Nick Love

Nick Love (born 24 December 1969) is an English film director and writer. His credits include the films Goodbye Charlie Bright, The Football Factory (2004), The Business (2005), Outlaw (2007), The Sweeney (2012), a 2009 remake of football hooliganism drama The Firm and the comedy-drama Marching Powder (2025).

His parents divorced when he was five years of age, and he was brought up on a large council estate in south London.

Career Before film school, Love had a successful modelling career in 1990 whilst in Miami. He then decided to leave modelling behind in order to go to film school.

Love attended the Bournemouth Film School at the age of 24.

In 2001, Nick Love made Goodbye Charlie Bright, focusing on working class life on council estates.

Love wrote and directed The Football Factory in 2004. The film was based on a book by John King.

In 2005, Love directed the film The Business, which reflects the 1980s Costa Del Crime era. It was all taken from what he had read and heard from others about that particular time. In 2007, Love produced the vigilante movie Outlaw.

In 2009, Love directed The Firm. The film focused on male friendship, football hooliganism and the football casual movement.

On 1 August 2012, Love's film The Sweeney made its world premiere at the opening of the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. The film is based on the British television police drama of the same name. Love said that he had interest in making the movie for several years, but had difficult negotiations with studio executives, who wanted him to make the film with an Americanised style.

Speaking at the UK premiere of The Sweeney in London, Alan Ford, who played Harry, explained that Nick Love "works very fast" and "does not mess about" as a director.

In 2015, Love directed American Hero, an American-British superhero comedy.

In August 2021, it was announced that Love would direct a new crime based series, which he has written, called A Town Called Malice. Love has said: "I'm over excited and hugely grateful to Sky for supporting my vision once again – I have lived and breathed Malice for the past few years, and for it finally to come to fruition, is a dream come true". In April 2023, a month after the series premiered, it was cancelled due to low viewership.

In 2023, it was announced that Love was working on a film called Marching Powder and that Danny Dyer would star in the film.

The film was released to cinemas on Friday 7th March 2025.

Love was a follower of the "casual" culture present in the 1980s, naming Fila and Sergio Tacchini as brands he wore as a youth, something which is present in many of his films.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 1999 The Escort Love Story 2001 Goodbye Charlie Bright 2004 The Football Factory 2005 The Business 2007 Outlaw 2009 The Firm 2012 The Sweeney 2015 American Hero 2025 Marching Powder TBA Animol

Producer only Year Title Director Notes 2011 A Night in the Woods Richard Parry

Executive producer only Year Title Director Notes 2006 Dirty Sanchez: The Movie Jim Hickey 2007 WΔZ Tom Shankland 2008 Faintheart Vito Rocco Bronson Nicolas Winding Refn The Children Tom Shankland 2010 Monsters Gareth Edwards 2013 All Stars Ben Gregor 2014 Monsters: Dark Continent Tom Green 2016 Kill Command Steven Gomez

Television Year Title Director Writer Creator Executiveproducer Notes 2018–2021Bulletproof 2023 A Town Called Malice