Nick Wickham


Nick Wickham is a British film and television director specialising in live performance, beginning his career in music and fashion by shooting and directing shows and on air presentations at MTV Europe. In 1997 he moved on to establish boutique film production company Splinter Films with Producer Emer Patten, where he worked as a multi camera director for live events on multiple platforms including cinema, TV, 3D, DVD and online digital streaming, before going freelance in 2017. He has worked extensively with some of the world's best-known musical artists, creating concert films for Madonna, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Metallica, Foo Fighters, The Cure, Katy Perry and Red Hot Chili Peppers as well as major Latin music artists such as Shakira, Carlos Santana, Alejandro Sanz and Ivete Sangalo.
Wickham is also a multi camera director for the National Theatre for the National Theatre Live series of live streams to cinema. Work includes A Streetcar Named Desire with Gillian Anderson, Ivo van Hove's production of A View From The Bridge with Mark Strong, Theatre de Complicite's A Disappearing Number and the original production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time from the Young Vic.
Also made for cinema, with BBC Music and BBC Learning, are the groundbreaking classical music films Ten Pieces & Ten Pieces II, that have helped to establish a music curriculum for British primary and secondary schools.
Wickham's long form work has been nominated twice for a Latin Grammy, in addition to winning the award for Best Director at the 2006 CAD awards and best director at the TPi awards. In 2013, was awarded Best 3D Live Event at the 4th Annual Creative Arts Awards. Wickham's work for BBC Ten Pieces won a BAFTA in 2016 British Academy Children's Award.

Recent directorial credits

YearProductionRole
2019The Cure 40Director
2019Director
2019Alejandro Sanz - Nick Wickham#%20La%20Gira%20%5BLive%20at%20Wand%20Stadium%2C%20Madrid%5D|# La Gira Director
2018Norah Jones Live At Ronnie Scott'sDirector
2017Director
2017Alejandro Sanz - + Es + - Live In MadridDirector
2017National Theatre Live - Hedda GablerDirector
2017Marc Anthony Half Time special - Live In MiamiDirector
2017G-Force - Music DocumentaryDirector
2015National Theatre Live - A View From the BridgeDirector
2015National Theatre Live - EverymanDirector
2014 & 2015BBC - Ten Pieces & Ten Pieces SecondaryDirector
2015UK Welcomes Modi - Live International Broadcast from Wembley StadiumDirector
2014Carlos Santana - Corazón: Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe ItDirector
2014Imagine Dragons – Premiere - Hong KongDirector
2014Alejandro Fernandez - Confidencias RealesDirector
2014National Theatre Live - A Streetcar Named Desire Director
2014Ivete Sangalo - Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo 20 AnosDirector
2013Joe Cocker: Fire It Up LiveDirector
2013Alejandro Sanz - La Música No Se TocaDirector
2012National Theatre Live - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeDirector
2012Rihanna - Loud Tour Live at the O2Director
2012Katy Perry - Director

Notable earlier directorial credits