Nichola Wong

Writer / Director

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Film, TV & Theatre

Film, TV & Theatre

Nichola is an award-winning Writer-Director, Sundance Fellow, BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew listed Director, and a graduate of the prestigious NFTS Directors Workshop, supported by Walt Disney. Her 1st TV pilot won All3 Media’s New Drama Script award at Edinburgh TV Festival and was one of eight out of 3000+ projects to be selected for the Sundance Episodic Lab.

Her short films have screened at film festivals all around the world, as well as on Hulu, US broadcast TV (FX, Freeform) and Film 4/All4.  She is currently developing various TV ideas and her 1st feature film with Ardimages. She has been mentored by Hong Khaou, Nick Rowland, Claire Tailyour and Tessa Hoffe.  

She also directs 2nd unit on high-end TV shows. 

In Development

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WITH LOVE

2024

Blue Horizon Productions / Firefly Films

- Attached as Director
- Writer: Lizzie Nunnery
- A BFI/NZFC development

HOLLYOAKS

2024

Lime Pictures / E4

- Directing x 5 Eps (6346 - 6350)

CAROUSEL

2024

Ardimages

- Original feature as writer/director

THE CLINCH

2021

- Writer
- Original TV drama
- Sundance Institute Fellow – Episodic Makers Lab 2020 – 1 of 8 selected projects
- Winner of the All3 Media New Drama Award: Edinburgh TV Festival’s New Voice Awards

Television

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SILENT WITNESS (Series 27)

2024

BBC

- 2nd Unit Director

HOLLYOAKS

2023

Lime Pictures / E4

- Directed x 10 Eps (6156 - 6160, 6276 - 6280)

HOLLYOAKS

2022

Lime Pictures / E4

- Directed x 5 Eps (5991 - 5995)

CROSSFIRE

2022

Dancing Ledge Productions / BBC

- Shadow Director & 2nd Unit

REBEL CHEER SQUAD: A GET EVEN SERIES

2021

BBC / Netflix

- Block 1 Shadow Director & 2nd Unit

Short Films

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STRUCK

2021

Disney / Hulu

- Original Short as Writer & Director
- Commissioned as part of 'Huluween' 2021 which profiles the work of up-and-coming genre filmmakers
- Broadcast on US TV - FX & Freeform
- 4 million social media views throughout Halloween

THE PASSING

2019

NFTS / MovMie Productions

- Director/Writer/Producer
- Premiered at Channel 4 as part of a new filmmaker showcase
- Screened on C4, Film4 & All 4
- Played at 35+ festivals including BFI Flare 2020, Iris Prize 2020, Bolton Film Festival 2020, Norwich Film Festival 2020, Dublin International Film Festival 2020, Berlin Shorts Film Fest 2020
- Winner: Best LGBT Film at Bolton Film Festival 2020, Highly Commended by Jury at Iris Prize Festival
- Nominated: Best Short at 10 festivals, Best Direction nominee at Kinsale Shark Awards

MURMURS

2019

MovMie Productions

- Director/Writer/Producer
- Best Director Nominee: Underwire Film Festival 2019
- Official Selection: ’Drama’, Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2019
- Official Selection: Moscow Short Film Festival 2019
- Official Selection: Margate Film Festival 2019
- BSC (British Society of Cinematographers): Screened as part of their Emerging Cinematography Night 2019

SKINSHIP

2015

MovMie Productions

- Director/Writer/Producer
- Premiered online with NOWNESS
- Screened at over 20 international film festivals including BAFTA qualifying Underwire, Dresden Short Film Festival, Edinburgh Short Film Festival, Festival De Cannes Court Métrage, Slovakia Art Film Festival and a special screening for 'new British talents' at Ciné O'Clock Film Festival
- Best International Short Film: Joinsville International Short Film Festival 2017
- Best Sound Design: Underwire Film Festival 2015