Nicholas Thurkettle

Nicholas Thurkettle’s short films have played over 60 worldwide film festivals, winning awards including Best Director and People’s Choice – Best Short Film. He also directed the web series pilot “Ass In Assassin” and the music video “Sitting on the Launchpad” for the band Freefall Rescue. A WGA screenwriter, he sold the comedy Queen Lara to Room 9 Entertainment (Thank You For Smoking,) and optioned the thriller 7 Red and the comedy Sir Sandy to producers. He wrote the sci-fi anime “Children of Ether” for the Crunchyroll Network, which debuted on over 300 U.S. movie screens. He was a producer on filmmaker Zeshaan Younus's supernatural drama feature "The Buildout," and co-producer on Adam Stovall's horror/romance feature "A Ghost Waits," now distributed by Arrow Video and streaming on Shudder. He spent five years as a short film programmer for the Newport Beach Film Festival. Also an actor in film, theatre, and the voice world, he is best known to audiences as the voice of the character Von Lycaon in the global hit mobile game "Zenless Zone Zero."