Nicholas's first short film as a writer and director, "Elevator People Bring You Up When You're Feeling Down", a sci-fi body-horror tale, played such festivals as Cannes and Santa Barbara. Most recently Nicholas produced the dark comedy "International Falls" that's currently playing various festivals and won best narrative feature at Ashland and premiered at Atlanta. Previously Nicholas directed 2nd unit and co-produced the horror feature "The Watcher" that premiered on Lifetime and Netflix, as well as producing episodes of the docu-drama series "The Warfighters" that aired on The History Channel. He has also won screenwriting prizes at the Williamsburg and Oaxaca festivals, and "The Orchard" a feature length adaptation of his short film "Orchard Girl" is currently in active development.