Dewey Nicks

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Dewey Nicks is a photographer and film director. He was born in St. Louis, and studied photography at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He has been working as a professional photographer since 1986, and has been published in magazines like Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, W, and GQ.

In 1995, Nicks began do direct commercials for Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, Quicksilver, Union Bay. His sense of direction coupled with his sense of humor garnered the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Award for "The World's Funniest Commercial" for his 1999 Ameritrade spot "Let's Light This Candle". Also in 1999, he was a nominee for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in television commercials.

Car culture, plastic surgery and energetic excess (and some explosions) are the subjects of his book, Kustom (printed in 2000 by Greybull Press). That same year, Mr. Nicks began directing the independent film Slackers. It starred Jason Schwartzman, James King, Jason Segel, Devon Sawa, and Laura Prepon and was released in 2002.

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