Nik Sexton
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March 1980 (age 45)
Nik Sexton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nicholas Carlo Herbert Sexton March 1980 (age 45) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Notable work | |
Nicholas Carlo Herbert Sexton (born March 1980[1]) is a Canadian film and television director from Newfoundland and Labrador.[2] His debut feature film How to Be Deadly was released in 2014.[3]
The son of producer Mary Sexton and the nephew of Tommy Sexton,[2] Sexton began his career making short comedy videos for YouTube about "Donnie Dumphy", a skateboarder who would become the central character in How to Be Deadly.[4] In 2012, he released a short film version of How to Be Deadly, before entering production on the feature version in 2013.[5] The film won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Feature Film at the 16th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2015,[6] and Sexton was also nominated for Best Direction in a Feature Film.