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Nick Paskhover, Director
Nick Paskhover is a writer and director in Los Angeles. He directs commercials, brand films, music videos, documentaries and narrative shorts, and is available for work in Los Angeles and on location.
His films are genre stories with a grounded human center. 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.
2026
Dance with Me premiered at LA Shorts International Film Festival, was an Official Selection at New York Shorts International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Short Film at Arpa International Film Festival, screening at the TCL Chinese Theatre. Reviews ran in Film Threat, Cinema Crazed, MatteScreen and Action Reloaded, with interviews in Scene For Scene and IndieWrap. Read the press ↗
Commercials and brand films
Nick directed Apple: Memories, a live-action brand film marking 18 years of iPhone, José Cuervo: The Five Senses, the Portl M launch film for CES, La Chiesa Del Basket for Bristol Studio, shot in Italy, and Carbon & Hyde. Clients include Apple, Uber Eats, TeamViewer, José Cuervo, BMG, Comcast, Capital Group and Blue Shield of California.
Music videos
He directed Another One for ellie d., Rise for Danny del Ray and the Spotify artist profile Body Language for Lani Renaldo, and produced videos for Jimmie Allen, Politik & DeathbyRomy, Gabriella Whited, Fleetwood Kelly and Disco Shrine.
Narrative and documentary
Nick wrote and directed Dance with Me, directed and produced Born from Dust: The Art of Richard Wilks with Simone Staff, and produced Pruning, directed by Lola Blanc, and Little One, directed by Chris Beyrooty and Logan Fields. A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, he was born in Los Angeles to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants.
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Questions producers ask
What does Nick Paskhover direct?
Commercials, brand films, music videos, documentaries and narrative shorts. Recent directing work includes Apple: Memories (2024), José Cuervo: The Five Senses (2025), Portl M for CES, and the short film Dance with Me (2026), which he also wrote.
Where is Nick based, and does he travel for shoots?
Nick is based in Los Angeles and shoots on location anywhere. La Chiesa Del Basket for Bristol Studio was shot in Porretta Terme, Italy.
Is Nick available to direct commercials and music videos?
Yes. Nick takes on commercial, brand film and music video work through agencies, production companies and direct client relationships. Email nick@nickpaskhover.com with the brief and timeline.
What kind of stories does Nick write and direct?
Genre stories with a grounded human center. Dance with Me is a psychological thriller about a marriage, a woman fighting to hold onto a husband whose dementia blurs memory and reality. Nick brings a romantic sensibility to genre filmmaking.
Is Nick an emerging or up-and-coming director?
Nick is an early-career writer-director with a first short in festivals in 2026 and a decade of commercial and music video directing behind it. Dance with Me premiered at LA Shorts, was selected by New York Shorts, and was nominated for Best Short Film at Arpa.
Has Nick's work been recognized at festivals?
Dance with Me premiered at LA Shorts International Film Festival in 2026, was an Official Selection at New York Shorts International Film Festival 2026, and was a Best Short Film nominee at Arpa International Film Festival 2026. It was reviewed by Film Threat, Cinema Crazed, MatteScreen and Action Reloaded.
Does Nick also produce?
Yes. He produced Pruning, directed by Lola Blanc and starring Madeline Brewer, and Little One, directed by Chris Beyrooty and Logan Fields, and he directed and produced the documentary Born from Dust: The Art of Richard Wilks.