Paddy Nicholls
Filmmaker
Born and raised in north Manchester, Patrick previously worked at Metrodome, Feel Films, BBC News and for a BFI short film ‘Middle Passage’. In 2014, he wrote, directed and produced three short films on black & white 16mm film in New York City. His first writer-directorial effort on returning to England came in 2016 in the form of brooding psychological thriller short Still Dark, which he also wrote and produced.
He made his first short film to be shot in his hometown of Manchester: The Spirit of '58 for which he was nominated for ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Short of the North’ at the 2017 Manchester International Short Film Festival. After making a dystopian Brexit-allegory Thriller FORTYEIGHTPOINTONE funded by Roundhouse (London), he took a break focusing on mental health activism using the arts as a platform (as well as his own mental health), before taking part in the BFI Creative Producer’s Lab 2021.
Whilst also a filmmaker, he currently works as a Neighbourhood Organiser for Moston, for Factory International with the aim of bringing arts/training opportunities to the lower-income areas of North Manchester, as well as hosting/compering events or giving talks to people in the community about mental health and the creative industries.
