Nick Paley
editNick Paley is an American film and television director,[1] writer[2] and editor.[3]
Early life
editPaley is from Richmond, VT.[4] He is the son of Dianne Lynch, president of Stephens College[5].
Education
editPaley attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[6] His thesis film, Picture Day, was nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the narrative category for the 35th annual Student Academy Award.[7]
Career
editPaley began as an editor on television shows such as IFC's Food Party and HBO's Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! and Adult Swim's The Heart, She Holler.[8] In 2015 he was nominated for an Emmy Award [9]and won an American Cinema Editors award for editing Inside Amy Schumer's 12 Angry Men parody episode.[10] He would go on to direct for the show.[11]
A short film that Paley wrote and directed, Andy and Zach, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011.[12]
In 2014, Jenny Slate announced that she was working on a feature film adaptation of her and Dean Fleischer-Camp's popular short film Marcel The Shell With Shoes On.[13] Paley served as co-writer on the project.[14] He also co-directed a popular commercial campaign for Clearasil with Fleischer-Camp in 2016.[15]
In 2019, Paley directed an episode of Comedy Central's Broad City, entitled "Stories," which first aired on January 24, 2019. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Paley called the episode a "huge swing" for its use of social media styling to convey the episode's story.[16]
References
edit- ^ "How 'Broad City' Filmed an Entire Episode as a Social Media Story". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "2011 Sundance Film Festival", Wikipedia, September 11, 2018, retrieved January 27, 2019
- ^ "Post Magazine - ACE presents Eddie Awards for editing excellence". www.postmagazine.com. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Tim (May 16, 2003). "Produced by Persistance". Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ "leadership » Stephens College". www.stephens.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Q&A with Sundance Director Nick Paley | Watch the Best Online Short Films". Q&A with Sundance Filmmaker Nick Paley (Andy & Zach) | Short of the Week. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Finalists chosen for student Oscars". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Nick Paley". IMDb. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ Staff, Variety; Staff, Variety (July 16, 2015). "Emmy Award Nominations: Full List of 2015 Emmy Nominees". Variety. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "American Cinema Editors Awards 2016", Wikipedia, May 1, 2018, retrieved January 27, 2019
- ^ "Nick Paley". IMDb. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "2011 Sundance Film Festival", Wikipedia, September 11, 2018, retrieved January 27, 2019
- ^ Wickman, Kase. "Yes, There's Going To Be A 'Marcel The Shell' Movie. And It Will Have Songs In It". MTV News. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "About Us". Cinereach. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Ad of the Day: Clearasil Admits It Doesn't Get Teens at All in Hilarious Droga5 Ads". www.adweek.com. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "How 'Broad City' Filmed an Entire Episode as a Social Media Story". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 27, 2019.