Nial Fulton


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

Background

Fulton was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and was educated at Portora Royal School and Queen's University Belfast. He lives in Australia with his partner and their three children.
His late father, Alexander 'Sandy' Fulton was capped for the Northern Ireland international football team in 1960–61.

Career

Nial Fulton is a Walkley and AACTA award winning producer and writer. His films have been recognised with many major awards and nominations in Australia and internationally.
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, developing and producing a diverse slate of international productions for major international broadcasters, including BBC, Channel 4, ABC, RTÉ, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Arte, France 5, SBS and Al Jazeera.
In 2013, Nial joined forces with film-maker Ivan O'Mahoney to create In Films, a Sydney-based production company specialising in high-end documentary and fact based drama. The company was nominated for the Screen Producers of Australia Breakthrough Business of the Year 2016.
He is currently producing Revelation, a three part series with Sarah Ferguson on clerical abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia.

Select Filmography

Documentary

YearTitleBroadcasterCredit
2019RevelationABCProducer
2018FirestarterABCExecutive Producer
2017The Queen & Zak GrieveFoxtel / The Australian / NITVExecutive Producer
2017Making MurielABC ArtsExecutive Producer
2016Hitting HomeABC TelevisionSeries Producer / Executive Producer
2016Matilda & MeABC ArtsExecutive Producer
2016CagedSBS TelevisionExecutive Producer
2014BorderlandAl Jazeera America / Fusion / National GeographicSeries Producer / Writer / Executive Producer
2010MiraclesABC Television / DiscoverySeries Producer / Writer
2009SoloABC TelevisionProducer
2008Miracle on EverestABC TelevisionProducer
2007Policing The PacificSBSProducer
2007The BridgeABC TelevisionLine Producer
2007Ten Pound PomsABC Television / BBCProducer

Drama

YearTitleBroadcasterCredit
2013The Outlaw Michael HoweABCProducer
2009The Last Confession of Alexander PearceABC / Channel 4 / RTE / BBC Northern IrelandProducer / Writer

Key Awards and Nominations

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards

Walkley Awards

Rose d'Or

Irish Film and Television Awards

Logie Awards

Monte-Carlo Television Festival

Amnesty International Australia Awards

Inside Film Awards

Screen Producers Australia

ATOM Awards

Banff World Media Festival

Japan Prize

Australian Human Rights Commission

ECU European Independent Film Festival

Kennedy Awards