Nick Fitzhugh
Founder / Executive Producer / Director / DP
Nick Fitzhugh was born in New York City and grew up in Montpelier, Vermont. After spending a year abroad—first working on a vineyard in France and later studying in Italy—he attended Brown University, graduating in 2002 with a B.A. in Comparative Literature and honors in Creative Writing.
While at Brown, Nick founded Glimpse, a nonprofit multimedia platform that enabled young people to share stories about their personal and cultural experiences abroad, with the broader mission of inspiring a new generation to care about the world. Seven years later, Glimpse was acquired by National Geographic, where Nick continued to lead it for another four years as a division of the organization.
In 2010, Nick founded the production company redfitz and turned his full-time attention to directing, producing, and shooting cinematic documentary films and series. His first film, Soccer City (2010), explored life and soccer in one of South Africa’s largest and most notorious townships during the first FIFA World Cup held on the African continent. The film was picked up by National Geographic, ESPN Classic, SuperSport, and Netflix.
Nick’s second feature, Starboard Light (2015), is a 60-minute documentary spanning five generations of one family (his own) and the Massachusetts summer house that binds them together. Distributed internationally by Netflix and domestically by American Public Television, the film poetically explores the question of whether a family makes a house—or a house makes a family.
Nick went on to create and direct Conflict (2016), a documentary series that goes behind the lens with some of the world’s leading conflict photographers. Funded by National Geographic Channel and acquired by Netflix, Conflict won the 2016 Webby Award for Best Documentary Series.
After more than a decade based in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Nick now spends much of his time in Kingston, New York, where he designed, built, and served as general contractor on Shatemuc, a house on the Hudson River. That project led to the creation of Fitzyou, his real estate development company focused on creating distinctive homes and hospitality environments that combine modern design, nostalgia, sustainability, and a strong connection to place.
Website
nickfitzhugh.com
Sign
Aquarius