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Nick Hamm(I)

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Nick Hamm
Nick Hamm is a BAFTA award-winning director and producer. His latest film, Gigi & Nate was released theatrically by Roadside Attractions in September 2022. Other recent work includes Driven, which closed the 75th Venice Film Festival, The Journey, which premiered at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, and the Netflix Original Series White Lines.

Hamm began his career on the London fringe before becoming resident director of the Royal Shakespeare Company where he worked with contemporary playwrights, notably Howard Barker, Edward Bond, and Arthur Miller. He also collaborated with Miller on the drama-documentary The Bottom Line, starring Dustin Hoffman.

Hamm's early accolades include BAFTA award-winner The Harmfulness of Tobacco, the BBC's Play on One starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Colin Firth, Miramax's Talk of Angels, and Film Four's Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel, and Laurence. Hamm went on to direct the cult classic The Hole, starring Thora Birch and Keira Knightley. Followed by Lionsgate's thriller Godsend, starring Robert DeNiro and Greg Kinnear. Hamm later produced and directed the U2-centric comedy, Killing Bono for Paramount Pictures and Northern Ireland Screen.

In 2016, Hamm directed and produced The Journey, which premiered at the 73rd Venice Film Festival and later at TIFF. The film, starring Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney, garnered critical acclaim upon release and won Meany the IFTA award for Best Lead Actor.

In 2018, Hamm premiered his next feature, Driven, at the 75th Venice Film Festival, this time as the closing film. Driven, was also a special presentation at TIFF and bowed theatrically in August 2019 under the Universal Entertainment banner.

In 2019, Hamm directed the pilot and three subsequent episodes of Netflix's Original Series White Lines, by Alex Pina. The show premiered on Netflix in Spring 2020 and received raved reviews, quickly charting its way to becoming one of the most-watched shows on Netflix.

In 2020, Hamm formed the London-and L.A.-based entertainment company, Free Turn, with his brother Jon.

In 2021, Hamm directed and produced his latest feature film, Gigi & Nate, starring Marcia Gay Harden, Diane Ladd, Charlie Rowe and Josephine Langford. The film follows a young man who finds hope in an animal friend after a freak accident leaves him paralyzed.

Gigi & Nate, was acquired by Roadside Attractions and premiered in September 2022.

As of fall 2022, Hamm is in preproduction on his next feature - a historical epic set in Switzerland, Wilhelm Tell.
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award
    • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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Nick with the cast of Gigi & Nate
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"Driven" cast
"Driven"
"Driven" cast
"Driven" cast at Venice Film Festival
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On the set of "Driven"
On the set of "Driven"
On the set of "Driven"

Known for

Judy Greer, Jason Sudeikis, Corey Stoll, and Lee Pace in Driven (2018)
Driven
6.4
  • Director
  • 2018
Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall in The Journey (2016)
The Journey
6.7
  • Director
  • 2016
Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Laurence Fox, and Keira Knightley in The Hole (2001)
The Hole
6.2
  • Director
  • 2001
White Lines (2020)
White Lines
6.6
TV Series
  • Director

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Director

  • Wilhelm Tell
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Gigi & Nate (2022)
    Gigi & Nate
    • Director
    • 2022
  • White Lines (2020)
    White Lines
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Judy Greer, Jason Sudeikis, Corey Stoll, and Lee Pace in Driven (2018)
    Driven
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall in The Journey (2016)
    The Journey
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Ally Sheedy, Billy Campbell, David Boreanaz, Kate Walsh, Tom Felton, Patrick Fugit, Julian McMahon, Minka Kelly, Devon Gearhart, and Keke Palmer in Full Circle (2013)
    Full Circle
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2015
  • Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight (2014)
    Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Rogue (2013)
    Rogue
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2014
  • Killing Bono (2011)
    Killing Bono
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Jonathan Bailey and James Buckley in Off the Hook (2009)
    Off the Hook
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • Robert De Niro, Greg Kinnear, and Rebecca Romijn in Godsend (2004)
    Godsend
    • Director
    • 2004
  • Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Laurence Fox, and Keira Knightley in The Hole (2001)
    The Hole
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Talk of Angels (1998)
    Talk of Angels
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Joseph Fiennes and Monica Potter in The Very Thought of You (1998)
    The Very Thought of You
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Dancing Queen (1993)
    Dancing Queen
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1993
  • Briefest Encounter (1993)
    Briefest Encounter
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1993

Producer

  • Gigi & Nate (2022)
    Gigi & Nate
    • producer
    • 2022
  • Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall in The Journey (2016)
    The Journey
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Ally Sheedy, Billy Campbell, David Boreanaz, Kate Walsh, Tom Felton, Patrick Fugit, Julian McMahon, Minka Kelly, Devon Gearhart, and Keke Palmer in Full Circle (2013)
    Full Circle
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2015
  • Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight (2014)
    Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Rogue (2013)
    Rogue
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2014
  • Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films (2011)
    Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films
    • executive producer
    • 2011
  • Jonathan Bailey and James Buckley in Off the Hook (2009)
    Off the Hook
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • Fresh!
    • executive producer (2008)
    • TV Series
    • 2008

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  • Born
    • 1957
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
  • Other works
    He directed Jean Giraudoux's play, "The Madwoman of Chaillot," at the Lilian Baylis Theatre in London, England with Eleanor Bron, Selina Cadell, Philip Franks, Ian Redford, and Celia Imrie in the cast.

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