Nial Fulton

Nial Fulton
Born	Nial Fulton Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Occupation	Producer

Nial Fulton is a Northern Irish-born, Australian film and television producer.

Background

Fulton was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom and was educated at Portora Royal School and Queen's University Belfast. He lives in Australia with his partner and their three children. His late father, Alexander 'Sandy' Fulton was capped for the Northern Ireland international football team in 1960–61.

Career

Nial Fulton is a Walkley ^[1] and AACTA award winning producer ^[2][3] and writer. His films have been recognised with many major awards and nominations in Australia and internationally.

Nial worked extensively with the Irish Film Board and Northern Ireland Screen on a diverse range of co-productions, features and television drama. After moving to Australia, Nial worked with some of the countries leading producers, developing and producing a diverse slate of international productions for major international broadcasters, including BBC, Channel 4, ABC, RTÉ, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, ARTE, France 5, SBS and Al Jazeera.

In 2013, Nial joined forces with film-maker Ivan O'Mahoney to create In Films, a Sydney-based production company specialising in high-end documentary and fact based drama. The company was nominated for the Screen Producers of Australia Breakthrough Business of the Year 2016.

Select Filmography

Documentary

• The Queen & Zac Grieve (The Australian / Foxtel | 2017) (executive producer) ^[4]
• Hitting Home (ABC | 2016) (executive producer / series producer) ^[5]
• Matilda & Me (ABC / Sky Arts | 2016) (executive producer) ^[6]
• Borderland (Al Jazeera America | 2014) (executive producer / series producer / writer) ^[7]
• Miracles (ABC | 2010) (series producer / writer) ^[8]
• Solo (ABC | 2009) (producer) ^[9]
• Ten Pound Poms (ABC / BBC | 2008) (producer) ^[10]
• Miracle on Everest (ABC | 2008) (line producer) ^[11]
• Policing The Pacific (SBS | 2007) (producer) ^[12]

Drama

• The Outlaw Michael Howe (2013) (ABC) (producer / writer)
• The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2009) (ABC / Channel 4 / RTE | 2009 (producer / writer) ^[13][14]

Key Awards and Nominations

AACTA Awards

• Won – AACTA Award for Best Documentary – Hitting Home – 2016 ^[15]
• Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Documentary – Matilda & Me – 2016 ^[15]
• Nominated – AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Mini-Series – The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce – 2009 ^[16]

Walkley Awards

• Won – Walkley Documentary Award – Hitting Home – 2016 ^[17]
• Won – Our Watch Award – Best Longform Journalism – Hitting Home – 2016

Rose d'Or

• Nominated – Best Drama or Mini-Series – The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce – 2009 ^[18][19]

Irish Film and Television Academy

• Nominated – 6th Irish Film and Television Awards – Best Television Drama – The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce – 2009

Logie Awards

• Nominated – TV Week Logie Awards – Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report – 2016 ^[20] Hitting Home
• Nominated – TV Week Logie Awards – Most Outstanding Factual Program – Miracles – 2011

Amnesty International Australia Awards

• Won – Amnesty International Australia – Television Award – Hitting Home – 2016 ^[21]

Inside Film Awards

• Won – Inside Film Awards – Best Documentary – The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce – 2009

Screen Producers Australia Awards

• Nominated – Screen Producers Australia – Series Documentary Production – Hitting Home – 2016

ATOM Awards

• Won - Best Arts Documentary - Matilda & Me - 2016
• Won - Best Biography Documentary - Matilda & Me - 2016

Banff Television Festival

• Nominated - Borderland - 2015
• Nominated - Miracles - 2010

The Japan Prize

• Nominated - Borderland - 2015

References

External links

• Five awards for Enniskillen man Nial Fulton's hard hitting TV documentary – Impartial Reporter – 1 January 2017
• ABC TV TALENT SHINES AT THE 2016 AACTA AWARDS – 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, November 25, 2015\
• AACTA Finalists Announced – The Australian Academy of Cinematic and Television Arts, 2016
• Meet the filmmakers behind Borderland – Al Jazeera America, March 7, 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 – 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