Nick Hynes

Born and raised in Lincoln, England, Nick quickly developed a fascination, love and admiration for all things film, especially the Horror genre, which he was exposed to at an early age thanks to late night specials. At the age of 11, he moved with his mother and sister to live in Saudi Arabia for 5 years. Over the 5 years prior to this, he had only seen his father 2 or 3 times year as he worked for British Aerospace over there. Life in Saudi was a tremendous learning experience, developing Nick's understanding of culture and diversity. However, he never lost his love of film, despite the restrictions put in place (there were no cinemas in Dhahran where he lived. Returning to Lincoln, England on his own in order to complete his education, Nick was able to fully indulge his passion, frequenting the cinemas and expanding his DVD collection. Thanks to a complication in the English Student Loan system, Nick was forced to take a Gap Year before going to University. He took this opportunity to go to the New York Film Academy in London for the One Year Filmmaking program. Loving every minute of working behind the camera, Nick decided to take the Second Semester of the course in LA in order to broaden his experience. He completed his Thesis Film 'Infest' in LA, which has subsequently been selected to play as part of the Halloween Short Film Festival in London. Upon returning to England and bolstered by his experiences, Nick decided to move to London and took up a position working at the Film Academy and also as a free lance Editor. He hopes to use the money from this to fund more short film projects for the new year.