Nial Fulton
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| Born | Nial William Fulton |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Portora Royal School, Enniskillen Queens University, Belfast |
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Nial William Fulton is an Australian film and television director, producer and writer. Focused on social justice issues, his works include investigative documentaries Revelation (Walkley Documentary Award), Hitting Home (AACTA and Walkley Documentary Awards), Borderland, The Queen & Zak Grieve and Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra (Rose d'Or, AACTA and Walkley Documentary Awards). [1]
In 2013 Fulton co-founded Sydney-based independent production company In Films with Ivan O'Mahoney.[2]
Background
Fulton was born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, attended Portora Royal School and earned his bachelor's degree from Queen's University, Belfast.
His late father Sandy Fulton, was capped for Northern Ireland in football.
Career
Fulton worked with Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen on co-productions, features and television drama, including King Arthur, Band of Brothers, Freeze Frame, Blind Flight and Reign of Fire.
After moving to Australia in 2004, he developed and produced a slate of productions for domestic and international broadcasters. Between 2010 and 2014 Fulton developed and produced two ABC Television drama specials, both filmed on location in Tasmania.
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2010) starring Adrian Dunbar and Ciaran McMenamin was nominated in the Best Drama category at the Irish Film and Television Awards and the Rose d'Or Awards.[3][4]
The Outlaw Michael Howe (2014) starring Damon Herriman and Rarriwuy Hick and directed by Brendan Cowell, told the true story of a convict-outlaw who led a rebellion against the British authorities in Van Diemen's Land.[5][6][7]
In 2013, Fulton and Ivan O'Mahoney created In Films, an independent production company specialising in social justice documentaries. Their first collaboration was the critically acclaimed Borderland, one of three original series chosen to launch the Al Jazeera America network.[8]
In 2016, the company was nominated for the Screen Producers Australia Breakthrough Business of the Year. Fulton won the Walkley Documentary Award with Sarah Ferguson and Ivan O'Mahoney for their work on the critically acclaimed ABC series Hitting Home.[9]
Between 2018 and 2020, Fulton directed and produced Revelation, a three part series with Sarah Ferguson on clerical abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia.[10][11] The series took out the Walkley Documentary Award, the second time Fulton and Ferguson have won the award.[12][13] In 2021, Fulton and Ferguson were nominated by the Australian Directors' Guild for their work on Revelation.[14][15]
In 2020, Fulton was asked to assist New Zealand's Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care and began working closely with investigators. Their work was focused on the Catholic religious institution Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God and the sexual abuse of vulnerable children in their institutions in Christchurch. During Revelation, Fulton and his production team interviewed Brother Bernard McGrath, one of the Order's most notorious sex offenders, and provided the Inquiry with evidence the leadership of St John of God had knowingly concealed child sex abuse allegations from police and protected sex offenders within their ranks.[16]
In February 2022, Judge Coral Shaw, Chairwoman of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, recognised Fulton's work for the Commission, personally thanking him on the final day of public hearings.[17][18]
Filmography
- Folau (2023) Executive Producer[19]
- Unseen Skies (2022) Executive Producer[20]
- Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra (2021) Executive Producer[21]
- Bangarra's World (2021) Executive Producer[22]
- Dubbo: Life of a Songman (2021) Executive Producer[23]
- Revelation (2020) Director | Producer | Executive Producer[24]
- Making Muriel (2017) Executive Producer[25]
- The Queen & Zak Grieve (2017) Executive Producer[26]
- Matilda & Me (2016) Executive Producer[27]
- Caged (2016) Executive Producer[28]
- Hitting Home (2015) Producer | Executive Producer[29]
- Borderland (2013) Producer | Executive Producer[30]
- The Outlaw Michael Howe (2010) Producer | Executive Producer[31]
- Miracles (2009) Series Producer | Writer
- The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008) Producer | Writer[32]
- Solo (2008) Development Producer[33]
- Miracle on Everest (2007) Producer[34]
- Policing The Pacific (2007) Producer[35]
- The Bridge (2007) Line Producer[36]
- The Choir (2007) Line Producer[37]
- Ten Pound Poms (2007) Producer[38]
- The Catalpa Rescue (2007) Line Producer[39]
Selected awards
- Walkley Documentary Award - 2021, 2020, 2016
- AACTA Awards (Best Documentary) - 2021, 2016
- Rose d'Or Awards (Best Arts Program) - 2021
- Amnesty Awards (Best Television Award) - 2016
- Asian Academy Creative Awards (Best Documentary Series) - 2020
- Kennedy Awards (Most Outstanding Online Film) - 2017
- Screen Producer Australia Awards (Feature Documentary Production of the Year) - 2022
References
- ^ "Nial's film-making shines a light on dark subjects". 26 December 2023.
- ^ https://www.in-films.com [bare URL]
- ^ "Top award for Alexander Pearce film". 19 November 2009.
- ^ "Grisly confession of a cannibal convict". 22 January 2009.
- ^ "Big guns behind bushranger series". 24 February 2013.
- ^ "Docu-drama: Nial Fulton goes as far as he can, guns blazing while horses scream in the night". 27 November 2013.
- ^ "Pushed to the edge: Doco reveals Tasmania's cannibal past". ABC News. 21 November 2008.
- ^ "How 'Borderland' directors used a morgue to tell migrants' stories".
- ^ "The Walkley Documentary Award".
- ^ "Sarah Ferguson leaves Four Corners: TV special then China job". Mediaweek.com.au. 4 February 2019.
- ^ "'We wanted to do something that no-one had ever done before'". Impartialreporter.com. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "The Walkley Documentary Award". Walkleys.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Walkley Award winners 2020 - AdNews".
- ^ "Nominees announced for 2021 Australian Director's Guild Awards | ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data". ScreenHub.com.au. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Australian Directors Guild Awards 2021: nominees". Tvtonight.com.au. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "News: Nial Fulton & Sarah Ferguson thanked by NZ Royal Commission for their work on 'Revelation'". In Films. 17 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Document Library | Abuse in Care - Royal Commission of Inquiry".
- ^ "News: Nial Fulton & Sarah Ferguson thanked by NZ Royal Commission for their work on 'Revelation'". 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Folau".
- ^ "Unseen Skies | Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "BBC Secures Abc's Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra".
- ^ "Firestarter – the Story of Bangarra".
- ^ "Dubboo: Life of a Songman".
- ^ "Stuff".
- ^ "Making Muriel".
- ^ https://binge.com.au/shows/show-the-queen-zak-grieve!7802 [bare URL]
- ^ "Matilda & Me". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 June 2022.
- ^ "SBS documentary shines spotlight on cage fighting". 20 July 2016.
- ^ "First winners of the 6th AACTA Awards announced at Industry Luncheon".
- ^ "Meet the filmmakers behind 'Borderland'".
- ^ "Nial Fulton | Producer, Director, Writer". IMDb.
- ^ "BBC One - the Last Confession of Alexander Pearce".
- ^ "Solo: Lost at Sea".
- ^ "Miracle on Everest". IMDb.
- ^ "Policing the Pacific - Film Australia".
- ^ "Constructing Australia: The Bridge - Film Australia".
- ^ "The Choir". IMDb.
- ^ "Ten Pound Poms". IMDb.
- ^ "The Catalpa Rescue". IMDb.