Directing
Nikolas Harris
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Nikolas Harris is a British writer and director based in London. He began making films as a teenager and, at nineteen, wrote and directed his debut feature, Then I Was Lost, which won Best Director and screened at festivals across the UK. His short films include the period thriller Once Upon a Time in England, which earned him Best Student Director, and the Second World War drama The Deserter, which screened internationally, including in San Francisco. In 2026 he wrote, produced and directed English Beasts, a period thriller set during the 1862 Cariboo gold rush and shot on location in Snowdonia. The film screened at UK festivals and received multiple nominations, including Best UK Short, B…
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10.0Two Englishmen claw up a frozen Canadian peak for gold, but find only delirium. Hunger and pride strip them to the bone in a brutal descent into madness and the rot of empire.
English Beasts
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10.0A feature-length road trip drama, set on the iconic London canals. We are narrated an unlikely story mixing reality with hints of British folklore. Vincent (Alex Scrivens) is a lone mechanic boater on the canals who’s grieving from the death of his wife. Nursing his wounds with alcohol. One morning he stumbles back to his boat only to find a girl, Samantha (Olivia Griffiths). She’s going up the canal to find her mum, so they travel together, slowly finding a common purpose.
Then I Was Lost
2023
Behind the camera
10.0Two Englishmen claw up a frozen Canadian peak for gold, but find only delirium. Hunger and pride strip them to the bone in a brutal descent into madness and the rot of empire.
English Beasts
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10.0Two Englishmen claw up a frozen Canadian peak for gold, but find only delirium. Hunger and pride strip them to the bone in a brutal descent into madness and the rot of empire.
English Beasts
—
10.0A feature-length road trip drama, set on the iconic London canals. We are narrated an unlikely story mixing reality with hints of British folklore. Vincent (Alex Scrivens) is a lone mechanic boater on the canals who’s grieving from the death of his wife. Nursing his wounds with alcohol. One morning he stumbles back to his boat only to find a girl, Samantha (Olivia Griffiths). She’s going up the canal to find her mum, so they travel together, slowly finding a common purpose.
Then I Was Lost
2023
10.0A feature-length road trip drama, set on the iconic London canals. We are narrated an unlikely story mixing reality with hints of British folklore. Vincent (Alex Scrivens) is a lone mechanic boater on the canals who’s grieving from the death of his wife. Nursing his wounds with alcohol. One morning he stumbles back to his boat only to find a girl, Samantha (Olivia Griffiths). She’s going up the canal to find her mum, so they travel together, slowly finding a common purpose.
Then I Was Lost
2023