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Founder
From the slums of Port au Prince Haiti with special forces raiding a sex trafficking ring and freeing children to the Virgin Galactic Space Port in Mojave with Sir Richard Branson, 22-Time Emmy Award Winning Director/Producer, Nick Nanton, has become known for telling stories that connect. Why? Because he focuses on the most fascinating subject in the world: PEOPLE. As an award winning songwriter, storyteller and Best-Selling Author, Nick has shared his message with millions of people through his documentaries, speeches, blogs, lectures, songs and best-selling books. Nick’s book StorySelling hit the Wall Street Journal Best-Seller list and is available on Audible as an audio book. Nick has directed more than 60 documentaries and a sold out Broadway Show (garnering 43 Emmy nominations in multiple regions and 22 wins), including:
DICKIE V (ESPN/Disney+)
Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On (Amazon Prime)
The Rebound (Netflix)
Operation Toussaint (Amazon Prime)
Nick has shared the stage, co-authored books, and made films featuring:
Larry King
Larry King
Kathie Lee Gifford
Hoda Kotb
Dick Vitale
Kenny Chesney
Magic Johnson
Coach Mike Krzyzewksi
Jack Nicklaus
Tony Robbins
Lisa Nichols
Peter Diamandis
And many more
Nick specializes in bringing the element of human connection to every viewer, no matter the subject. He is currently directing and hosting the series “In Case You Didn’t Know” (Season 1 Executive produced by Larry King), featuring legends in the worlds or business, entrepreneurship, personal development, technology, and sports.
Nick’s first love has always been music and has been writing songs for more than 2 decades and his songs have been aired on radio across the United States and in Canada. Currently ranked in the top 10% of songwriters in the world, his songs have been recorded by Lee Brice, Darius Rucker, RaeLynn, Joe Bryson, and many more, and has amassed more than 3 million streams on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and SoundCloud. He received 3 Gold records in 2018 for his work with the global touring band A Day to Remember.
Nick has written and/or produced songs that have appeared on the following shows or in promotional commercials for:
– Fox primetime series Glee, New Girl, House, Hell’s Kitchen
– The MLB All-Star Game
– ABC Family’s hit series Falcon Beach
– CBS primetime series The Ghost Whisperer starring Jennifer Love Hewitt
Partner
Nick is a multi-time Emmy Award winning filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Raised on a horse farm in Maryland, he produced and directed his first feature-length film at age seventeen. In 2009, Nick relocated to L.A. working as a freelance cinematographer and editor for NBC Universal. He now works full-time as a director and editor. Some of his credits include feature documentaries The Roughnecks and The Rebound – both premiering on Netflix, Five Days in August, and the Emmy Award winning films Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story, Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On, and Operation Toussaint which follows former Homeland Security agent Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad in an undercover mission to rescue child sex trafficking victims in Haiti.
Nick was awarded the Global Shield Humanitarian Award by the Utah Attorney General’s office for his work on Operation Toussaint.
Vice President
Films and Original Content
Katie is an Emmy Award winning Producer with more than a decade of experience in visual storytelling, from local television news and digital media to documentary films. Her credits include the Emmy Award winning films Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On and Operation Toussaint, along with recent features: Dickie V which premiered on ESPN, Dreamer, It’s Happening Right Here and Triple Take.
She is also the Story Producer on the series “In Case You Didn’t Know” (Season 1 executive produced by Larry King), featuring legends in the worlds of business, entrepreneurship, personal development and technology. Season 2 premiered in 2022.
From her background as a journalist through working today as a story producer on feature films, Katie’s passion is sharing stories that create impact and resonate with audiences. The common thread in her work is finding the emotional connection between the subject and the audience. She has interviewed or worked as Story Producer on films about Dick Vitale, Rudy Ruettiger, Larry King, Lisa Nichols, Chris Voss and many more.