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Nicholas Ashe Bateman
Bateman in 2020
BornBaltimore, MD
Years active2011-present
Websitehttps://www.maerestudios.com/

Nicholas Ashe Bateman is an artist, filmmaker, actor and the founder of the award-winning visual effects, design and animation company Maere Studios. As a writer and director, his acclaimed debut feature film - the microbudget The Wanting Mare was released in 2021. In addition to writing and directing, Bateman did all visual effects, editing, producing, and also acted in the film. In 2022, he directed and animated the music video for Father John Misty's 'Funny Girl.'

As the visual effects supervisor for Maere Studios, he has supervised and designed for over 25 feature films in the past years, including A24's The Green Knight,' Disney's Hocus Pocus 2, Peter Pan & Wendy, M. Night Shyamalan's Knock at the Cabin and Ava Duvernay's Origin.

In 2024, Bateman was the creative design supervisor and vfx supervisor for the Disney+ animated short An Almost Christmas Story, as well as overseeing Maere Studios. An Almost Christmas Story was a co-production between Maere Studios, Disney Branded Television, and Alfonso Cuarón's Esperanto films, directed by David Lowery.

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