Nicholas de Wolff (1970) de Wolff Nicholas de Wolff
演员
Born in Switzerland and raised in Portugal and England, Nicholas de
Wolff was a theatrical actor and director for many years, with credits including Broadway
(including the Lead Role of King Ferdinand in "1492"; Tom Stoppard's
"Artist Descending a Staircase"; Kafka's "Metamorphosis" with Mikhail
Baryshnikov and Rene Auberjonois), in London's West End(42nd Street),
and several national and international tours. He served as the Artistic
Director of Chicago's Greenview Arts Center, and launched the annual
"Shakespeare on the Lake" festival there. He served on the Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs Arts Committee for several years, and
worked with the Goodman Theatre Shakespeare Colloquium - before moving
to Los Angeles. During his first few years in LA, in addition to
working on several feature films as a consultant or acting coach, he
edited the 1998 Ovation Award winning translation of Chekhov's "The
Seagull", as well as directed the world premiere of this new
translation, in an LA Times "Best Bet" production at the Hollywood
Theatre. He also won wide acclaim and awards (including another Ovation
nomination) for co-writing and staging the one-woman show "Jonna's
Body, please hold". In 1994 he founded City Arts Project, a national
non-profit Arts education initiative. The organization produced the Los
Angeles Performing Arts Festival for 3 years, before turning its focus
to the development of an online arts resource forum, which included the
world's first complete online searchable canon of Shakespeare's work, a
database of over 400 original interviews with arts and entertainment
professionals, and numerous "galleries" promoting Los Angeles area
emerging artists, performers, and creative groups. He has spent the
past 15 years deeply involved in New Media ventures, including
Internet, social media, M&E technologies IP, and mobile communications.
His professional affiliations include serving as a founding Governor of
the Producers Guild of America's New Media Council. He is also a member
of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and has served several
times on the jury for the Primetime Emmy Awards. Additionally, he is a
member of the advisory boards of the CMO Institute, the Charter High
School for the Arts, National Film Festival for Talented Youth,
American Lung Association, and the Business Marketing Association, as
well as a founding member of the Digital Watermarking Alliance.
