News

January 27, 2012
It's "A Taste of Italy" for director Nickelsburg and Green Mountain Coffee

For Green Mountain Coffee's premium Barista Prima brand,  The Terri and Sandy Solution needed a director who could integrate story, special effects, and successfully direct a non-actor spokesperson who had only recently learned to speak English.  

October 05, 2011
Nickelsburg selected for Friars Club Comedy Film Festival Jury

Mark Nickelsburg has been selected to serve on the Jury for the 2011 Friars Club Comedy Film Festival in the Short Film category.

September 01, 2011
Daily Fiber Films taps Nickelsburg for Comedy Shorts

The gang from the popular comedy team Daily Fiber Films has invited Mark Nickelsburg to direct select new material for their hilarious online channel. The first collaboration will be released in December.

September 01, 2011
Carroll Gardens Wins Best TV Pilot

Carroll Gardens, Directed by Mark Nickelsburg, won the Audience Award for best TV Pilot at the TriMedia Film Festival.

August 01, 2011
Brooklyn Rider and Anthony McGill Record for HARRY GROWS UP

String Quartet Brooklyn Rider (One of NPR’s top 50 Albums in 2011) and clarinet player Anthony McGill (Recently seen playing with Yo Yo Ma and Itzhak Pearlman at President Obama’s Inaguration) recently recorded composer Jeremy Turner's score for the soon-to-be released short film, HARRY GROWS UP. The new short film by Mark Nickelsburg will hit festivals in early 2012.

February 01, 2011
EXPIRATION selected as one of the best in the history of DC Shorts

EXPIRATION has been chosen as one of a handful of films to represent the best in the seven year history of the DC Shorts Film Festival.

January 01, 2011
Nickelsburg Directs hilarious commercials for Oolala! Films and Maris West Baker

For their unique Anti-Smoking campaign. Maris Wes & Baker selected Mark Nickelsburg and Oolala Films to create two complex and hilarious commercials. The first, “Kwit Kone,” features a fake infomercial about a dog collar-like device as a barrier between cigarette and mouth. The second follows a surreal journey when a smoker is forces into a strange world in order to reach a distant smoking lounge.

May 01, 2010
Nickelsburg featured in SHOOT's Directors Issue

SHOOT Magazine has named Mark Nickelsburg one of its top up-and-coming directors in the 2010 Directors Issue.

April 01, 2010
EXPIRATION wins again

EXPIRATION  Wins the the first Rice Hershey Memorial Award for Originality at the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival, and Best Short Film at the Plymouth Comedy Festival.

April 01, 2010
EXPIRATION premieres on TV in US and Europe

EXPIRATION will have its European television Premiere April 30 on Canal+, and will continue to screen in various programs in France & Switzerland into 2011. In the US, EXPIRATION will premiere on Comedy Central’s AtomTV program in June

March 01, 2010
Spring Kicks Off With SXSW and other Big Festivals

EXPIRATION has been selected to screen at the South by Southwest Film Festival and the Cleveland International Film Festival in March. Later this spring, EXPIRATION will play at the LA Comedy Shorts Festival, DC Shorts Film Festival, and the Indianapolis International Film Festival. 

November 01, 2009
EXPIRATION wins the Audience Choice Award at the Orlando Film Festival

November 2009 - EXPIRATION has won the Audience Choice Award for best Short Film at the Orlando Film Festival. 

June 24, 2009
EXPIRATION World Premiere on opening night at the Palm Springs International ShortFest

“The crowd howled and applauded his film about a man who drinks a bottle of milk just seconds after its expiration date.” -Palm Springs Desert Sun, June 24, 2009