Nicholas Quested (born November 26, 1969) is an award-winning British filmmaker and producer of
documentary film
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s, music videos, and TV commercials.
He is the executive director and owner of
Goldcrest Films
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Quested has produced over 40 documentary films, including several war documentaries directed by
Sebastian Junger
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Prior to producing, he was an award-winning music video director. Quested directed more than 100 music videos and commercials, working with artists including
Dr. Dre
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Jay-Z,
Nas,
P. Diddy, and
Sting
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and brands including
Sprite,
Nike,
Lexus
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, and
Land Rover
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He has won two
Emmys
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and a
DuPont–Columbia Award, and has been nominated for an
Oscar
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and a
PGA Award
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. His company, Goldcrest Films, has won the Academy Award for
Best Picture
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twice.
Leading up to and during the
2021 United States Capitol attack
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, Quested had been
embedded
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with the
Proud Boys
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, a far-right organization involved in the attack. On June 9, 2022, Quested testified under
subpoena
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on live television to the
US House of Representatives January 6 committee. As part of his testimony, Quested revealed that his crew had filmed a garage meeting between
Proud Boys
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leader
Enrique Tarrio
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and
Oath Keepers
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founder and leader
Stewart Rhodes on January 5, 2021, the night before the attack.
Filmography
As producer
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''Restrepo'' (2010)
* ''
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer'' (2010)
* ''
Korengal'' (2014)
* ''
The Last Patrol''
* ''
Which Way is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington''
As director
*''Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS'' (2018)
*''Blood on the Wall'' (2020)
References
External links
Nick Questedat
IMDb
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Living people
British documentary film producers
News & Documentary Emmy Award winners
1969 births
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