Cronenberg, Marshall, Smith, Nolan, Dominik, Scott, Mann, Hooper, De Palma, Leone, Spielberg and Zemeckis.
Nick Thomson
www.deadshed.com
September 2008