Nicholas Barton (filmmaker)

Nicholas Barton, filmmaker

Nicholas Dean Barton is a filmmaker known for being the writer/director of the film Wichita^[1] and the series creator of Queens of Camo.^[2] His role has included director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and cinematographer.

Early life

Barton was born in Great Bend, Kansas on November 12, 1983 and is the first son of Richard and Lisa Barton (both Kansas natives). He has one brother, Jared, who is a member of the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare faculty.

In high school, Barton won 4 state titles in speech and debate (Dramatic Interpretation twice, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking) before later breaking into Quarterfinals and Semifinals in 3 events at the National Tournament.

Barton went on to become of the most decorated Collegiate Speech competitors of his era at Kansas State University (KSU), where he had multiple final rounds including Duo, Dramatic, and Prose Interpretations. Nicholas is also one of the first competitors in KSU Forensics history to qualify all six events all four years of competition to every national tournament.

Television and film

Following college, Barton moved to Wichita, Kansas where, in 2009, he began his career in filmmaking as an associate producer for the Country Music Television series All Jacked Up starring C. Thomas Howell. From there, Barton created Prestigious Films^[3] and worked on music videos and commercials all over the country. As a television producer, he worked on several television series including Hoarders, Extreme Couponing, Doomsday Preppers, HBO's Boxing After Dark, The Road to the Final Four, The Big Life with Kirstie Alley, My Crazy Obsession.^[4]

Music videos

Barton has directed over 50 music videos in genres ranging from jazz to blues, country to rock, folk, alternative, hip hop, and classical. Bands include Soulicit, Livy High, Another Lost Year, Siva Addiction, and Uche and the Crash. Solo artists include Jazz legends Jerry Hahn, Bill Caldwell, and Pat Kelley, country artists Logan Mize, Blake Aaron Guthrie, Jenny Wood, Drifter, Tim Henry, Chase Stites, Aaron Tippin, Justin Moore, and Mike Love. In 2012, the video "One Night Rodeo" by Siva Addiction was awarded the Midwest Rock Award's Music Video of the Year and in 2013, Another Lost Year's "War on the Inside" won the Octane Radio's new artist video of the year.

Wichita

In 2013, Nicholas assembled a crew and started working on his first feature film Wichita, a western/thriller set along the back drop of the 1882 cattle drives.^[5] The film's budget was raised through commercial advertising projects that the crew did and was produced on an independent budget of $500k. The film premiered at over 30 theatres around the midwest^[6] has since been distributed to US and international success - being hailed as one of the best Westerns to come out in the 21st century.

Queens of Camo

As a lifelong outdoorsman, Barton also created Queens of Camo, a hunting television series that highlights the fastest growing hunting demographic in the world - women.

Personal life

Barton moved to Los Angeles County, California to work for PopSugar and TV Guide Networks in 2014. There, he met Alyson Lauver, a nurse at UCLA Medical Center. The two now live in Bedford, Texas (a suburb of Dallas/Fort Worth) where they are working the pre-production of several upcoming feature films.

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