Nick Wickham is a British film and television director specialising in live performance, beginning his career in music and fashion by shooting and directing shows and on air presentations at MTV Europe.[1] In 1997 he moved on to establish boutique film production company Splinter Films with Producer Emer Patten,[2] where he worked as a multi camera director for live events on multiple platforms including cinema, TV, 3D, DVD and online digital streaming, before going freelance in 2017. He has worked extensively with some of the world's best-known musical artists, creating concert films for Madonna, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Metallica, Foo Fighters, The Cure, Katy Perry and Red Hot Chili Peppers as well as major Latin music artists such as Shakira, Carlos Santana, Alejandro Sanz and Ivete Sangalo.
Wickham is also a multi camera director for the National Theatre for the National Theatre Live series of live streams to cinema. Work includes A Streetcar Named Desire with Gillian Anderson,[3] Ivo van Hove's production of A View from the Bridge with Mark Strong, Théâtre de Complicité's A Disappearing Number[4] and the original production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time[5] from the Young Vic.
Also made for cinema, with BBC Music and BBC Learning, are the groundbreaking classical music films Ten Pieces & Ten Pieces II, that have helped to establish a music curriculum for British primary and secondary schools.[6] [7]
Wickham's long form work has been nominated twice for a Latin Grammy,[8] [9] in addition to winning the award for Best Director (TV/DVD) at the 2006 CAD awards[10] and best director at the TPi awards.[11] In 2013, was awarded Best 3D Live Event at the 4th Annual Creative Arts Awards.[12] Wickham's work for BBC Ten Pieces won a BAFTA in 2016 British Academy Children's Award.
| Year | Production | Role | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Eagles – Live from the Forum MMXVIII | Director[13] | ||
| 2019 | The Cure 40 [14] | Director | ||
| 2019 | National Theatre Live – All About Eve[15] [16] | Director | ||
| 2019 | Alejandro Sanz –
| Director | ||
| 2018 | Norah Jones Live At Ronnie Scott's | Director | ||
| 2017 | Messiah from Bristol Old Vic[17] | Director | ||
| 2017 | Alejandro Sanz – + Es + – Live In Madrid | Director | ||
| 2017 | National Theatre Live – Hedda Gabler | Director | ||
| 2017 | Marc Anthony Half Time special – Live In Miami | Director | ||
| 2017 | G.E.M. - G-Force - Music Documentary | Director | ||
| 2015 | National Theatre Live – A View From the Bridge | Director[18] | ||
| 2015 | National Theatre Live – Everyman | Director[19] | ||
| 2014 & 2015 | BBC – Ten Pieces & Ten Pieces Secondary[20] | Director | ||
| National Theatre Live – The Threepenny Opera Director[21] | 2015 | UK Welcomes Modi – Live International Broadcast from Wembley Stadium | Director[22] | |
| 2014 | Carlos Santana – Corazón: Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It | Director[23] | ||
| 2014 | Imagine Dragons – Premiere - Hong Kong | Director[24] | ||
| 2014 | Alejandro Fernández – Confidencias Reales | Director[25] | ||
| 2014 | National Theatre Live – A Streetcar Named Desire (live cinema broadcast) | Director[26] | ||
| 2014 | Ivete Sangalo – Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo 20 Anos | Director[27] | ||
| 2013 | Joe Cocker Fire It Up Live | Director[28] | ||
| 2013 | Alejandro Sanz – La Música No Se Toca | Director | ||
| 2012 | National Theatre Live – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Director | ||
| 2012 | Rihanna – Loud Tour Live at the O2 | Director[29] | ||
| 2012 | Katy Perry – Part of Me | Director[30] | ||