Nicole Pouchet

Writer / Director at Morning Lark Productions
Producer, Screenwriter and Director

Seattle, Washington

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January 2018

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About Nicole

(she/her) A former Broadway assistant director, Nicole Pouchet is a novelist and writer/director for the award-winning fantasy series, Strowlers. She is currently in development on the feature film, Her Mad Hatter, an adaptation of the best-selling fantasy romance novel.

Her horror/social thriller short, Retch, premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) in 2019, won Best Film at the Seattle Black Film Festival in 2020, and has shown on DirecTV, Amazon, PBS, and Alaska Airlines. Her subsequent films -- a sci-fi short called Such an Honor and a fantasy animation/live action blend called Lioness have been official selections at dozens of festivals worldwide.

Prior to filmmaking, Nicole owned a bi-coastal marketing agency with tech, entertainment, and nonprofit clients. In addition to managing her staff of ten employees, she oversaw multi-million-dollar budgets with consistently high ROI. She sold the agency in 2016 to fully focus on her craft.

A 2024 Artist Trust fellow, Nicole continues to write/direct projects that incorporate social commentary into genre film. She has served as a Board Member for Destiny City Film Festival, for Northwest Screenwriters Guild, and for Zombie Orpheus Entertainment; and as a lecturer for the University of Virginia, Clarion West, SIFF, and Women in Film.

Gender:
Female

Ethnicity:
African American

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RETCH Budget: $0 - $100K | Sci-fi ⋄ Horror An unseen force kills travelers stranded on a broken-down bus near Seattle. Biases ratchet up the tension when they suspect the murders aren’t random.
PARA Sci-fi ⋄ Fantasy A Las Vegas police detective struggles to solve magical cases with her new government partner when their own existence as paranormal beings becomes a crime.
THE CASE FOR HUMANITY Sci-fi When a scientist discovers the cure for aging, she is called upon to defend humanity’s morality in an Inter-Planetary Council trial in order to prevent the genocide of all mankind.