Nick Knight

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1958-11-24 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Hammersmith, London, UK

Nick Knight

Biography

Nick Knight is a fashion image-maker and director of SHOWstudio. Amongst the world's most influential and visionary photographers, Knight has consistently challenged conventional notions of beauty and is fêted for his groundbreaking creative collaborations with leading designers including Yohji Yamamoto, John Galliano, and Alexander McQueen. Advertising campaigns for clients such as Christian Dior, Tom Ford, Lancôme, Swarovski, Levi Strauss, Calvin Klein, and Yves Saint Laurent, as well as award-winning editorials for publications including W, British Vogue, Paris Vogue, Dazed & Confused, AnOther, Another Man and i-D, have consistently kept Knight at the vanguard of progressive image-making for the past three decades. Knight's first book of photographs, Skinheads, was published in 1982. He has since released Nicknight (1995), Nick Knight (2009), and Flora (2014), a series of flower pictures. Knight's work has been exhibited at international institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Saatchi Gallery, The Photographers' Gallery, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Hayward Gallery. In 1997, he produced a permanent installation, Plant Power, for the Natural History Museum in London. In 2019-2020, Knight exhibited his first major still life exhibition Roses at Albion Barn, Oxford. In 2022, Knight was awarded the Master of Photography Prize by Photo London. A long-standing commitment to experimenting with the latest technologies led to Knight launching his award-winning fashion website SHOWstudio in 2000.

Known For

Director

Fantastic Toiles

as Director

2020
S.W.A.L.K. II

as Director

2020
S.W.A.L.K

as Director

2019
Jesus Is King

as Director

2015
Angel: Documentary

as Director

2014
Angel

as Director

2012
Studs

as Director

2011
Toilet So Happy

as Director

2010
2006
2002
2002
Eat Fashion

as Director

2002
Golden Eagle

as Director

2002
Strip

as Director

Crew

2020
S.W.A.L.K

as Cinematography

2002
2002
Strip

as Cinematography

2002
Golden Eagle

as Cinematography

2002
Eat Fashion

as Cinematography

Actor

2020
2020
S.W.A.L.K

as Self

2015

Producer

2023
Playland

as Executive Producer