Nicholas Santos

Nicholas Payne Santos is a thirty-two-year-old filmmaker based out of Brooklyn, NY. He was born and raised on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Santos is bi-racial (Black/white). Nicholas received his Film MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2019. He attended Ithaca College, where he graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Cinema & Photography. Santos' feature directorial debut It Cuts Deep will be released by Dark Sky Films/MPI Media on Friday, November 13th 2020. The film made its World Premiere at Nightstream, a partnership between the Boston Underground, Overlook, Brooklyn Horror, Popcorn Frights and North Bend film festivals, and its International Premiere at Grimmfest in the UK. The feature Uncle Peckerhead, produced by Nicholas, was released theatrically and on VOD and Blu-ray in August 2020 by Epic Pictures / Dread Presents. The film sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, who listed it as the #2 best horror film of 2020.