Nicholas Ashe Bateman is an artist, filmmaker, actor and the founder of the award-winning

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, design and animation company Maere Studios. As a writer and director, his acclaimed debut feature film - the microbudget '' The Wanting Mare'' was released in 2021. In addition to writing and directing, Bateman did all visual effects, editing, producing, and also acted in the film. In 2022, he directed and animated the music video for

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As the visual effects supervisor for Maere Studios, he has supervised and designed for over 25 feature films in the past years, including A24's '' The Green Knight'',' Disney's ''

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'', M. Night Shyamalan's ''

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''. In 2024, Bateman was the creative design supervisor and vfx supervisor for the

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'', as well as overseeing Maere Studios. ''An Almost Christmas Story'' was a co-production between Maere Studios,

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's Esperanto films, directed by David Lowery.

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