photo by Dillon Matthew

Nick Beardslee is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker, primarily working as a writer/director/DP. He’s interested in queer genre stories (often mystery and suspense) and characters who are “up to something.”

Raised in Michigan, Nick grew up making short spy movies with his brother Drew. Nick is a graduate of Grand Valley State University, where he received a BA in Film & Video Production. Nick worked as a Video Producer at the University of Michigan for several years, creating videos for the art & design school and musical theater department, where he met many of the actors he continues to work with today.

Nick currently works as a senior video producer at Squarespace. He recently directed two narrative spots for Presley Oldham Fine Jewelry.

His short film Bird in Hand, premiered at NewFest in 2022, and online through Short of the Week, who called it one of the best short films of the year and “as structurally perfect as a New Yorker Magazine short story.” His short H*le earned Vimeo Staff Pick, and his short Queer Blue Sky is coming soon. His films have over 400K views across YouTube and Vimeo.

His debut feature film—a playful heist drama—is currently in development.

additional credits

• Queer Blue Sky (2026) - writer/director/dp/editor/composer

• I Could Really Use You (dir. Jose Useche, 2025) - producer/dp/editor/composer

• But He’s Gay (dir. Michael Calciano, 2024) - producer/dp/editor/co-composer

• H*le (2024) - writer/director/editor/composer

• Show Tonight (dir. Emily DeForest, 2024) - producer/dp/editor/composer

• Throckadacia (dir. Blake Griffey, 2023) - dp/editor/composer

• Something Bad (dir. Michael Calciano, 2023) - dp/editor

• Bird in Hand (2022) - writer/director/dp/editor/composer

• Everything Happens to Me (2021) - writer/director/dp/editor/co-composer

• Little Elephant (2020) - writer/director/dp/editor