Ryan Nicholson
Template:Infobox person Ryan Nicholson (1971 – October 8, 2019) was a Canadian special effects makeup artist and filmmaker.
Biography
Nicholson was born in 1971 in Victoria, British Columbia.[1] He was a self-taught artist who ran special-effects shop Flesh & Fantasy for a number of years before he began directing and producing his own independent films through his production company Plotdigger Films.[2]
He was married to Megan Nicholson and had one son.[3]
Television
Nicholson worked in the makeup department on many television shows including The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Stargate and Andromeda for which he was nominated for the Gemini Award three times for Best Achievement in Make-Up, with a win in 2002.
Film
Nicholson contributed to Scary Movie and Final Destination films, in addition to Elf, Blade: Trinity and The Chronicles of Riddick.[4]
Nicholson also wrote, produced, and directed several films under the banner of his production company Plotdigger Films, including Torched, Gutterballs, Live Feed, Hanger, Nature[5] and others.[6]
Death
Nicholson died from brain cancer on October 8, 2019.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | Actor | Role | |||
| 2004 | Torched | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Short | ||
| 2004 | Necrophagia: Nightmare Scenarios | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Psychotic Boyfriend | |||
| 2006 | Live Feed | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | |||
| 2008 | Gutterballs | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | BBK | |
| 2009 | La Petite Mort | Presenter | |||||
| 2009 | Hanger | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | The Bum | |
| 2010 | Star Vehicle | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | |||
| 2011 | Suffer | Template:Yes | Short | ||||
| 2012 | Famine | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | The Nailer | |
| 2012 | My Name Is 'A' by Anonymous | Template:Yes | |||||
| 2012 | Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge | Template:Yes | Man in Truck | ||||
| 2014 | Collar | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Bum Fighter 1 | |
| 2015 | Gutterballs 2 | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Post-humous release via Unearthed Films | |
References
External links
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- Plotdigger Films Inc. - The independent horror and grindhouse films of Ryan Nicholson
- Official web site for "Star Vehicle"
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- 1971 births
- 2019 deaths
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- Canadian make-up artists
- Canadian male screenwriters
- Film producers from British Columbia
- Place of death missing
- Canadian Screen Award winners
- Deaths from brain cancer in Canada
- Film directors from Victoria, British Columbia
- Canadian visual effects artists
- Writers from Victoria, British Columbia
- Canadian horror film directors
- Screenwriters from British Columbia