Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe are award winning and AACTA nominated filmmakers based in Melbourne, Australia.
They studied filmmaking at the Victorian College of the Arts – School of Film and Television, and AFTRS (the Australian Film, Television and Radio School) and have been producing and directing commercials, factual television series and documentaries for more than 20 years.
Adelaide FIlm Festival 2017Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival 2016Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2016Australian Screen Producers Awards Night 2016St Petersburg, Russia – 2016 Side by Side Gay and Lesbian Film FestivalEleanor was invited to Singapore to attend a special screening of MAMIL at the 2017 Bicycle Film FestivalNickolas promoting MAMIL on ABC News BreakfastFilming MAMIL at the Grand Canyon, AZNickolas filming with Phil Liggett in the Kruger National Park, South AfricaEleanor filming MAMIL in the Pyrenees, FranceNickolas filming Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling at the Tour de France in 2019Nickolas filming Ballroom Rules at the 2010 Gay Games in Cologne, GermanyEleanor filming in Arizona with Marianne Martin, the winner of the 1984 Women’s Tour de FranceCelebrating winning an ATOM Award at the 2016 Awards galaWrapping our European shooting block in Venice 2022Meet the Filmmakers Q&A at Cinema NovaEleanor attending the AACTA Awards Night after Remembering the Man was nominated for Best Documentary and Best Editing.
