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. 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.

He was married to Megan Nicholson and had one son.

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.

Nicholson also wrote, produced, and directed several films under the banner of his production company Plotdigger Films, including Torched, Gutterballs, Live Feed, Hanger, Nature and others.

Death

Nicholson died from brain cancer on October 8, 2019.

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

External links

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• Plotdigger Films Inc. - The independent horror and grindhouse films of Ryan Nicholson
• Official web site for "Star Vehicle"