A BFA graduate of the SUNY Purchase Dramatic Writing conservatory in 2012, Nich Esposito created and produced sketch comedy and short films in and around New York and Philadelphia through 2014.
He co-wrote "Vocabulary of the Mysteries," Audience Award winner at the 2014 Brooklyn Film Festival and Best Student Film Award winner at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. After moving to Los Angeles, he co-created, wrote, and produced the interactive cross-media "Makeson Drinxon Universe" comedy series from 2014-2018.
He made his short film directorial debut with "speaking." in October 2019. Beginning its festival run in late 2020, "speaking." went on to feature in over eighteen different film festivals and marketplaces including the Cannes Film Festival SFC 2021, winning nine awards and being nominated for many more along the way.
"speaking." ended its festival run with a screening at the world famous TCL Chinese Theatre for Hollywood Comedy Shorts Fest ‘22, while Esposito shifted focus to pitching new shows and features.
With animated short “A Street Dog Named Desire,” Esposito has now featured in Silverlake Shorts, Show and Tell, and won the audience choice award at the LA Lift-Off Sessions for July 2024. “Street Dog” serves as a proof of concept for currently in-production adult animated pilot “City Don’t Sleep,” which demos of are currently screening in Primetime monthly at Channel 101.
Esposito is actively pitching this pilot and other shows and scripts.