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 Billy O'Brien starring

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and

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; he was also the producer for Ruairi Robinson's short films ''The Silent City'', ''

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,'' 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

As director

*
Are We Alone
' (2000, short, also producer and writer) *
A Lonely Sky
(2006, short, also producer and writer) *
Electric Picnic 2005
' (2006, feature doc, also producer) *
Electric Picnic 2006
' (2007, feature doc, also producer) *
Electric Picnic 2007
' (2008, feature doc, also producer) *
The German
' (2008, short, also producer and writer) * '' The Summitbr>The Summit Trailer
' (2012, feature documentary, also producer)

As producer

*
Are We Alone
' (2000, short, also director and writer) *
The Silent City
' (2006, short) *
A Lonely Sky
' (2006, short, also director and writer) *
Electric Picnic 2005
' (2006, feature doc, also director) *
Electric Picnic 2006
' (2007, feature doc, also director) *
Electric Picnic 2007
' (2008, feature doc, also director) *
The German
' (2008, short, also director and writer) *
Uncle Bill's Barrel
' (2008, short) *
BlinkyTM
' (2011, short) * '' The Summitbr>The Summit Trailer
' (2012, feature documentary, also director) *
The Leviathan
' (2015, concept teaser) *
I Am Not a Serial Killer
' (2016, feature film) *
Corporate Monster
' (2019, short)

As writer

*
Are We Alone
' (2000, short) *
A Lonely Sky
' (2000, short) *
The German
' (2008, short)

Awards

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

Grierson Award The Grierson Awards are awards set up by The Grierson Trust to recognise innovative and exciting documentary films, created to commemorate the life and work of the pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker John Grierson. The inaugural Awards w ...

at the

London Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shor ...

. In 2013 it was nominated for the

Grand Jury Prize A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...

at the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

, 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), sponsored by the Colorado Film Society, is held annually on Presidents Day Weekend in Boulder, Colorado USA, and has developed a reputation as one of the most compelling young film festivals in the ...

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

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; 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 Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival (SEFFF) (French: ''Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg ''(''FEFFS'')), is an annual film festival held in Strasbourg, France, that focus on fantasy, science fiction and horror film ...

, the Panorama Audience Award at Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival, thae Audience Choice award at the

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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 filmmaking talent in United Kingdom. Nominations for the annual awards ceremony are announced in early November, ...

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

and the Festival Prize at the

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References

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