Nicholas Barton (filmmaker)

Nicholas Dean Barton is an American filmmaker. He is known as the writer/director of the feature films Hyde Park and Wichita and the series creator of Queens of Camo. His role has included director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and cinematographer.

Barton was born in Great Bend, Kansas on November 12, 1983 and is the first son of Richard and Lisa Barton (both Kansas natives). He has one brother, Jared, who is a member of the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare faculty.

In high school, Barton won 4 state titles in speech and debate (Dramatic Interpretation twice, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking) before later breaking into Quarterfinals and Semifinals in 3 events at the National Tournament.

Barton went on to become of the most decorated Collegiate Speech competitors of his era at Kansas State University (KSU), where he had multiple final rounds including Duo, Dramatic, and Prose Interpretations. Nicholas is also one of the first competitors in KSU Forensics history to qualify all six events all four years of competition to every national tournament.

At Kansas State University, he studied philosophy with an emphasis in analytical philosophy and ethics. In graduate school, he focused primarily on Rhetoric and Theatre.

Following college, Barton moved to Wichita, Kansas where, in 2009, he began his career in filmmaking as an associate producer for the Country Music Television series All Jacked Up starring C. Thomas Howell. From there, Barton created Prestigious Films and worked on music videos and commercials all over the country. As a television producer, he worked on several television series including Hoarders, Extreme Couponing, Doomsday Preppers, HBO's Boxing After Dark, The Road to the Final Four, The Big Life with Kirstie Alley, My Crazy Obsession.

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