Nick Thompson is a filmmaker and photographer in Seattle, his hometown. He recently finished his feature film Skagit, an experimental thriller set in Washington State, which won Best Feature at Hastings Rocks Film Festival, among other awards. His other projects include a music video for local band Salt Lick and the web series Douglas Fern’s Fact File, a docu-satire chronicling Seattle’s history and rapidly changing cultural landscape, as well as several experimental short films.
Nick’s work has been presented at The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Local Sightings Film Festival, and Northwest Film Forum. He recently published Curveball Karaoke, his fourth photo book, featuring portraits of people who sing karaoke at Lottie’s in Seattle. He’s also a teaching artist in local high schools through South End Stories. He recently finished his second feature screenplay, Decade, and is currently developing the project with producer Caleb Jaffe.
