Nicolas Wendl

Nicolas Wendl was born in Munich, Germany, to a French mother and a German father. He discovered his passion for filmmaking at the age of 11 and has been developing his craft as a visual storyteller from that day on. His early teenage short films screened at several film festivals before he moved to California in 2009 to attend Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. During his time at Chapman, Nicolas directed two acclaimed short films both starring Richard Burgi (Desperate Housewives, The Sentinel) “How They Smiled” (2011) and his Senior Thesis “From The Woods” (2013) which screened at multiple film festivals and won several awards. Nicolas graduated with Summa Cum Laude and a BFA in Film Production in 2013.