Nick Nanton is an American director and producer of film and television projects, as well as an author and branding agency executive.

He has won over 20 Emmy Awards for his work on film and television projects and has also written a number of books including Celebrity Branding You and Story Selling.

His father opened a furniture store[1] in the Orlando area in central Florida, where Nanton largely grew up.

[9] In July 2007, Nanton was elected to serve on the executive council of The Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Committee.

The following year, he began contributing content to compilation books starting with Big Ideas for Your Business.

He won multiple Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards that year for producing and directing the documentary shorts, Esperanza and Mi Casa Hogar.

[20] In 2014, it was announced that Nanton would direct a biographical documentary about the founder of the X Prize Foundation, Peter Diamandis.

[21] The resultant film, Visioneer, garnered Nanton another Suncoast Regional Emmy Award in the Director (Post-Production) category in 2015.

[26] In 2018, he won six Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards for producing and directing Rudy Ruettiger, Game Changer, and A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story.

[32] In 2020, two episodes ("Nido Qubein: Extraordinary is a Choice" and "Lisa Nichols: Born to Win") from his Prime Video series won Emmy Awards as individual documentaries.

[35] The following year he directed Hero, a documentary film featuring Dominick Cruz, Laura Penhaul, and actor and producer Remi Adeleke.

[37] He also directed the film Dickie V, covering the life and career of Dick Vitale, which premiered on ESPN+ the same year.