Nik Sexton

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Nik Sexton is a Canadian film and television director from Newfoundland and Labrador, [1] whose debut feature film How to Be Deadly was released in 2014. [2]

The son of producer Mary Sexton and the nephew of Tommy Sexton, [1] he began his career making short comedy videos for YouTube about "Donnie Dumphy", a skateboarder who would become the central character in How to Be Deadly. [3] In 2012 he released a short film version of How to Be Deadly, before entering production on the feature version in 2013. [4] The film won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Feature Film at the 16th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2015, [5] and Sexton was also nominated for Best Direction in a Feature Film.

He subsequently worked principally in television, with direction and production credits on Rick Mercer Report , This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Good People . With Mark Sakamoto and Tom Stanley, he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Writing in a Factual Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021 for Good People. [6]

In 2021 Sexton and his mother collaborated on Me, Mom & Covid, a documentary film about Mary's mother and Nik's grandmother Sara Sexton, which centred on Sara's death of COVID-19 after having devoted her life to the care of her mentally disabled daughter Edwina and to HIV/AIDS activism following Tommy's death in 1993. [1]

His second feature film, Skeet , is slated to premiere at the 2024 Atlantic International Film Festival. [7]

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How to Be Deadly is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Nik Sexton and released in 2014. The film stars Leon Parsons as Donnie Dumphy, an unemployed slacker in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, who enters a minibike competition in the hopes of winning back his ex-girlfriend Brenda after she breaks up with him due to his lack of ambition.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Conor McCann, "Love, death and COVID-19: How a mother and son honoured their family with a new documentary". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, January 3, 2021.
  2. ↑ Peter Simpson, "Review: Donnie Dumphy film rated 'deadly' out of 10". Ottawa Citizen , September 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Sue Bailey, "Gib rap, dirt bikes and bologna: YouTube hit Donnie Dumphy stars in movie". Canadian Press, September 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ Danielle Ng See Quan, "Newfoundland gets Deadly with Donnie Dumphy". Playback , August 29, 2013.
  5. ↑ "How to Be Deadly among local Canadian Comedy Award winners". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, September 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada , March 30, 2021.
  7. ↑ Kelly Townsend, "AIFF unveils three world premieres for 2024 festival". Playback , July 25, 2024.
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