Nikolas Smith

Commercial

Narrative

Cinematography

About

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Commercial

TASC // #TASClife // Director

I'AM... (ARCHIE) // Director

TASC // Look Like Feels Like // Director

Walmart // Terry Crews // Director

Robert Mondavi // Legacy // Director

Avast Business // Director

Proctor & Gamble // NFL // Director

Sealy // Sleepys // Director

Cedar Ravine // Hammock // Director

Oovoo // What If We Always Had It // Director

Cedar Ravine // Brand // Director

Known Gallery // Richard James Oliver // Director

Bismack Biyombo // From the DRC to the NBA // Director

Reel // Director

Titleist // Director

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Narrative

Fully Formed Adults //Web Series // Director

Unlikely Assassins // Director

Roleen // New School West // Director

Unlikely Assassins // Web Series // Director

My Girlfriend's A Doll // Director

Fallout: Lost Found Teaser // Director

How To Throw A Dope Indian Wedding // Culture Machine // Director

Firefighters Help Exploding Buildings // New School West

La Carretera // Scene // Director

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Cinematography

BOUNDLESS by Sony // Madison Beer // Cinematographer

Sonny // Cinematographer

FedEx // Winc // Cinematographer

Open Table // Million Moments // Cinematographer

Fed Ex // Packaging Lab // Cinematographer

Open Table // No Show // Cinematographer

Disney // Halloween // Cinematographer

Exquisite Corpse // Cinematogapher

Funny Or Die // Ultimate Halo Smackdown // Cinematographer

About

Nikolas Smith is a director with many disciplines, working on narrative and commercial projects as a director, producer, writer, cinematographer and sound designer. His short films have played at festivals across the United States and his commercial clients include Disney, Lays, Proctor & Gamble, Ralph’s, Sleepy's, WorldWide Golf, and Hyundai.

His lifelong fascination with the moving image turned into an education at Chapman University where he received a Marrion Knott Scholarship and the Linus Toh Excellence Award while studying under Tom Mankiewicz.

He lives in Los Angeles, learning about life from his two daughters, while developing feature length, commercial, and digital content.

Always with a bend toward narrative, his straightforward approach, searches for elegance and honesty.

Ed said not to worry - that he’d only be firing blanks to scare the bears away. The distinct odor of bud light did not inspire confidence in this ranch manager.

And yet here we were - volume one of the I am no better than you blog - alone on 4

Ate this way to fast and now I’m covered in tiger’s milk.

Halibut Ceviche Tostada.

The secret sauce is the base layer the ceviche sits on top of- roasted poblano, roasted jalapeño, cilantro stem, garlic, lime zest, fish sauce, cr

Made some esquites for CDM. I like to toss in some crushed corn nuts at the end to add crunch to the dish.

Not bad for a gabacho.

Completely unrelated - my daughter just ran past me as I was icing my back on the ground and accidentally kicked me i

#TBT all the fun we had making Fully Formed Adults before this failed existential crisis test run panini.⁠⁠
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I'm clearing out the digital closet this week and reworking some reels (a total unnecessary evil in my estimation - hey look at me edit tog

Contact

nikolas@nikolassmith.com // 303.748.7436

2214 Prosser Ave. // Los Angeles, 90064