Nicholas is an award-winning screenwriter working in various genres in both film and TV. He spent 18 months working with Oscar-winning Echo Lake Entertainment (TRUTH, NEBRASKA) developing a TV series based on one of his award-winning screenplays. He also spent 12 months working for Indian animation company Fabelizer as part of their UK writing team.
Nicholas has been a finalist in numerous international writing competitions. LANCELOT won the Grand Prize in the 2013 Big Break contest, winning him a trip to LA to pick up an award at the Screenwriter’s Choice Awards at Paramount Studios. The script also won the Gold Prize in the PAGE International Awards and has drawn praise from writer/producer Simon Kinberg (the X-MEN films, SHERLOCK HOLMES) and lead to meetings with Bryan Singer’s Bad Hat Harry Productions and J.J. Abram’s Bad Robot. KNIGHT KNIGHT came second in the 2007 Big Break contest; the contest judges included the writers of STARMAN, STAND BY ME and GOLDENEYE.
Nicholas’s horror THE GOOD PEOPLE made the 2011 Brit List. In 2016 he won an Empire Magazine writing contest judged by Stephen Knight (PEAKY BLINDERS, TABOO, LOCKE).
Nicholas spent a year on Guiding Lights - a film mentoring scheme sponsored by Working Title and the BFI - and was mentored by Tony Grisoni (FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, TIDELAND, THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIOXTE). He also spent six months on the UK Film Council’s feature development program, receiving development assistance with PRINCE GURK - which also won him a place on the London Screenwriters’ Festival’s advanced mentoring lab with Disney/Pixar writer David Reynolds (FINDING NEMO). The script was later optioned by Aardman Animations’ former Head of Development.
Nicholas was selected for Torino Film Lab’s AdaptLab, a prestigious novel adaptation workshop, which took place in Lyon, Gentofte and Turin. In 2011 he was selected for FilmFyn’s ‘Screenwriting for Writers and Producers’ workshop held in Odense, Denmark, run by Brendan Foley (THE RIDDLE) and Hollywood veteran Ned Dowd (THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, APOCALYPTO).
Nicholas’s short THAT THING YOU DREW premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, winning the Jury Prize at Malta’s Kinemastik and the Audience Award at the Warsaw film festival. FUNDAY, which Nicholas wrote and executively produced, was nominated for a Welsh BAFTA for best short film.
Unique traits: Award winning screenwriter in multiple genres.
MANDEMIC! Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy ⋄ Romance AMANDA is on the verge of dumping her deadbeat boyfriend STEVE, when a mysterious virus starts incapacitating the male population of the planet. But when Steve turns out to be immune to the global man-flu, Amanda suddenly finds herself with the most desirable boyfriend on Earth.
Knight Knight
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Film
by Hermit Films
Screenwriter, Co-producer, Actor Camelot is closed, King Arthur is dead and the Round Table is no more. Trainee knights GILBERT (a highly-strung hypochondriac) and EDGAR (an up-beat Christian) find themselves wandering the land in the company of a MYSTERIOUS KNIGHT in search of money, adventure and comfortable underwear. When the mysterious knight dies (mysteriously) Gilbert and Edgar find themselves in possession of a letter addressed to him from a certain KING KENDRICK, entreating him to help rescue his recently kidnapped daughter KATRINA. The letter comes with a bag of gold. Gilbert and Edgar act at once... they spend the gold. One pair of pants and a saint's kneecap later, the two knights are once again on their uppers. Whilst drowning their sorrows in a village grog shack, however, the two men get wind of an employment opportunity in the local castle of KING VINCENT of Essex. They make their way to the castle and are immediately hired as security guards. Their jobs, however, are a little less than chivalrous, as it transpires that their main duty is to guard the recently abducted Princess Katrina, King Vincent's bride-to-be. Far from being the damsel in distress of legend Princess Katrina is in fact a violent, foul-mouthed bully who harangues Gilbert into agreeing to help rescue her. Edgar, meanwhile, is approached by Katrina's altogether more pleasant (and comely) sister RACHAEL who appeals to Edgar's sense of decency and he too agrees to help. Sworn to secrecy, the two hapless knights begin separate (and misguided) plans to rescue Princess Katrina whilst trying to avoid the various unpleasant inhabitants of the castle. Can the two knights escape this casserole of intrigue? Can they rescue the Princess and put pay to the wicked king? KNIGHT KNIGHT is a tale of saddle-sore knights, castle politics and black pudding. A tale of love, friendship and adventure that didn't quite make it into the history books.
Funday
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Film (short)
Screenwriter, Executive Producer Alan has clownism, a genetic condition that causes him to exhibit the physical characteristics of a clown. All he wants is a wife, a job and a normal life. However, being one of society's outsiders means Alan suffers taunts and discrimination that prevent him from ever achieving his dream... so he decides to undertake drastic action to become 'normal', but will this mean he is accepted into society, or will he realise he should just accept who he is. Either way Alan realises that being a clown every day, just isn't very funny.
That Thing You Drew
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Film (short)
by Venner Films
Screenwriter A rites of passage tale of a 7 year old girl with hearing impediment turns the sound down on her hearing aid to escape the harsh world around her, unbeknownst to the the adults around her. But she soon learns that she has missed things with the sound turned down.
Journey To The Moon
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Film
by Dream On Films
Screenwriter Set in 1940s England, an odd group of explorers earn the chance to go on an expedition to the Moon along with a reward cash prize. Meanwhile the mines have been closed and thousands of workers are out of work, Joe (miner) decides to sneak onto the rocket in order to save the mine but much to his surprise he lands himself, the explorers & the moon aliens in grave danger so it's up to Joe to save the day and the mines.
WriteMovies 2nd Place
(2023)
WriteMovies 2nd Place
(2020)
Bitch List (Bechdel Test qualifying scripts)
(2014)
Final Draft Big Break - Grand Prize
(2013)
PAGE International Awards - Gold Prize
(2013)
Brit List
(2011)
PAGE International Awards - Gold Prize
(2008)
Final Draft Big Break - 2nd Place
(2007)