Nicole Kassell

Nicole Kassell is a film and TV director in America. Nicole was born in 1972, Pennsylvania, United States. Kassell has done B.A. in Art History from Columbia University. She also did an MFA in Film Program from NYU, where she was felicitated with full two years scholarship.

Currently, Kassell lives in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... with her family. Nicole has been highest rated 88% for The Woodsman (2004) and lowest rated 4% for A Little Bit of Heaven (2012) on Rotten Tomatoes (an American review aggregation website for film and television).

While Kassell was a student at NYU, she made short films including Jaime and The Green Hour. Jamie won her the female filmmaker prize as a student and in 2002 The Green Hour was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Nicole won the Slamdance Screenplay Competition in 2004 for ‘’The Woodsman’’, her first feature film.

The film “The Woodsman” got nominated for many other awards like Independent Spirit Awards for the Best First Feature and British Independent Film Award (Best International Independent Film) and Gotham Independent Film Award (Breakthrough Director) in 2004.

Nicole was the runner-up at the Boston Society of Film Critics for Best New Filmmaker. At the London Film Festival (2004) the film also won The Satyajit Ray Award. The film was a screenplay based on a Steven Fechter’s play.

Her enthusiasm swayed Lee Daniels to gain funding for her first film. The lead actor and actress in her first film were Kevin Bacon Kevin Bacon is a renowned actor and musician. He w >> Read More... , and he suggested casting his wife Kyra Sedgwick She is recognized well for portraying deputy chief >> Read More... opposite to him in the movie. They were astonished by the script and agreed to portray the lead roles. The Woodsman was also featured at the Cannes Film Festival and it was released to the public in 2004.

A Little Bit of Heaven was Nicole’s second feature film which was a romantic comedy released in February 2001. Gael Garcia Bernal Gael Garcia Bernal is a Mexican actor, director, a >> Read More... and Kate Hudson Kate Hudson is an American actress who is the daug >> Read More... portrayed the lead role in the movie.

Kassell has also directed episodes of various TV shows such as 3 lbs and the Cold Case, The Killing, The Closer, The Following, The American, Vinyl, and Rectify.

Currently, Kassell is working on her new project The Ride down Mt. Morgan, a play by Arthur Miller. At present, the cast includes Emily Blunt Emily Blunt, also known as Emily Olivia Leah Blunt >> Read More... , Michael Douglas A true classic and refined actor in Hollywood. Kno >> Read More... , and Diane Keaton Diane Keaton aka Diane Hall by birth was born on J >> Read More... . She is also writing the screenplay of the book Bad Medicine for TV. Kassell has taught at NYU as a guest lecturer. She was a teacher at the Cinereach Foundation and at the Eastern Director’s Council as well.