Will Nicholls

Will Nicholls is a professional wildlife cameraman and wildlife photographer from Northumberland in the United Kingdom.

In 2023, he was nominated for a BAFTA for cinematography for his work on the Netflix/Sky Nature co-production Predators.

Education Nicholls was a student at the Newcastle Royal Grammar School between 2006 and 2013. He then studied Zoology at the University of Exeter in England between 2014 and 2017.

Career Nicholls started taking pictures of wildlife when he was 12 years old. He has traveled across the United Kingdom, Cambodia, Amazonia, Nepal and other locations as a photographer and wildlife documentary maker. He has been interviewed by Live ‘n’ Deadly, BBC Countryfile and BBC News.

In 2015, Prince Harry spent time in a wildlife hide with Nicholls in search of red squirrels as part of a visit to learn about red squirrel conservation in the area. Nicholls has been involved in red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) conservation for a number of years, as the species is endangered in the United Kingdom.

Nature TTL Nicholls runs a free resource called Nature TTL, for nature photographers, which contains contributions and instructional articles by photographers. In 2019, Nature TTL launched the inaugural Nature TTL Photographer of the Year competition.

Awards 2009: Overall winner, Young British Wildlife Photographer of the Year, British Wildlife Photography Awards 2011: Overall winner, RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2023: BAFTA TV Craft Awards nominee. Photography: Factual.

Publications On the Trail of Red Squirrels, Hexham, UK: Wagtail, 2013. .