Nichola is a writer-director of mixed British-Chinese heritage from Liverpool, working across film and television.

 

She is a Sundance Fellow, graduate of the prestigious NFTS Directors Workshop, and has been named as an emerging filmmaker by BAFTA. Her 1st TV pilot won All3 Media’s New Drama Script award at Edinburgh TV Festival and was one of just eight selected (from over 3,000 projects) for the Sundance Episodic Lab.

 

Her short films have screened at film festivals all around the world, as well as on Hulu, US broadcast TV (FX, Freeform), and Film 4/All4. She is currently developing various TV ideas and her debut feature film. More recently, she directed 2nd unit on Mammoth Screen and BBC's next Agatha Christie adaptation 'Towards Zero'. 

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Nichola is drawn to emotionally charged stories that crack open hidden lives and place characters in surreal or heightened realities. She’s fascinated by the unseen - the private rituals, repressed desires, and social codes people live by and seeks out narratives that allow her to explore what lies beneath the surface. Her projects often push formal boundaries while exploring emotionally rich, socially resonant themes.

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