Biography

Nik is a filmmaker with a varied past. He has been an entrepreneur for the majority of his working life. In total he has started, maintained and sold four completely different businesses. As the CEO and founder of Global Authority Media, Nik produced Common Grounds, a documentary series on the independent coffee industry and followed that up with the festival screened Rebuild which focused on labor activism in Nova Scotia.

Since owning a coffee house; he spent a year as a reporter for a Hollinger Press paper in the Kootenays, a year as a photographer for British Columbia Tourism and graduated from the Vancouver Film School. He also maintains a weekly column called The Electric Grapevine.

Nik has found the interviewing and writing experience to be invaluable in the documentary filmmaking process. When not working, he is an avid basketball fan, practices Krav Maga martial art and enjoys learning the bass guitar. The bass guitar influence comes from being a huge fan of the band Primus and frontman Les Claypool.

Greens' influences are Michael Mann, Quentin Tarantino, Shane Black, David Mamet, Luc Besson and Les Claypool to name a few.
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous

Uses pop culture references to lesser known action films from 80's and 90's

Is a fan of miscommunication between characters

Makes references to song titles by Les Claypool

Often features coffee in his dialogue

Top 3 Favorite Films are Heat, True Romance and Die Hard.