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Nick Willing Biography

Birth Name:Nick Willing

Birth Place:London, England, United Kingdom

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Assistant director

Fast Facts

Quote: "One of my passions is designing new worlds․ What does it look like, and would I want to live there? We have the luxury as fantasy creators to create a world from our own imagination, and that's an enormous privilege․"
Quote: "[on the main character of "Olympus"] "Hero represents us, the audience, who needs to find their way through the story․ He is the classic rite-of-passage victim, picking his way through this complex labyrinth the gods have laid out for him․""
Best known as the writer and director of several miniseries for SyFy, including "Alice," "Neverland" and "Olympus․"
Directed a TV movie called "Alice in Wonderland" in 1999 that led SyFy to ask him to create "Alice․"

1997Golden Hitchcock-: nominated
1997Best Film-: nominated
1998Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold-: winner
1998Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver-: winner
1998International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1998Special Jury Prize-: winner
1998International Critics Award-: winner
2002Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver-: winner
2003Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold-: nominated
2003International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2004Grand Prix-: winner
2004Best Director-: winner
2007BAFTA Children's Award-Best Drama: nominated
2007Banff Rockie Award-Children's Programs: winner
2007Rondo Statuette-Best TV Presentation: nominated
2008Honorable Mention-Direction: winner
2010Gemini-Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series: nominated
2015Canadian Screen Award-Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series: nominated
2017Documentary Award-Best Documentary on the Arts: winner
2018RTS Television Award-Arts: winner