John Nicholls, CCE - Biography
John Nicholls’ latest work can be seen on the upcoming second season of Accused for Fox and Sony Pictures Television, along with the third season of SkyMed for Paramount+, CBS Studios and the CBC, as well as the recently released fourth season of Snowpiercer for AMC, AMC+, CJ Entertainment and Tomorrow Studios. He was also part of the first season of Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent for CityTV, Universal Television, Wolf Entertainment, Lark Productions and Cameron Pictures.
Previously in the 2021-2023 production cycle, John had the pleasure of cutting on the first season of Accused for Showrunner Howard Gordon and Producer David Shore, as well as the first and second seasons of SkyMed for Showrunner Julie Puckrin and Piazza Entertainment.
In recent years, John was also a part of Burden of Truth and Nurses from Ilana Frank, Linda Pope, Adam Pettle and Brad Simpson for Global, CBC, CW and eOne, Ransom for CBS, Global, eOne, Big Light Productions and Sienna Films, the CBC/iTV series Little Dog starring Joel Thomas Hynes, Katherine Isabelle and Mary Walsh, produced by Cameron Pictures, Elemental Pictures and Sherry White, the CTV/Netflix mini-series The Indian Detective starring Russell Peters, William Shatner and Anupam Kher for Producer Frank Spotnitz, CTV/Bell Media and Blue Ice Productions, along with Lloyd Looses Everything from Aris Athanasopoulos, and Sailor from Jacob Wiebe.
In 2017, he was invited to Miami, Florida to be part of the first season of I Am Frankie for Viacom, Nickelodeon and Paradiso Pictures, along with completing Parkdale from filmmakers Aris Athanasopoulos and Kevin Walker.
In 2016, John edited the Emmy-Nominated TV Movie Terrific Trucks Save Christmas (Director Richard Rotter and Producer Michael Kessler) for NBC Universal. He also cut both seasons, and the TV Movie Summer Splash for Make It Pop, as well as episodes of The Other Kingdom, all from creator Tom Lynch, produced by DHX Media for Nickelodeon and Family Channel.
2015 saw Nicholls edit Rio Heat (Director Stephen S Campanelli, Executive Producer Jon Cassar, and Producer Ken Gord), Fatal Pictures' Heir (Director Richard Powell and Producer Zach Green), Chameleon (Director Reza Dahya), and Age of Reason (Director Lisa Rose Snow and Producer Lora Campbell).
Some notable projects since 2012 include three feature films: Looking is the Original Sin (Gail Harvey, Director), Sex After Kids (Jeremy LaLonde, Director) and End of Days, Inc (Jennifer Liao, Director) as well as the BravoFACT projects The Sweetest Hippopotamus and The Last Halloween (Marc Roussel, Director) and the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival selected short film Out (Jeremy LaLonde, Director).
For nearly a decade, John honed his craft by working alongside some of Canada's biggest editing talents on shows such as Lionsgate's Nurse 3D, Netflix's Hemlock Grove, Jon Cassar's Forsaken, CTV's Saving Hope, YTV/Disney XD's Wingin' It and YTV/Teen Nick's Life with Boys.
He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada, an accredited member of the Canadian Cinema Editors, as well as an alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre.
John is represented by Amy Stulberg at Vanguarde Artists Management.