Nichola Bruce

Nichola Bruce (born 1953) is a British avant garde film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and artist. Bruce uses an artistic approach to filmmaking alongside the use of digital technologies. Her use of digital film is accredited to the speed, creativity, and multi-layering that can be accessed through the technology. Daily Variety featured Bruce in their article "10 Digital Directors To Watch"(2000) and noted that Bruce takes her inspiration from the surrealists, Andrei Tarkovsky, and painting. Nichola Bruce was born in 1953 in Bromley, England. She was raised in Kent and London throughout her childhood. She began working with film, photography, art during her attendance at Hornsey College of Art and at Middlesex Polytechnic, beginning with super eight and 16mm.