Ryan Nicholson

 ( 1971 Births ) 

Ryan Nicholson (1971 – October 8, 2019) was a Canadian special effects makeup artist and filmmaker.

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Biography Nicholson was born in 1971 in Victoria, British Columbia. He was a self-taught artist who ran special-effects shop Flesh & Fantasy for a number of years before he began Film director and Film producer his own independent films through his production company Plotdigger Films.

He was married to Megan Nicholson and had one son.

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Television Nicholson worked in the makeup department on many television shows including The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Stargate and Andromeda for which he was nominated for the Gemini Award three times for Best Achievement in Make-Up, with a win in 2002.

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Film Nicholson contributed to Scary Movie and Final Destination films, in addition to Elf, and The Chronicles of Riddick.

Nicholson also wrote, produced, and directed several films under the banner of his production company Plotdigger Films, including Torched, Gutterballs, Live Feed, Hanger, Nature “BARRICADE” director Timo Rose gets back to “NATURE” with Bigfoot series and others. GUTTERBALLS director mounts a STAR VEHICLE

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Death Nicholson died from brain cancer on October 8, 2019.

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Filmography

2004	Torched						Short
2004	Necrophagia: Nightmare Scenarios					Psychotic Boyfriend
2006	Live Feed
2008	Gutterballs					BBK
2009	La Petite Mort						Presenter
2009	Hanger					The Bum
2010	Star Vehicle
2011	Suffer						Short
2012	Famine					The Nailer
2012	My Name Is 'A' by Anonymous
2012						Man in Truck
2014	Collar					Bum Fighter 1
2015	Gutterballs 2						Post-humous release via Unearthed Films

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External links

• Plotdigger Films Inc. - The independent horror and grindhouse films of Ryan Nicholson
• Official web site for "Star Vehicle"

Categories: 1971 Births, 2019 Deaths, 21st-century Canadian Screenwriters, Canadian Make-up Artists, Canadian Male Screenwriters, Film Producers From British Columbia, Place Of Death Missing, Canadian Screen Award Winners, Deaths From Brain Cancer In Canada, Film Directors From Victoria, British Columbia, Canadian Visual Effects Artists, Writers From Victoria, British Columbia, Canadian Horror Film Directors, Screenwriters From British Columbia

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