# Nikole Beckwith > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nikole_Beckwith > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nikole_Beckwith.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikole_Beckwith > Source revision: 1333627145 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American film director}} alt=An exam room set, getting ready for a take. Nikole, center, with long dark hair, bangs, wearing black shirt, black pants, black hat, headphones and a utility belt with a walkie clipped on her hip stands over actress Patti Harrison who is laying on an exam table in a white shirt and red sweat pants holding a script in her left hand. They look at each other as Nikole gives direction. Other crew members hug the perimeter of the room.|thumb|Nikole Beckwith in 2021 '''Nikole Beckwith''' is an American director, screenwriter, and playwright. Her writing credits include ''[Stockholm, Pennsylvania](/source/Stockholm%2C_Pennsylvania)'' (2015), ''[3 Generations](/source/3_Generations_(film))'' (2015), ''[Impulse](/source/Impulse_(TV_series))'' (2019), ''[Together Together](/source/Together_Together)'' (2021), and 3 episodes of the television series ''[The First Lady](/source/The_First_Lady_(American_TV_series))'' (2022). ==Early life== Beckwith grew-up in [Newburyport, Massachusetts](/source/Newburyport%2C_Massachusetts). From age 16, she attended the [Sudbury Valley School](/source/Sudbury_Valley_School) in [Framingham, Massachusetts](/source/Framingham%2C_Massachusetts). In 2004, she became the youngest recipient of The Johnson Award for excellence in and contributions to the arts in the [Merrimack Valley](/source/Merrimack_Valley). She authored a short book of poems, ''Rhymes With Blue'', which was released in a limited run by Independent Submarine in 2001.{{cite web|url= https://eu.wickedlocal.com/story/archive/2009/05/05/local-actress-nikole-beckwith-is/38944586007/#:~:text=Not%20that%20this%20recognition%20comes%20out%20of%20the%20blue:%20The |title= Local actress Nikole Beckwith is back, briefly |author=J.C. Lockwood |work= eu.wickedlocal.com |access-date=3 October 2024}} In 2006, she moved to New York City, she was a three time Manhattan Monologue Slam champion,{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtgnlLss4e8#:~:text=New%20York's%20best%20actors%20do%20battle%20with%20Hollywood's%20best,%20in |title=Nickole Beckwith, Manhattan Monologue Slam Champ |website= MMSlam at Youtube |date= November 21, 2006}} and is an alumna of the [Ensemble studio theatre](/source/Ensemble_studio_theatre).{{cite web|url= https://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/est-youngblood/members |title= Ensemble studio theatre - Members and Alumni |work= ensemblestudiotheatre.org |access-date= 12 March 2016}} playwright's group Youngblood and [The Public Theater](/source/The_Public_Theater)’s Emerging Writers Group. She was also a performer and director with [The Striking Viking Story Pirates](/source/The_Striking_Viking_Story_Pirates).{{cite web|url= http://www.storypirates.org|title=Story Pirates Home|website=Story Pirates}} ==Career== === TV & Film === She wrote and directed the feature film of ''[Stockholm, Pennsylvania](/source/Stockholm%2C_Pennsylvania)'' (2015), about a young woman who is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years. It starred [Saoirse Ronan](/source/Saoirse_Ronan) and premiered in the Dramatic Competition section at the 2015 [Sundance Film Festival](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival).{{cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/us-world-and-next-films-announced-for-2015-festival|title=2015 Sundance Film FEestival |website= sundance.org}} The film was acquired by [Lifetime](/source/Lifetime_(TV_network)) and premiered on their TV channel on May 2, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/stockholm-pennsylvania-saoirse-ronan-sundance-lifetime-1201460939/|title=Lifetime Acquires Sundance Fest Title 'Stockholm, Pennsylvania' Starring Saoirse Ronan|first=Seth|last=Kelley|date=26 March 2015|publisher=}} Her screenplay ''[Stockholm, Pennsylvania](/source/Stockholm%2C_Pennsylvania)'' won a 2012 [Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting](/source/Nicholl_Fellowships_in_Screenwriting).{{cite web|author=Deadline Team |date=October 24, 2012|url=https://deadline.com/2012/10/nicholl-fellowship-winners-announced-359069/|title=Academy Announces Nicholl Fellowships|website=[Deadline Hollywood](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|access-date=February 6, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl/fellows/1986-present.html|title=Academy Nicholl Fellows 1986–present|website=Oscars.org|accessdate=February 6, 2014|archive-date=March 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302233824/http://oscars.org/awards/nicholl/fellows/1986-present.html|url-status=dead}} Beckwith wrote two episodes of the second season of the Youtube Original series ''[Impulse](/source/Impulse_(TV_series))'' (2019), and wrote and directed the film ''[Together Together](/source/Together_Together)'' (2021), about a young loner who becomes gestational surrogate for a man in his 40s. The film had its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of the 2021 [Sundance Film Festival](/source/2021_Sundance_Film_Festival).{{Cite web|first=Virginia|last=Yapp|date=April 1, 2021|title= Release Rundown|url= https://www.sundance.org/blogs/now-playing/what-to-watch-april-2021|access-date=2021-05-11 |website= sundance.org}} Other writing credits include the film ''[3 Generations](/source/3_Generations_(film))'' (2015), and 3 episodes of the television series ''[The First Lady](/source/The_First_Lady_(American_TV_series))'' (2022).{{Cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nikole-beckwith/credits/3030296623/ |access-date= 2024-10-04 |title =Nikole Beckwith writing Credits |work= tvguide.com}} === Theater === She has written multiple plays. Her full-length plays include ''Everything Is Ours''; ''Imagine My Sadness''; ''Stockholm, Pennsylvania''; and ''Untitled Matriarch Play (Or Seven Sisters)''.{{Cite web|title=WRITING|url=https://www.nikolebeckwith.com/writing|access-date=2021-05-11|website=home|language=en}} which she wrote in residence at [The Royal National Theatre](/source/Royal_National_Theatre) of London and premiered at [The Royal Court](/source/Royal_Court_Theatre) directed by [Vicki Featherstone](/source/Vicky_Featherstone). Beckwith has also written many short plays, including ''How it Tastes'' written for [Rattlestick Playwrights Theater](/source/Rattlestick_Playwrights_Theater) ''Dig Dig Dig'' written for [Stella Adler Studio](/source/Stella_Adler_Studio_of_Acting) and ''Nice Place to Visit'' and ''PLAY FOR AN ALL WHITE STAGE'' which were commissioned by [Old Vic New Voices](/source/Old_Vic_New_Voices).{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikolebeckwith.com/writing|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Nikole Beckwith|language=en|title=Writing }} As an actor she appeared in the premiere production of Joshua Conkel’s 2009 underground hit ''MilkMilkLemonade''{{Cite web |title=Milk Milk Lemonade |url=http://horsetrade.info/season11/MilkMilkLem.html |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=horsetrade.info}} originating the role of ''Lady in a Leotard'' alongside [Michael Cyril Creighton](/source/Michael_Cyril_Creighton) as Nanna and [Jess Barbagallo](/source/Jess_Barbagallo) as Elliot, directed by Isaac Butler. === Music === Beckwith recreationally performed live with a handful of bands and sings on [Tiger Saw](/source/Tiger_Saw)'s 2005 record ''Sing!'',{{cite web|url= http://www.kimcheerecords.com/catalog/kc034/|title= Kimchee Records – Catalog – Tiger Saw – Sing! |work= kimcheerecords.com |date= 18 October 2005 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20051018060700/https://www.kimcheerecords.com/catalog/kc034/ |url-status=dead|archive-date= 2005-10-18 }} [Adrian Orange](/source/Thanksgiving_(band))’s 2005 ''I Am Yours (full version)''{{Cite web |title=I Am Yours (Full Version), by thanksgiving |url=https://thanksgiving.bandcamp.com/track/i-am-yours-full-version |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=thanksgiving |language=en}} and Sam Buck Rosen's 2006 release ''The Look South.{{cite web |title=The Look South |url=http://www.classactrecords.com/looksouthtruth.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184438/http://www.classactrecords.com/looksouthtruth.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-03-03 |publisher=classactrecords.com}}'' She toured musically with [Drew Danbury](/source/Drew_Danburry) between 2004 and 2006 and inspired the song ''’Nikole’'' on his 2012 record ''For all the Girls''.{{Cite web |title=For all the Girls, by For all the Girls |url=https://drewdanburry.bandcamp.com/album/for-all-the-girls |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Drew Danburry |language=en}} == Personal life == Beckwith splits her time between Brooklyn, Massachusetts and Los Angeles.{{Cite web|title=ABOUT|url=https://www.nikolebeckwith.com/about|access-date=2021-05-11|website=home|language=en}} She is close friends with author [Kate Bolick](/source/Kate_Bolick) and playwright/actor [Eric Bogosian](/source/Eric_Bogosian) who gave the character of '''Sooze''' the last name '''Beckwith''' in the 2009 update of his play [SubUrbia](/source/SubUrbia_(play)) and thanks her in the acknowledgements.{{Cite book |last=Bogosian |first=Eric |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=klX6CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7 |title=Suburbia (new version) |date=2012-09-15 |publisher=Theatre Communications Group |isbn=978-1-55936-744-8 |language=en}} She has two tattoos of the same dog; one drawn and tattooed by artist [https://www.smallspells.com/ Rachel Howe], the other by artist [https://www.krischau.com/ Kris Chau], both of whom also have work featured in ''Together Together.'' She's never had a driver’s license.{{Cite web |last=Date |first=Terry |date=2017-05-18 |title=Dramatic homecoming; Newburyport native returns to debut her first movie |url=https://www.eagletribune.com/news/lifestyles/dramatic-homecoming-newburyport-native-returns-to-debut-her-first-movie/article_8d84a11e-f737-5b58-be63-c431d60caba1.html |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Eagle-Tribune |language=en}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|2859868}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beckwith, Nikole}} Category:Living people Category:21st-century American women Category:American women dramatists and playwrights Category:American women film directors Category:American women screenwriters Category:Film directors from Massachusetts Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Screenwriters from Massachusetts Category:Writers from Newburyport, Massachusetts Category:Year of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nikole Beckwith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikole_Beckwith) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikole_Beckwith?action=history)). 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