Writer, director & AI filmmaker
Narrative short
Starring Laraine Newman & Elya Baskin
As the boundaries between past and present blur, Anya fights to hold onto Sasha, an elderly Holocaust survivor with dementia, as he struggles to distinguish memory from reality.
Writer · Director
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Live-action brand film
18 years of iPhone. 18 years of ‘Memories’
Eighteen years of iPhone, told through the everyday moments that become our most treasured memories.
Director
Watch film 2:21Live-action work
Commercials and promos made through Nick’s own AI production workflows, with human creative direction guiding every stage.
Writing, directing and producing
Documentary short
The Art of Richard Wilks
Director · Producer
with Simone Staff
A documentary about sculptor Richard Wilks and the materials he gives a second life.
Narrative short · Producing
Producer
Directed by Lola Blanc.
Starring Madeline Brewer.
Fantasia · Palm Springs ShortFest · HollyShorts
Dance with Me
Interview by Ryan Summers
Review by Emilie Black
Review by Alan Ng
Interview
Review by Jeff Turner
Review by Sherlyn Harnandez
Nick Paskhover is a writer and director born in Los Angeles to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, he has worked across commercials, documentaries, narrative films, and music videos. Nick brings a romantic sensibility to genre filmmaking.
His latest short, the psychological thriller Dance with Me, follows Anya (Laraine Newman) as she fights to hold onto Sasha (Elya Baskin), an elderly Holocaust survivor whose dementia blurs the boundaries between memory and reality.
Nick develops and refines agentic production workflows for commercial and narrative AI filmmaking, with human creative direction guiding every stage. His work also explores hybrid films that bring AI-generated imagery and live action together.
Available for commercial and narrative directing, AI filmmaking and creative production, including hybrid projects that combine AI-generated imagery with live action.
nick@nickpaskhover.com
