Nicholas Barton

Nicholas Dean Barton (born 12 November 1983) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and cinematographer. He has written and directed feature films such as Death Alley, Hyde Park and Wichita. He also has created the series Zoos to You, Greensters, and Queens of Camo.

Early life and family Barton was born in Great Bend, Kansas on November 12, 1983, to Richard and Lisa Barton.

He was educated at the Kansas State University, where he studied philosophy with an emphasis in analytical philosophy and ethics. At the graduate school, he focused primarily on rhetoric and theatre.

In 2014, Barton moved to Los Angeles County, California, where he worked as a film editor for PopSugar and TV Guide Networks. and worked on several music videos and commercials.

As a television producer, he has worked on several television series including Hoarders, Extreme Couponing, Doomsday Preppers, HBO's Boxing After Dark, The Road to the Final Four, The Big Life with Kirstie Alley, My Crazy Obsession.

In 2014, Barton completed work on his first feature film Wichita, a western-thriller set along with the backdrop of the 1882 cattle drives. The film's budget was raised through commercial advertising projects that the crew did and was produced on an independent budget of $50,000. The film premiered at over 30 cinema theatres around the Midwest and has since been distributed to the USA and global markets. It is loosely based on the true story of Dalton Gang who wanted to become the most famous outlaws in the United States, but that turned out to be a nightmare. The film was shot just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri and was originally scheduled to be released in 2020. The film was produced in a studio located in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

Barton has also created Queens of Camo, a hunting television series that highlights the fastest growing hunting demographic in the world. With pro-staff in 12 different countries, known as Queens, the huntresses showcase outdoors adventures ranging from deer, turkey, wild pigs, waterfowl, and fishing. The show puts a spotlight on conservation work and the ethical way to treat and care for wildlife.