Nicholas Barton

Barton's third full length feature is DEATH ALLEY and tells the true story of the Dalton Gang's Final Ride into Coffeyville, KS. The film was shot just prior to the Coronavirus Epidemic in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Principle photography last 18 days and the film is currently in post-production at Barton's Studio in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The film is slated for release in late 2020.

Hyde Park is Barton's second full-length feature film Western. Based on the true story of one of the most violent gunfights in the Wild West, Hyde Park tells the story of James Riley, a 19-year-old boy dying of tuberculosis. The film was acquired and released under the International Title of "Deadman Standing" by Grindstone Pictures, a division of Lionsgate Entertainment in late 2018. The film was shot at the historic Eaves Movie Ranch just outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The film runs 94 minutes and stars C. Thomas Howell, Luke Arnold, Viva Bianca, M. C. Gainey, Quinn Lord, and Richard Riehle. Principal photography was 24 days and the post production was done at Barton's studio in metro Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas.

In 2014, Barton moved to Los Angeles County, California to work as a film editor for PopSugar and TV Guide Networks in 2014 where he worked on promos for shows like The Biggest Loser, MasterChef, and handled all of their post-production for the food, fitness, beauty, as well as all branded content. During that time, he lived in Woodland Hills, CA located in the San Fernando Valley just north of Malibu. There, he met Alyson Lauver, a Cardiac Specialty nurse at UCLA Medical Center. The two now live in Bedford, Texas (a suburb of Dallas/Fort Worth) where they opened a small production company, and continually work on the development, pre-production, and post-production of several upcoming feature films and new TV Series.

In 2013, Barton assembled a crew and started working on his first feature film Wichita, a western-thriller set along the backdrop of the 1882 cattle drives. The film's budget was raised through commercial advertising projects that the crew did and was produced on an independent budget of $500,000. The film premiered at over 30 theatres around the Midwest, has since been distributed to US and international success - being hailed as one of the best Westerns to come out in the 21st century.

Barton has directed over 50 music videos in genres ranging from jazz to blues, country to rock, folk, alternative, hip hop, and classical. Bands include Soulicit, Livy High, Another Lost Year, Siva Addiction, and Uche and the Crash. Solo artists include Jazz legends Jerry Hahn, Bill Caldwell, and Pat Kelley, country artists Logan Mize, Blake Aaron Guthrie, Jenny Wood, Drifter, Tim Henry, Chase Stites, Aaron Tippin, Justin Moore, and Mike Love. In 2012, the video "One Night Rodeo" by Siva Addiction was awarded the Midwest Rock Award's Music Video of the Year and in 2013, Another Lost Year's "War on the Inside" won the Octane Radio's new artist video of the year.

Following college, Barton moved to Wichita, Kansas where, in 2009, he began his career in filmmaking as an associate producer for the Country Music Television series All Jacked Up starring C. Thomas Howell. From there, Barton created Prestigious Films and worked on music videos and commercials all over the country. As a television producer, he worked on several television series including Hoarders, Extreme Couponing, Doomsday Preppers, HBO's Boxing After Dark, The Road to the Final Four, The Big Life with Kirstie Alley, My Crazy Obsession.

Barton was born in Great Bend, Kansas on November 12, 1983 and is the first son of Richard and Lisa Barton (both Kansas natives). He has one brother, Jared, who is a Professor in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare faculty.