Nick Ryan is a film director and producer from

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. Ryan directed '' A Lonely Sky'' (2006), ''

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'' (2008), '' Electric Picnic: The Documentary'' (2008), and the award-winning documentary ''The Summit'''' ''(2012); In 2016 he produced the award winning Feature ''

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'' directed by

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starring Max Records and

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; he was also the producer for Ruairi Robinson's short films ''The Silent City'', '' BlinkyTM,'' and ''Corporate Monster''. In 1995 he and two others founded Image Now Films, where they worked on commercials and graphic design. In 2018 he established Titan II Films

Filmography

Short film Documentary film Film producer * ''

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'' (2016)

Awards

Nick Ryan's 2012 documentary ''The Summit'' was nominated for and received several awards. In 2012 it was nominated for the

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at the

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. In 2013 it was nominated for the

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at the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted ...

, and won the Editing Award for the category World Cinema Documentary. In the same year it won an award for Best Adventure Film at the

Boulder International Film Festival The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) is held annually in March in Boulder, Colorado. BIFF features films by new and emerging filmmakers, as well as industry directors, writers, producers, and actors. There are 25,000 attendances annual ...

. In 2014 it was a three-time nominee at the

Irish Film and Television Awards The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) is an all-Ireland organisation focused on film and television. It has about 1000 members, and is based in Dublin, with branches in London and Los Angeles. The IFTA now holds separate ceremonies for the ...

; it was nominated for Best Original Score, and it won both Best Documentary and Best Feature Documentary. The film one seven other awards in festivals around the world. In 2016

won the Nocturno Nuove Visioni Award at the

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, Best Feature film at the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, the Panorama Audience Award at Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival, thae Audience Choice award at the Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival, the Jury Prize at Molins Film Festival and received 3 nominations at the

British Independent Film Awards The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) is an organisation that celebrates, supports, and promotes British independent cinema and film-making talent in the United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early Nov ...

(BIFA). The film won best editing at the 2017

and the Festival Prize at the Bilbao Fantasy Film Festival.

References

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