Nick Hamm was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and educated in the UK. He began his career at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, where he worked in 1983-1988 and became known as one of the most famous directors, who pays considerable attention to new plays by modern playwrights. At the same time, Hamm made a number of major productions in Europe, was the artistic director of the theater company "Sadler's Wells". In 1989, he made a documentary on the cultural crisis, Drawing the Line. In 1992, his 30-minute
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Nick Hamm was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and educated in the UK. He began his career at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, where he worked in 1983-1988 and became known as one of the most famous directors, who pays considerable attention to new plays by modern playwrights. At the same time, Hamm made a number of major productions in Europe, was the artistic director of the theater company "Sadler's Wells". In 1989, he made a documentary on the cultural crisis, Drawing the Line. In 1992, his 30-minute action drama Tobacco Safety (1991) won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. In 1991, the director put on TV play "Out of Blue" with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Colin Firth, followed by the shooting of several episodes of the series "Rick Mayall Presents". In 1998, Nick Hamm released two feature films at once (in fact, these are his first works in the “big” cinema): “Angels’ Talk” with Vincent Perez and Paulie Walker and “Something about Martha” with Monica Potter and Joseph Fiennes. His third film, The Pit (2001), was shot in the genre of horror and was awarded the Special Police Prize at the Cognac Police Film Festival. The main roles in it were played by Tora Birch and Keira Knightley. In 2004, Nick Hamm turned to the topic of cloning and directed the film The Other, which starred Robert De Niro and Rebecca Romin-Stamos. In addition, the director worked in advertising - shot videos for companies such as Nescafe, Martin, Carlsberg, Nissan.