Nicholas Tabarrok, producer, is a prolific film and television producer whose company, Darius Films, has offices in Los Angeles and Toronto. Since 1998, he has produced over a dozen features that have received both commercial and critical success. Many of them have premiered at the world’s top film festivals: THE LIFE AND HARD TIMES OF GUY TERRIFICO (Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW 2005), HANK AND MIKE (Karlovy Vary 2007), SURVIING CROOKED LAKE (Slamdance 2008), WEIRDSVILLE (Toronto International Film Festival and opening night gala of the 2007 Slamdance and Raindance Film Festivals), COOPERS’ CHRISTMAS (Toronto International Film Festival 2008), and DEFENDOR (Toronto International Film Festival 2009). Nicholas’ most recent completed film, A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ENDINGS starring Harvey Keitel, Scott Caan and JK Simmons, will be released in summer 2012. THE BLACK MARKS, starring Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon, Jay Baruchel and Terence Stamp is currently in post-production and will be distributed by Dimension Films. Nicholas’ first television series, FUGGET ABOUT IT, will be airing in September 2012.Nicholas was honored by Variety Magazine as one the “Top Ten Producers to Watch” in 2008. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews, cast and crew listings, events, festivals, premieres, and more at rexsikes.com