Nick Hamm (born 10 December 1957) is a film, television, and theatre director and producer born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He won a BAFTA award for his drama The Harmfulness of Tobacco, starring Edward Fox. In 2015, Hamm produced The Journey, a fictionalized account of the behind-the-scenes peace brokerage between mortal enemies Ian Paisley and Sinn Féin politician Martin McGuinness. The film, written by Colin Bateman and starring Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney, is an official selection of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and will premiere at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on September 7, 2016. Nicholas Hamm was born on 10 December 1957 in Belfast, Northern Ireland to parents Marian and Patrick Hamm. H later attended University of Manchester and received his B.A. in English and Philosophy. In 1989, Hamm transitioned into film, directing The Bottom Line, a documentary about the crisis of culture, featuring Dustin Hoffman and Arthur Miller. In 1992, Hamm won a BAFTA award for his drama The Harmfulness of Tobacco, starring Edward Fox. In 1996, Hamm directed Talk of Angels (Miramax) starring Polly Walker and Vincent Perez, an epic love story set against the early days of the Spanish Civil War. He then directed the romantic comedy Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence, a Film Four and Miramax co-production written by Peter Morgan and starring Joseph Fiennes. In 2001, Hamm received cult acclaim for directing The Hole, starring Thora Birch and Keira Knightley, in one of her first film roles. Hamm then went on to direct the 2004 thriller Godsend for Lionsgate Films, starring Robert DeNiro, Rebecca Romijn, and Greg Kinnear. In 2011, Hamm partnered with Northern Ireland Screen to direct and produce Killing Bono, distributed in the UK by Paramount Pictures. Ben Barnes and Robert Sheehan star as two brothers struggling to forge their path through the 1980s Irish music scene in the shadow of their now famous school friends, U2. In 2015, Hamm partnered again with Northern Ireland Screen and IM Global to direct The Journey. Screenplay by acclaimed Irish novelist, Colin Bateman, the drama is a fictionalized account of political enemies Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness's real journey to peace and friendship in the 2006 St Andrews Agreement. Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney star as Paisley and McGuiness respectively, joined by Freddie Highmore, John Hurt, Toby Stephens and Ian Beattie. In July 2016, the film was announced as an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival and premiering worldwide at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on September 7, 2016.

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