Festival De Cannes 2010
For the second year in a row Eric Nigg and crew were selected to screen their film at Festival
De Cannes! The Grave Review, a short film made in 48 hours for the 48 Hour Film Challenge
made its way through 3,000 plus films from over 80 countries to the final screening at the international Film Festival held at the annual NAB Conference (National Association Of Broadcasting) in Las Vegas. Our director and team leader Matt Olson accepted the award for 2nd in the world by Jason Reitman, director of Juno and Up In The Air. We Cannes hardly believe it! Our film Birthmarked For Death screened last year at Festival De Cannes.
Whos The Fairest Wins The Panasonic HD Showdown!
Five talented film teams from across the country were selected to participate in the
fifth annual Panasonic HD Showdown. We accepted our award of Best
Picture at Filmapalooza, which took place at NAB Show in Las Vegas on April
10-12. We were honored to receive a Panasonic HMC-150 camera.
Our Commercial Wins Grand Prize!
Eric, along with a brilliant class of people from Token Media, Rascallion
Media and Forrest Media produced a commercial spot for the annual CareerBuilder.com contest. The commercial is about a fart "that is lit on fire", and a responsible company of grown ups loved it! We took home the grand prize and to have it air during the Super Bowl!
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Bio
Born on a farm, Eric was fuckin bored. At age 16 he wrote and produced his own comedy show,
successfully selling out the local town theater. In 2008, Eric garnered international attention from his
short film, Birthmarked For Death, as a co-writer and lead actor. Shortly after a standing ovation at the
Miami International Film Festival it was selected to screen at the 2009 Festival De Cannes. Eric was
invited back to Cannes in 2010 with his second short, The Grave Review. Nationally, Eric is a recognized writer on the Emmy Nominated Flak Radio podcast, & awarded the Grand Prize winning commercial for Careerbuilder.com scheduled to air during the 2010 Super Bowl, until CBS banned it. Eric currently lives in Los Angeles and is a graduate of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
T V & Film
South Of Kandiyohi
The Grave Review
Chuck Murray Knows
Birthmarked For Death
Sunrise Bakery
The Jacob Show
The Stalker
Eric's Living Situation
Indy Feature. Co-star. Writer
Best Picture Minnesota 48 Hour Film Fest. Writer. Actor.
Chosen by Panasonic for 48 Hour Showdown. Lead. Writer.
Best Picture Solstice Film Fest. Festival De Cannes. Writer. Lead
Commercial. Writer. Lead.
TV series on NWCT. Writer. Co-star
FUSE TV New York. Writer. Lead
Freelance Copywriter
Career Builder Medica Health Plans
Catch Fire Ad agency Fuse FX Animation Co.
Flak Radio podcast
Whos The Fairest?
We were one of five teams chosen by Panasonic for this years Panasonic HD Shootout. The entire short was written, shot and edited in 48 hours. Enjoy!
This was a weird stand up joke I used to do, turned into a commercial. Produced by Patrick Pierson, DP by Dan Hundley of Token Media. Graphic Design by Fuse FX
Niggs Stand Up #1
Eric's comedic style is made up of subtle intonations, wry facial gestures, and broad physical flourishes. Here are a few jokes about Bob Dylan, Movies & Darth Vader.
Earned a second screening at Festival De Cannes this year. Won Best Picture at the Minnesota 48 Hour Film Challenge, won Best Picture at the Solstice Film Festival, won Best Screenplay at The South Dakota Film Festival & Nominated for Best Screenplay at Miami's Filmapalooza.
Careerbuilder.com
Final version
Eric, along with a brilliant class of people from Token Media, Rascallion Media and Forrest Media produced a commercial spot for the annual Career Builder contest. We were awarded the Grand Prize and the spot re-shot to air during the Super Bowl!
OUR version
Heaven Is A Rainbow
This is one of my favorite shorts! Directed and written by Tim Harmston, produced by Matt Olson, starring Mitch Hansen, Tim Harmston & myself.
Niggs Stand Up #2
Eric joins a complex mix of intense self-consciousness and cocksure confidence taken to hilarious extremes. Through non-sequiturs and staged faltering, Eric challenges the audience to follow his idiosyncratic line of thought, and to not just laugh at the punch lines, but the pauses as well.
Yeller Trailer
Here is a trailer to an upcoming short I wrote with Matt Olson called Nobody Calls Me Yeller. Directed by Matt Olson. Sharing the screen with me is the grizzled Guys Lynch and the hilarious John Bush. I will post the short as soon as we finish!
We were one of six teams selected for the Panasonic HD Showdown in 2008. we completed this idea in under 48 Hour. Filmed and edited at Token Media in Minneapolis. Almost the entire film was shot on green screen!
Niggs Stand up #3
Eric invites his best friend on stage with him to share a few jokes.
Comedy Standing Up
A commercial we made to promote our comedy show, Comedy Standing Up! It was a blend of short films and stand up comedy held at the historic Varsity Theater, Minneapolis. Directed by Matt Olson and starring Mitch Hasen, Sam Grittner and Eric Nigg.
The Speakeasy
Gone to see a man about a moustache was a tribute show at the Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis. Here's a clip from the show! Staring Eric Nigg, Matt Olson, Mitch Hansen, Bill Young, Tommy Ryman, Ben Wiel, Ben Denson, Erika Backberg, Amber Preston, Patrick Pierson
Charles Lindgren
American Peoples -- Public Television biography program. Written by Mitch Hansen, Matt Olson & myself. Starring Mitch Hansen, Scott Brady, Isaac Witty, Art Roseman & myself. Directed by Matthew Olson
Fart Propels Eric's Career
An artical by Erika Mauter fromThe Daily Planet about our latest Careerbuilder.com Commercial
(Click Here)
Do Birds Look Down on Us?
It has been mankind's dream to be able fly. Every since the dawn of time itself, man has looked skyward, pondering when that day might come. Well my fellow humanoids, apparently birds have dreams too. They have wondered the same thing and beaten us to the punch. Since that day, they have shit on us, and our property. The Bird has grown arrogant in its ability to fly away and look down on us.
Birds took to the air some 150 million years ago. Since then, Birds have lived life the way a lazy retiree might; spending every summer up north and fling down south to enjoy their winters. And if that isnt enough, almost every single one of them makes the voyage! The Birds enjoy what can only be described as a "fuck fest" then fly home.
Somewhere around the 1700's the Bird stopped making eye contact with humans. Their attitude toward us as a worthless creature must have finally been realized. In almost every photograph (and from personal experience) the Bird will look away to avoid eye contact. Too often, the Bird will fly off to avoid social contact with us all together. Pretending to show sudden interest in a tree branch or a telephone wire.
Can we be nice? Well, that's not to say that man has not tried to forgive the bird. Man has made peace offerings to the winged animal. Such as, publishing nice, coffee table books about them. The books never mentioning the sourness that stands between us, and even go out of our way in referring to their high-pitched noises as "a song".
Another way Man has tried to "bury the hatchet" with the Birds, is by setting up so-called "Bird Feeders" which is basically where man hangs the Birds' favorite treats in a tree at no cost to the animal! Man pays for the set-up and feed with the sole purpose of just being able to witness a Bird eat from the window. Housing is another olive branch that we have offered.
Well, what can we do? One case in which I have tried to combat this behavior from Birds is to flaunt our success in other aspects in an attempt to impress the Bird. To show that even though we cannot fly ourselves, we have talents too. Such as, talking loudly in parks about space travel and taking calls on an iPhone in popular bird hangouts. These are fields, I feel, the Bird knows very little about, causing jealousy. But, I have had some minor setbacks. It seems Birds have very little interest for international space stations and web-ready pocket gadgets, leading to very low envy factor and rendering my experiment useless.
In conclusion, the only way we can gain respect from these egg-factories is to one-day fly ourselves. We must keep our hopes alive. We must fly higher and faster then any creature on earth. That is still and always shall be, our dream. Until then, did you know that birds blow up if they eat rice?
Minnesota filmmakers invaded Cannes
An article by Maggie Sandford from MN Artist on our film, Birthmarked For Death, our last sketch group and how we got there. (Click Here)
A Real Myspace Message
What your about to read is an actual message on Myspace that occurred over a few day period in May.
OPENING MESSAGE
Hey Hot Stuff! I'm a new girl in town and I NEED to get out! I was just looking over your profile and couldn't believe how cute you were. Hit me up the next time you go out. I hope you don't have a girlfriend??????????
Also check out my sexy pictures at http:/www.*********.com
Steph-y
MY REPLY
Dear Steph-y,
I took a look at your profile just now and cannot believe how hot you are! I have never, been hit on by someone as hot as you before in my life! What made you pick me?
You will be expecting a message the next time I go out for sure.
Also, I have a girlfriend but she is not as hot as you!!!!
Eric
STEPH-Y'S REPLY
Well I picked you because your profile pictures turned me on. I want to chat live with you right now on my website. Come join me. http:/www.***********.com
Steph-y,
Hi! It's me. The one you called HOT STUFF the other night. I am going out tonight. You have to come. I'll pick you up. Where should we go?
STEPH-YÄôS REPLY
I can't go out tonight sweetheart. I have some web stuff to do. Why don't you join me? ;) If you go to my website we can video chat online now! http:/www.*********.com
I tell you what I just got off work so I'm not looking at helping you tonight. So, Why don't you finish your web stuff so you can come out later?
Grrrrrrrrr,
I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND. WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF FUN IF YOU GO TO MY LIVE CHAT ROOM. JUST CLICK ON THE LINK http:/www.***********.com
Stephy
But I thought we were going to go out tonight?
Please reply
STEPH-YÄôS REPLAY
do you want me to strip on my web cam or not sexy? I will give you a discount if you get on http:/www.**********.com
Steph-y. I have to be honest with you. All this time, I have been writing to you to get you to watch me strip on my web cam. When you called me Hot stuff I thought you might of known. This Myspace thing is just an easy set up for me to trick girls like yourself into checking out my web cam site. I understand if you don't want to write to me anymore.
But, if you do, watch me strip for a low price of $ 2.99 a minute.
LIVE Niggtistics on Flak Radio
Niggtistics is an ongoing segment on Flak Radio where I do my part to put worthless information on the net. Listen to this segment I did at the lovely Ritz Theater in Minneapolis: LISTEN
The Romantic Tale of Big Bambi
& Truck-Driver Joe
In walked Trucker Joe, with the sweet aroma of armpit and Old Spice. He was 5' 5, long gray beard, all gut and all male. Big Bambi had put on her sexiest Alabama Power Ball T-shirt and Trucker Joe had noticed.
"Look Pretty". Joe always managed to say the right thing.
Big Bambi wasted no time and went for him. They both struggled to put their arms around one another and as their mustaches brushed together, they shared a little kiss. Trucker Joe reached down, grabbed her breast, and pressed it up against her body where it should have been.
"Lets not rush this", Big Bambi said. "We have all night and the trailer all to ourselves".
He slowly lowered his hand, dangling the breast back to its original position.
"Im going to slip into something a little more comfortable", Big Bambi Said. She took two steps and some how managed to make it through the living room, kitchen and into the back bedroom. She then slipped into her sexiest Tasmanian Devil T-shirt.
Just then, there was a touch behind her. Trucker Joe grabbed her and he tossed her on the bed. She ran his hands threw his mullet. As the two lie on top of one another, like a couple of wet, leather beanbags, they thought back to the first summer they fell in love, out at their Uncle Steve's Cabin.
THE END
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