Biography

Nicholas Payne Santos is a filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He was born and raised on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and is bi-racial (Black/white). Santos received his Film MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2019. He attended Ithaca College, where he graduated in 2010 with a B.S. in Cinema & Photography. Nicholas' feature directorial debut IT CUTS DEEP was released by Dark Sky Films in limited theatrical and VOD on Friday the 13th, November 2020.