Nick Shadix is a young filmmaker from San Francisco who is based in NYC. He is currently employed at Reelarc, a production company that produces scenes for actors' demo reels. He graduated from the New School with a BA in Screen Studies and a minor in photography.
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Last Fall, Nick was an Associate Producer and Script Supervisor on Creep Box, directed by Patrick Biesemans. It's a sci-fi feature film that's premiering at festivals later this year. He was also Talia Lugacy's personal assistant and helped her with post-production for This Is Not A War Story (available on HBO Max) and with the pre-production for her next film. Recently, he was a Head PA for Tiger Ji's short film, "Death and Ramen," starring Bobby Lee and Matt Jones. He was also a PA at Blowback Productions and assisted with the post-production for Kevin Garnett: Anything is Possible (now streaming on Showtime).
PERSONAL PROJECTS
Aside from his professional experience with established filmmakers, he has directed many short films, documentaries, and music videos.
He created a documentary about the California wildfire experience, “Evacuate Santa Cruz,” which was nominated for Best Documentary Short at the San Francisco Indie Short Festival and at the Global Independent Film Festival. His most ambitious short film yet, "Thanks For Nothing" will be premiering at festivals this year.
Beyond film, Nick is also a photographer that specializes in street, concert, and skate photography. His work has been published in youth magazines such as RAMBLER! Magazine and Couch Diaries. His series, "Salt and Sand" was showcased at The Monsta House Gallery in Bushwick, 2023. He shoots on film and digital.
CV
Nick Shadix
EMAIL: SHOTBYSHADIX@GMAIL.COM
Skills
Director, Photographer, Writer, Producer, AD, PA, Exp. with Adobe Suite, Avid, Final Cut, Ableton; Social Media Manager, Graphic Design, DP, AC, Script Supervisor, Sound Operator, Set Costumer, Gaffer, Keygrip
Creative Work
AUGUST 2023 - NOW
REELARC, BROOKLYN, NY - Assistant
Reelarc is a service that produces actors’ demo reels, we shoot 3-4 scenes a day, working with the director, crew, and client to create a scene that emphasizes the actor’s abilities.
On set duties: organize equipment, assist cinematographer with camera needs and rigging lights, dress the set (prod. design), take notes for director, general set up and breakdown.
JANUARY - MAY 2022
TALIA LUGACY, NYC, NY - Assistant
Assisted Lugacy with post-production for This Is Not A War Story and with prep for her next feature film.
Edit footage, creating BTS reel and director’s commentary cut; graphic design for social media assets and film festival posters; location scouting; contacting potential collaborators.
Organizing the director’s materials.
APRIL - SEPTEMBER 2021
BRAG HOUSE, NYC, NY - Intern
Virtual sports and esports community for non-professionals at universities across the US.
Video production for promotional content and entertainment on social media platforms: Finding/logging public domain media, using that with archived streams to create promos.
Creating and managing the Brag House Instagram for my college, The New School.
AUGUST - DECEMBER 2020
BLOWBACK PRODUCTIONS, NYC, NY - Production Assistant
Supportive team member for the production of sports documentary - Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible (2021), now streaming on Showtime
Finding/logging archival footage, transcribing interviews, assisting on set
JULY - AUGUST 2020
THE POTRERO VIEW, San Francisco, CA - Article Writer
Writing articles for Potrero Hill’s local newspaper.
Conducting interviews and research about psychedelics and SF public housing.
Education
AUGUST 2018 - MAY 2022
The New School, NYC, NY - BA in Screen Studies (Film), Photography Minor
Graduated with honors and a 3.91 GPA.
Received Dean’s Award - consistently maintaining a 3.5 GPA or higher.
Film featured at Screen Studies thesis screening, “Thanks For Nothing,” director, 2022
Film featured at The Innovative Camera: Experiments in 16mm Filmmaking screening, “Remembering Mike,” director, 2022
Featured Panelist at Off the Grid - Geomedia conference, 2021: Presented “Hidden Cameras, Secret Microphones, and Covert Data Collection: Surveillance in the Digital Age and How to Fuck With It”
Creative Credits
AWARDS
“Evacuate Santa Cruz,” nominated best documentary short at Global International Film Festival and San Francisco Indie Short Festival, Director, 2021
“Papa,” directed by Ella Gillmor, nominated for Best Experimental Short at many festivals, won Best Cinematography at Hold On to Your Shorts Festival, DP, 2020
RECENT FILMS
Wrote, Directed, and Produced a short film about two wreckless artists and their midnight mission to find a miracle drug, “Thanks For Nothing,” 2023
Associate Producer and Script Supervisor for a sci-fi feature film about grief and loss, Creep Box, directed by Patrick Biesmans, starring Geoffrey Cantor, 2023
Co-Directed a folk punk music video, Griffin Energy Turtle Thiel - “Nature in a 6 x 7 Apartment,” 2023
Producer / AD for short film, “Mess,” for Asian American Film Lab 72-Hour Shootout Competition, directed by Michelle Coppola
Videographer for Conversations with Zo Podcast Ep. 150 - Jim “Capo” Jones, 2023
Videographer for BAND-AID® OUR TONE + Share The Movement NYC dance clinic event with Britt Stewart and Brandon Armstrong, 2023
Videographer for NYC music artists for their social media and my own, 2023
Videographer / Gaffer for multiple music videos for artist Qung Xav, “Godly Flow” “Golden Tokens” (more to be released), 2023
2nd Camera for a documentary about the NY Mycological Society and mushroom hunting directed by Kel Bishop, 2023
2nd Assistant Camera for dance fashion film, “Simulation,” directed by Heather Lang and Purdie Baumann, 2023
2nd Assistant Camera for dance film, “Anyone Who,” directed by Kate Harpootlian, with dancer Marla Phelan, 2023
PA for comedy short “Best Mom Friends,” directed by Sarah Hamblin (The Daily Show), DP Matt Seger, starring Sam Fontana, 2023
BTS Photographer for dance fashion film, “Artifice,” directed by Kate Harpootlian, 2023
Gaffer / PA for the Maysles Documentary Center Albie Awards gala, 2023
Director and DP for commercial series “Are You Ready?” for Simplified Nutrition Online, 2022
Head PA for a comedy short about death and existentialism, “Death and Ramen,” directed by Tiger Ji, starring Bobby Lee and Matt Jones, operated fog machine, shuttled crew and actors, assisted set design, 2022
Producer/AD for comedy short about a neighborhood watch team, “The Case of the Werewolf Shitter,” directed by Danny, 2022
Key grip for a pop music video, Stanford Lin - “Castaway,” directed by Sebastian Juul, operated Cloud 9 fog machine, 2022
Wrote and Directed a short documentary capturing the memorial celebration of Mike Covert; boxer, mentor, friend, “Remembering Mike” 16mm film, 2022
Wrote and Directed an experimental short about how people use a natural space “The Giving Tree,” 16mm film, 2022
Directed an observational documentary in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, “Nightlife Under the M,” 16mm film, 2022
Wrote and Directed a short film about a complex relationship between a father and son, “Father Knows Best,” 2021,
Directed a short documentary about the Santa Cruz fires and evacuation, “Evacuate Santa Cruz,” nominated best documentary short at Global International Film Festival and San Francisco Indie Short Festival, 2021
Directed a short documentary about a Black Lives Matter protest in Oakland, CA following George Floyd’s murder, “Black Lives Matter | Oakland,” 2021
Wrote and Directed a punk music video, Griffin Energy Turtle Thiel - “Garage Song (feat. Ari Pentelovitch) / Move to Florida (And Blow My Brains Out)”, 2021
Co-directed an electronic music video, DJ Saratonin - “Longing 4 You”, 2021
Co-directed a short documentary about mementos and how they transcend time and space, “The Memento,” 2021
Wrote and Directed a short film about a couple's argument ending abruptly “Home Is Where the Hatred Is,” 2021
Wrote and Directed a short film about a man having a manic episode in a subway station, “Pieces,” 2021
Directed an interview about a story from, filmmaker, Tiger Ji’s childhood, “Reminiscent Tiger,” 2021
Cinematographer for an experimental short film about a girl trying to reach her late grandfather, “Papa,” directed by Ella Gillmor, nominated for Best Experimental Short at many festivals, won Best Cinematography at Hold On to Your Shorts Festival, 2020
Directed a promotional documentary for a NY brewery, “Queens Brewery: A Typical Night,” 2020
Wrote and Directed a personal documentary about my quarantine experience, “What to Do, What to Do,” 2020
PHOTOGRAPHY
Party photography for artist/actress Odessa A’zion’s Birthday, 2023
Salt and Sand, B&W photo series captured at Dunes Beach, CA, 35mm film, showcased at Monsta House Gallery, 2023
End of an Era, B&W and Color photo series capturing the transition of moving out of my childhood home in San Francisco, 35mm film, 2023
BTS photographer for a horror short, “It Happens at Night,” directed by Alexandra McDowell, 2023
Published collage photography series, Dissolving Worlds, in RAMBLER!, a youth magazine, Spring 2023
Capturing NYC music artists live for their social media and my own, 2019-NOW
BTS photographer for a comedy short about death and existentialism, “Death and Ramen,” directed by Tiger Ji, starring Bobby Lee and Matt Jones, operated fog machine, 2022
Published concert photography in RAMBLER!, a youth magazine, WINTER 2022
BTS Photographer for an electronic music video, Goose Bolton - “Lunatic”, 2021
Last Stop, surreal B&W photo series about a desolate, post-apocalyptic subway, showcased at New School gallery, 2022
Who’s There, surreal B&W photo series about my experience with insomnia and paranoia, showcased at New School gallery, 2021
Letting The Outside In, Color photo series about nature’s unstoppable power, showcased at New School gallery, 2021
Published photos in zine, Off The Grid Revelations, written and published by Nick Shadix, 2021
WRITING
Submission to The American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition, “The Dogpatch (Pilot),” a show about a dogwalker’s atypical life and a mysterious disappearance, 2022
Published article on Medium, ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’ Review | Finding a Voice, an open platform for digital publication, October 2020
Published article in the Potrero View, “Potrero Annex-Terrace Residents Deal with COVID-19,” September 2020
Published article in the Potrero View, “Psychedelics Emerging into the Mainstream,” AUGUST 2020