Nial Fulton

Nial Fulton
Born	Nial Fulton Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Nial Fulton is an Irish-born, Australian film and television producer.

Background

Fulton was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and attended Portora Royal School and Queen's University Belfast. He is a qualified architect and lives in Australia with his partner and their three children.

Career

Nial Fulton is an award winning producer and writer. His films have been recognised with major awards and nominations in Australia and internationally. He has worked alongside some of the world's most respected producers, directors and actors on a diverse range of productions, including six times Academy award winner Saving Private Ryan and HBO's six times Emmy award winning mini series Band of Brothers.

Other selected credits include the BAFTA award winning UK television series Cold Feet, critically acclaimed drama Blind Flight and the Academy nominated short film Everything in this Country Must.

In addition to freelance work, Nial worked extensively with the Irish Film Board and Northern Ireland Screen on a diverse range of co-productions, features and television drama. After moving to Australia, Nial worked with some of the countries leading producers, including Michael Cordell (Cordell/Jigsaw) and Chris Hilton (Essential Media) developing and producing a diverse slate of international productions for major international broadcasters, including BBC, Channel 4, ABC, RTE, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, ARTE, France 5, SBS, Nine and Ten.

In 2008 Nial produced and co-wrote the Irish/Australian drama The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, which was nominated Best Drama at the 2010 Rose d’Or Festival, the 2009 Irish Film & Television Awards and the 2009 Australian Film Institute Awards, won at the 2009 Inside Film Awards and has screened and won awards at film festivals around the world.

Nial also developed and produced the 2009 AFI Award winning documentary Solo with Jen Peedom. In 2010, Nial series produced and wrote the Logie nominated series Miracles for National Geographic, France 5 and ABC, shot on location in Laos, Thailand, New Zealand and Australia.

Screen Australia announced in July that Fulton's latest film The Outlaw Michael Howe had received production investment. The film is due to shoot on location in Tasmania in 2012.

Filmography

• The Outlaw Michael Howe (2012) (producer / writer)
• Miracles (2010) (series producer / writer)
• The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2009) (producer / writer)
• Solo (2009) (producer)
• Ten Pound Poms (2008) (producer)
• Miracle on Everest (2008) (line producer)
• Policing The Pacific (2007) (producer)
• The Bridge (2007) (line producer)
• The Catalpa Rescue (2007) (line producer)
• The Choir (2007) (line producer)
• Is Your House Killing You (2007) (supervising producer)

Awards

2011

• Logie Awards of 2011
  • Nominated - Most Outstanding Factual Program

2010

• Rose d'Or
  • Nominated - Best Drama
• Crossroads Film Festival Mississippi
  • Winner Best Narrative Feature
• European Independent Film Festival Paris 2010
  • Winner Best Non-European Dramatic Feature

2009

• Irish Film and Television Awards
  • Nominated - Best Drama
• AFI Awards
  • Nominated - Best Drama
• Inside Film Awards
  • Winner - Best Documentary
• Rome International Film Festival 2009
  • Nominated Best Feature
• Newport International Film Festival 2009
  • Special Jury Prize
• Tregor International Film Festival - France 2009
  • Winner Best Film (Under 60mins)

References

• Nial Fulton at the Internet Movie Database
• Freebase [1]

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