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Full Name
  
Nial Fulton

Name
  
Nial Fulton


Role
  
Film producer

Education
  
Portora Royal School

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Movies and TV shows
  
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, Policing The Pacific, Ten Pound Poms, Solo, Borderland

Nominations
  
AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Mini Series, Logie Award for Most Outstanding Factual Program

Similar People
  
Michael James Rowland, Ciaran McMenamin, Adrian Dunbar, Daniel Wyllie, Don Hany

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

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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 and AACTA award winning producer 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.

Documentary

  • The Queen & Zak Grieve (The Australian / Foxtel | 2017) (executive producer)
  • Hitting Home (ABC | 2016) (executive producer / series producer)
  • Matilda & Me (ABC / Sky Arts | 2016) (executive producer)
  • Borderland (Al Jazeera America | 2014) (executive producer / series producer / writer)
  • Miracles (ABC | 2010) (series producer / writer)
  • Solo (ABC | 2009) (producer)
  • Ten Pound Poms (ABC / BBC | 2008) (producer)
  • Miracle on Everest (ABC | 2008) (line producer)
  • Policing The Pacific (SBS | 2007) (producer)

    • Drama

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

    • Key Awards and Nominations

    AACTA Awards

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

    • Walkley Awards

  • Won – Walkley Documentary Award – Hitting Home – 2016
  • 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

    • 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 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

    • 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

    Nial Fulton Wikipedia
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