Nikole Beckwith is a filmmaker, writer and artist. She made her feature film debut with Stockholm, Pennsylvania starring Saoirse Ronan, Cynthia Nixon and Jason Isaacs, which premiered at Sundance 2015 in the US Dramatic category and sold to A&E. The film garnered Nikole a Women's Image Award for Best Screenplay and nomination for Best Director, a Satellite Award for Best Film for Television, three TV Critics Choice Award noms including Best Movie and slew of awards and nominations for the cast. Her second feature Together Together premiered at Sundance 2021 in the US Dramatic Category, and was distributed nationwide by Bleecker Street Films and internationally by Sony. The film garnered two Independent Spirit Award nominations, (Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Patti Harrison) and was a critical hit, certified fresh and all that stuff people pay attention to. 

 

Residencies and fellowships include The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Nicholl Fellowship, San Francisco Film Society Female Genre Screenwriting Fellowship, Sundance Labs for screenwriting and sound design. Beckwith’s stage work has been developed and performed in New York, Chicago and London with The Public Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Clubbed Thumb, Barrow Street, Colt Couer, ATC, The National Theatre of London and The Royal Court.

 

Once upon a time she was also a pen and ink artist, her comics have been featured on WNYC, NPR, The Huffington Post and The Hairpin among others. As an actor she has appeared in work by Eric Bogosian, Gregory S Moss, Labyrinth Theater Company, The Story Pirates and EST. She made her NY theater debut originating Lady in a Leotard in Joshua Conkel's critically acclaimed MilkMilkLemonade, a play so incredible, that she loved so much, she hasn't been inspired to get on stage since.  

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Nikole currently splits her time between small town Massachusetts, Brooklyn and Los Angeles.  Whenever she can, she spends time with sheep and goats. In 2023 she was made a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. 

 

She was rejected from Juilliard four times.