Nick Rowland is an awardwinning directing graduate of the National Film and Television School NFTS Before graduating his work as a director had earned him a Royal Television Society Award for Dancing In The Ashes a nomination for Best Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival for Out Of Sight and a nomination for Best Short Film at the BAFTAs and the BIFAs for Slap Before Nick committed to film he also had a promising rally driving career He was selected for the prestigious MSA British Rally Academy before competing in the Chinese and British Rally Championships This experience fed into the making of his last short Group B which earned Nick a Student Oscar nomination Since the NFTS Nick directed episodes of Cuffs Ripper Street and Hard Sun for BBC One Nicks debut Feature film Calm With Horses premiered at TIFF 2019 and went on to be nominated for the Sutherland award at the 2019 BFI London Film Festival before its general theatrical release in 2020 From httpswwwdirectorsnowcomnickrowland