Hi! I'm a filmmaker based in Melbourne Australia.
I work with story everyday. Whether it's shooting, producing, directing or editing, storytelling and creative communication is what gets me up in the morning and keeps me awake at night.
As a freelancer I shoot factual and documentary content for broadcast, and through my production company Thirdrow Films I shoot and produce content for an array of great clients. I count myself lucky to be able to combine all my skills to produce work in a medium that I love. Mostly it loves me back!
Originally from London I’ve worked at major post-production houses and production companies. Over my career to date I’ve cut over a thousand TVC’s and music videos, had a feature script green-lit for production, directed an award winning short film, won a BAFTA award for a short screenplay, written an afternoon play for BBC Radio 4, co-directed a SBS TV stand up comedy series. I also edited, shot B-cam and co-produced MIFF award winning feature length dance documentary 'Graceful Girls' and have won a couple of other awards along the way. I’m also in the Guinness Book of Records, but that’s another story.
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Apart from my love of motorbikes...
...I'm also a world record holder! As one of fifty screenwriters who contributed to the portmanteau feature film 50 Kisses. A crazy but brilliant competition where people voted online for the best short scripts which were then uploaded for anyone to direct. My script Neil was the most chosen project and went on to be made into eight different versions! Such a great learning opportunity! One version was eventually chosen to be included in the final feature, comprised of films of all fifty short scripts.
In my music video editing days I was lucky enough to cut Banksy's only known music video (yes I know what he looks like!). I remember as I attended the online at MPC London (who were doing us a great deal in overnight downtime) he would sneak off to work on one of his artworks on a wall downstairs. The management went ballistic when they walked in the next day to find someone had "graffittied" the wall! They actually moved a photocopier in front of it until the "youngsters" clued them in.
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AUSTRALIAN WRITERS GUILD
MONTE MILLER SHORT FORM AWARD WINNER
LOVE HURTS
Short screenplay
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
GRACEFUL GIRLS
Feature documentary. MIFF 2015
Producer/editor: Nigel Karikari
MELBOURNE DESIGN AWARDS
GOLD MEDAL WINNER
ALFRED HEALTH "RIGHT WORD.RIGHT TIME"
Best Viral Video. Online Campaign
Writer/director: Nigel Karikari
GOV AWARDS GOLD MEDAL WINNER
ALFRED HEALTH "RIGHT WORD.RIGHT TIME"
Online Campaign
Writer/director: Nigel Karikari
BAFTA
FOCUS ON TALENT SCREENWRITING AWARD WINNER
STATIC
Short screenplay
IN THE BIN FILM FESTIVAL
BEST SHORT FILM AWARD WINNER
THE DEAL
Starring Australian legend Glenn Robbins.
Writer/director/editor: Nigel Karikari
