Nigel Bellis

Nigel Bellis is a Co-Executive Producer, Director and TV show Developer, currently based in Los Angeles. He grew up in North Wales, UK, and trained as a newspaper journalist before becoming a freelance on-screen reporter for the BBC, HTV and Sky News. He became head of news features on Granada Tonight in Manchester, and while in this role produced and directed the WW2 POW story Last Post on the River Kwai, which won him a coveted Royal Television Society best documentary trophy. Nigel then transferred full time into long-form documentaries and series, including a three year spell on ITV's Tonight current affairs series. He traveled the world with senior ITN correspondents, producing considered features and documentaries. He originally relocated to New York and has produced a wide variety of factual entertainment series for major cable networks, including 100+ hours of true crime, often directing the drama reconstructions. Nigel is also a pianist, music composer, and voice over artist.