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Born in Buffalo, New York in the year 2000, Nolan began making films as a child, shooting on the family camera and editing on the family computer. In 2017, he was fortunate to be invited to the New York State Summer School of the Arts Media program after intially applying for the photograpy course. It was here Nolan was introduced to the world of experimental analog film, and the love affair began.
Moving to Chicago, Illinois in 2018, Nolan began completing his Bachelor’s in Studio Art, studying the world of filmmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago under Tatsu Aoki. While at SAIC, Nolan completed several 8mm and 16mm films, experimental vingettes, playful animations, and epics of subconcious concotions.
Nolan’s odyssey of indentity, The Orange Velvet Dream House, completed in 2022, travels through three landscapes of experience, the mundane, the profane, and the subconcious. The film, just under 20 minutes long, was originally shot on 16mm and was then printed onto 35mm by the Chicago Film Society as part of their Celluloid Now festival.
Since 2023, Nolan has taken to the Art Department with soaring familiarity. Working under Mark DalPra and with Hero Solutions, Nolan has had the privilage of fabricating props for large brand activations, building and dressing sets for commercials, and learning the intricacies of large-scale productions.
Currently, Nolan lives in Chicago with his partner, Zander Raymond, and their two cats, Quissy and Ramp. He is actively working on new projects, building sets in his garage studio and stitching together dresses and quilts in his downtime.