One of the most respected filmmakers working today, Nick Mead has been widely acclaimed and his work widely released. Since 1985, when he wrote and sold his first spec screenplay, his work has been either purchased, commissioned and/or made by every British TV station and US studio.

Born in London in 1957, Nick Mead spent his childhood in the then working class area of Kentish Town in industrial North London. Inspired by the reportage and fashion photographers of the time he started working as a press photographer for legendary press bureau Fox Photos. His first assignment was the Miss World pageant at the Royal Albert Hall aged 18 with the pictures published in Germany's Stern Magazine.

Press photography segued into fashion photography, which in turn segued into the moving image and at age 25 he made his first music video for rock band Motorhead. Working in music he created stage films for Motorhead and music videos and long form music films for Motorhead, Girlschool, Uriah Heep, Gary Glitter and Alaska, amongst others and was in house video producer and director for Bronze Records.

At 28 he wrote his first screenplay, naivety being a great tool, written in 12 days, it sold immediately for 100,000 dollars.

He collaborated with cult author Mick Farren on a documentary, BLACK LEATHER JACKET, the history of the black leather motorcycle jacket, directing the Channel 4 commissioned program and co-writing it with Mick. It was made with the co-operation and involvement of Marlon Brando and featured Michael Vartan in his first ever role as the "Motorcycle Boy". Narrated by Dennis Hopper it went on to win the
Gold Medal at the International Film and Television Festival of New York. It was sales company NBD's biggest ever-selling program.

At this time he was asked to co-write the feature film BULLSEYE, with Michael Winner. The film was made with Michael Caine and Roger Moore in the lead roles. This was released theatrically through UIP in the UK.

He wrote and directed the feature film BANK ROBBER - starring Patrick Dempsey, Forest Whitaker, Lisa Bonet, Judge Reinhold and Michael Jeter. This modern day morality tale was released theatrically in the US through IRS Media and all other media by LIVE Entertainment and became a cult hit and can still be found playing the late night circuits theatrically. This was produced by Lila Cazes at Initial Entertainment in Los Angeles.

Jimmy Nail asked Nick to collaborate with him on the second series of the highly regarded TV series CROCODILE SHOES for the BBC. UK star Jimmy Nail playing a Newcastle shipyard worker who follows his dream of becoming a country and western singer. This was critically acclaimed and broadcast on the BBC.

He was asked to collaborate again with Michael Winner and together they wrote PARTING SHOTS, another take on modern day morals. A stellar British cast stepped up to be a part of this; it starred John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Ben Kingsley, Oliver Reed, Felicity Kendall, Chris Rea and Diana Rigg. This was distributed theatrically through UIP in the UK.

He wrote and directed the feature film SWING - starring singer Lisa Stansfield, Hugo Speer of "The Full Monty", Alexei Sayle, Rita Tushingham and Clarence Clemons (saxophonist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band). It was released in UK cinemas through Entertainment Distributors and was picked up by Buena Vista for the US. It also screened in many countries worldwide. It was selected as the Opening Night Gala Film at the prestigious Taos Film Festival in New Mexico, and was also presented at film festivals in Cannes, Northern California, South Korea and Australia. The soundtrack was voted soundtrack of the year by People Magazine and was in the top five soundtracks of the year in Rolling Stone magazine.

The song Nick wrote with Lisa Stansfield for the film, "Two Years Too Blue" was chosen by the Spanish Lottery as their theme tune, being played for a year every time the numbers were drawn. It was also released as a single and became a Spanish hit.

Nick was then introduced to contemporary dance through the powerful work of Pina Bausch and Sankai Juku which affected him deeply. Nick had never forgotten his love of fashion photography and approached iconic fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh and asked him to direct a film on Pina Bausch, once Peter agreed he approached Pina Bausch about having a film of one of her pieces directed by Peter Lindbergh. Pina agreed to this, having not allowed any of her work filmed for over 15 years. Nick had no idea they were friends and one of his most fulfilling times creatively and emotionally was producing this film of Der Fentsterputzer in Wuppertal, Germany, home to Pina's Danztheater Wuppertal.

Having enjoyed this time immensely he created a dance piece of his own in collaboration with award winning British choreographer Wayne McGregor: "DICE LIFE - THE RANDOM MIND OF LUKE RHINEHART" - where Nick was the writer, director, producer and lyricist. Loosely based on the psychological theories of cult author Luke Rinehart, it featured Luke's philosophy adapted into dance. Shot in Black and white, this groundbreaking dance film received excellent reviews on its broadcast on UK television on Channel 4 and was selected as TV's "Pick of the week" and "Pick of the day" in a number of newspapers. It was also the front-page photograph of the Daily Telegraph television supplement - something unheard of for a modern dance film. It also gave Nick the opportunity to work with another of his heroes, Mick Jones, (ex Clash and BAD) who wrote the original score for the piece.

Nick then collaborated with Jane Mason, the brilliant British choreographer / performance artist and a founding member of Wayne McGregor's Random Dance company, on a short experimental contemporary dance film, "TO GO TO". The making of this film was shot by the BBC as Nick and Jane journeyed to the dramatic landscapes of North Wales filming a story of unrequitable love as seen through dance. For the first time Nick photographed the film himself, lighting and operating on every shot. Some scenes, filmed as they were created, often unrehearsed and improvised, made this another groundbreaking film in the world of dance.

Clarence Clemons, The Big Man, saxophone player with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, asked Nick to make a film with him in China, a black man's spiritual journey into the great wide open. For a year Nick and Clarence got lost in the middle of the Chinese mainland. Filming everything they saw and making friends and music along the way. This spiritual journey was a voyage of discovery for them both. "Who Do I Think I Am?" is currently in post production.

Nick then created and is producing and directing MY FIRST GUITAR. A two hour feature documentary on the greatest guitar players in the world, a unique collection of inspirational, motivational and aspirational stories, from Pete Seeger, Brian Wilson, Bill Wyman, Dave Stewart and Tom DeLonge through to Nils Lofgren, Jose Felliciano, Harry Dean Stanton and Les Paul, amongst a host of others.

Nick continues to work with some of the greatest artists of modern times. He has collaborated with Malcolm McClaren on adaptations of his albums Fans and Paris for the big screen. He continues to work with Luke Rhinehart on his "Dice Man" related projects. Together they created the sequel to the original, "SEARCH FOR THE DICE MAN" which is currently under option. He has worked with 20th Century Fox on updating two of their classic films, "HOMBRE" and "PANIC IN THE STREETS ", he continues to work with prolific producer Michael Hamlyn (U2's "Rattle and Hum", "Priscilla Queen of the Desert") on various projects, he has created a story of The Clash with Mick Jones, he has projects in development with Silverscreen in Australia, Peter Locke's company in the US. and Gene Kirkwood and Jimmy Iovine's company at Paramount. He has collaborated with Peter Lindbergh, Ian LaFrenais, Jimmy Nail, Michael Winner, Marlon Brando, Alan Parker, Robert Cort, David Madden, Nik Powell, Steve Woolley, Motorhead, Mim Scala, Lisa Stansfield, Michael White, Tony Kaye, Kiefer Sutherland, Lenny Henry, Patsy Kensit, Mick Farren, Wayne McGregor, Jane Mason, Ushio Amagatsu, Raphael Bonachela, Clarence Clemons, Bill Kenwright, and many others.

Nick Mead is acclaimed for his cinematic images, with their compelling realism, lack of pretension and ineffable depth of emotion.