Nicholas Peterson is a graduate of the
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) where he developed skills in stop-motion animation. In 1998 Peterson crewed on the first ever stop-motion
IMAX
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Graeme F ...
fil
More later nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Soon after, he made his own stop-motion short fil
MuMreceiving critical acclaim at the 2000
Sundance Film Festival
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and winning
College Emmy Award
In 2001 Peterson made the live action short fil
Cookies for Harry before setting sights on directing a low budget feature film. In spring 2006 Peterson completed his first independent feature film
Intellectual Property starring
Christopher Masterson of
Malcolm in the Middle
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The series follows a dysfunctional ...
.
Peterson continues to live and work in Los Angeles.
Filmography
* ''
Patient Seven
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'' (2016), segment ''The Visitant''
* ''
Intellectual Property'' (2006)
*
Cookies for Harry' (2001)
*
MuM' (1999)
Awards
*
Australian International Film Festival
The Australian International, or AI, was a Melbourne festival held in 2006.
An earlier festival with this name was renamed to Canberra International.
Awards
* Golden Spotlight Award, the ''Best Feature Film'' and ''Best Short Film''
* Silver ...
Silver Spotlight Award - Intellectual Property (2006)
ATASFoundation College Television Awards 1999 (nominated) Traditional Animation - MuM (1999)
Hamptons International Film Festival1999 Undergraduate Student Film Award - MuM (1999)
MatitaAnimation Film Festival 1999 Matita Grand Prix for Professionals - MuM (1999)
* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Australian International Film Festival-Intellectual Property (2007)
* BEST FILM Oxford International Film Festival - Intellectual Property (2007)
* BEST DIRECTOR Oxford International Film Festival - Intellectual Property (2007)
* BEST ACTOR CHRISTOPHER MASTERSON Oxford International Film Festival - Intellectual Property (2007)
* GRAND JURY PRIZE - BEST FILM DC Independent Film Festival - Intellectual Property (2007)
References
External links
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American animators
Stop motion animators
Living people
1977 births
California Institute of the Arts alumni
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