Nick Ryan

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Nick Ryan
Notable workThe Summit, A Lonely Sky, The German, Electric Picnic: The Documentary,

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

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Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirectorProducerWriter
2000Are We AloneYesYesYes
2006A Lonely SkyYesYesYes
The Silent CityNoYesNo
2008 The German YesYesYes
Uncle Bill's BarrelNoYesNo
2011 BlinkyTM NoYesNo
2019Corporate MonsterNoYesNo

Documentary film

YearTitleDirectorProducer
2006Electric Picnic 2005YesYes
2007Electric Picnic 2006YesYes
2008Electric Picnic 2007YesYes
2012 The Summit YesYes

Film producer

Awards

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. "Nick Ryan IMDb Page". IMDb.
  3. 1 2 "The Summit Film Official Website". The Summit Film Official Website. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. "Festival Awards". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "The Summit – Awards – IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  6. "2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards". 27 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  7. "2013 Film Festival Awards Updates". 27 January 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  8. "IFTA 2014 Nominees & Winners". The Irish Film and Television Awards. The Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 3 December 2014.