Nial Fulton
Nial Fulton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nial William Fulton |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Portora Royal School Queens University, Belfast |
| Occupation | Film producer |
| Awards | Walkley Award 2020 AACTA Documentary Award 2015 Walkley Award 2015 Amnesty International Award 2016 |
Nial William Fulton is an Australian film and television producer. Focused on social justice issues, his works include the investigative documentaries Revelation, Hitting Home, Borderland, The Queen & Zak Grieve and Firestarter.
In 2013 Fulton co-founded Sydney-based independent production company In Films with Ivan O'Mahoney.
Background[]
Fulton was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and educated at Portora Royal School and Queen's University Belfast. His father, Sandy Fulton was capped for the Northern Ireland international football team in 1960–61.
Career[]
Fulton worked with the Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen on a diverse range of co-productions, features and television drama. After moving to Australia in 2004, he worked with some of the countries leading producers, developing and producing a slate of international productions for international broadcasters, including BBC, Channel 4, ABC, RTÉ, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Arte, France 5, SBS and Al Jazeera.
Between 2010 - 2014 Fulton developed and produced two ABC drama specials, both filmed on location in Tasmania. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2010) starring Adrian Dunbar and Ciaran McMenamin was nominated in the Best Drama category at the Irish Film and Television Awards and the Rose d'Or Awards. The Outlaw Michael Howe (2014) starring Damon Herriman and Rarriwuy Hick and directed by Brendan Cowell, told the true story of a convict-outlaw who led a rebellion against the British authorities in Van Diemen's Land.[1]
In 2013, Fulton joined forces with film-maker Ivan O'Mahoney to create In Films, an independent production company specialising in social justice documentaries and fact-based drama. Their first collaboration was the critically acclaimed Borderland, one of three original series chosen to launch the new Al Jazeera America network.[2] In 2016, the company was nominated for the Screen Producers Australia Breakthrough Business of the Year. Fulton won the Walkley Documentary Award with Sarah Ferguson and Ivan O'Mahoney for their work on the critically acclaimed ABC series Hitting Home.
Between 2018 - 2020, Fulton directed and produced Revelation, a three part series with Sarah Ferguson on clerical abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia.[3][4] The series took out the Walkley Documentary Award, the second time Fulton and Ferguson have won the award.[5]
In 2021, Fulton and Ferguson were nominated by the Australian Directors' Guild for their work on Revelation.[6][7]
Filmography, awards and nominations[]
References[]
- ^ "Big guns behind bushranger series". 24 February 2013.
- ^ "How 'Borderland' directors used a morgue to tell migrants' stories".
- ^ "Sarah Ferguson leaves Four Corners: TV special then China job". Mediaweek.com.au. 4 February 2019.
- ^ "'We wanted to do something that no-one had ever done before'". Impartialreporter.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "The Walkley Documentary Award". Walkleys.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Nominees announced for 2021 Australian Director's Guild Awards | ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data". ScreenHub.com.au. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Australian Directors Guild Awards 2021: nominees". Tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Revelation (TV Mini Series 2020) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Sarah Ferguson presents REVELATION – a ground-breaking documentary series starting Tuesday 17 March". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Revelation | Apple TV". Tv.apple.com. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Revelation: Why the ABC's deep dive into Catholic Church abuse is groundbreaking". Stuff.co.nz. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Blackiston, Hannah (17 March 2020). "ABC's reporting series on criminal priests, Revelation, premieres to 456,000". Mumbrella.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "ABC wins at Asian Academy Awards". Tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "ABC, SBS nominated at Banff Rockie Awards 2021". Tvtonight.coma.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Revelation". Tvcatchupaustralia.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Firestarter – the Story of Bangarra on ABC". Bangarra.com.au.
- ^ "Firestarter - The Story of Bangarra (2021) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". Screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra". Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Enker, Debi (30 June 2021). "'Compelling, joyful, heartbreaking': the story of the three brothers behind Bangarra". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra review – an engrossing celebration of artistic creation". The Guardian. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Queen & Zak Grieve, The (ATOM Study Guide)". Theeducationshop.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "The Queen and Zak Grieve (TV Series 2017) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "The Queen and Zak Grieve". Theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Why aren't we talking about The Queen and Zak Grieve?". Crikey.com.au. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "The Queen and Zak Grieve". Abc.net.au. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Making Muriel". Iview.abc.net.au.
- ^ "Hitting Home with Sarah Ferguson". Iview.abc.net.au.
- ^ Meyer, Silke. "ABC's Hitting Home portrays ideal frontline responses to domestic violence". Theconversation.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "ABC's Sarah Ferguson on Hitting Home: 'All domestic violence begins with control'". The Guardian. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Dent, Georgina (24 November 2015). "Why don't women leave abusive men? Sarah Ferguson has the answer". Mamamia.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Reynolds, Emma (24 November 2015). "Greeted at door, knocked out cold". News.com.au. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Tim Minchin · Matilda & Me is now available to download in Australia and on DVD! Plus seven exclusive extra clips on ABC iView". Timinchin.com.
- ^ "Caged follows three very different Aussies with the same extreme pursuit". Sbs.com.au. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Borderland". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "The Outlaw Michael Howe (TV Movie 2013) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Miracles". Iview.abc.net.au.
- ^ "The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Solo: Lost at Sea". Documentaryheaven.com.
- ^ "Miracle on Everest - Cast". Pro.imdb.com.
- ^ "Policing the Pacific (2007)". IMDb.
- ^ "Constructing Australia: The Bridge - Film Australia". Shop.nfsa.gov.au.
- ^ "The Choir (2007)". IMDb.
- ^ "Ten Pound Poms". Smh.com.au. 31 October 2007.
External links[]
- "Five awards for Enniskillen man Nial Fulton's hard hitting TV documentary" article – Impartial Reporter – 1 January 2017
- "ABC TV talent shines at the 2016 AACTA awards" article – ABC Media Room – 8 December 2016
- Amnesty International Announces 2016 Award Winners – Amnesty International – 21 November 2016
- ABC's Sarah Ferguson on Hitting Home – The Guardian, 25 November 2015\
- AACTA Finalists Announced – The Australian Academy of Cinematic and Television Arts, 2016
- Meet the filmmakers behind Borderland – Al Jazeera America, 7 March 2014
- Walkley Awards 2016 – The Walkley Awards
- We need to teach young girls to say 'no' – Jenna Price, Daily Life, November 2015
- AACTA Nominations Announced – Inside Film, October 2016
- In-Depth, Not Imbedded: Al Jazeera America's Docs Eschew Points of View – International Documentary Association – July 2014
- The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce nominated for Rose d'Or – IFTN – June 2010
- Docu-drama: Nial Fulton goes as far as he can, guns blazing while horses scream in the night, Screenhub, David Tiley, 23 November 2013
- Grizzly confession of a cannibal convict The Age article, 22 January 2009
- "Pushed to the edge: doco reveals Tasmania's cannibal past – ABC – 21 November 2008
- A priest, a confession and a conscience, BBC News, Fiona Murray – 20 February 2009
- Ciaran's Art of Darkness – Belfast Telegraph, February 2009
- Internet Movie Database Listing for Nial Fulton
- Irish film producers
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- People educated at Portora Royal School
- People from Enniskillen
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- Walkley Award winners
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