Originally from Munich, Germany Nicolas was born into the family of composer and Jazz icon Klaus Doldinger, which had great influence on his later works.  His film career started in the UK and Canada where he won several awards for his narrative and documentary productions. To further his career as producer, he moved to New York City in 2008 to attend the MBA in Media Management at Metropolitan College of New York, where he forged alliances that advanced his position in the US film scene. 

Subsequently his street gang documentary “A Russian Fairytale” premiered in 2013 at the Moscow documentary festival and has since won multiple awards around the globe before being distributed by Amazon Prime since 2013.

That same year, he founded his New York based production company N-JOY MEDIA LLC. Using his documentary background, Nicolas has since established himself as producer and director of outstanding branded content, commercials and virals for brands like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, IBM, L’Oreal, Unilever, Deutsches Museum, Astra Zeneca amongst many others.

He also worked for media clients include CNN, CBS, BBC World, VICE, RTL, NBCUniversal as well as various web outlets like Nowness, Esquire, Gothamist, Shape Magazine and many others.

In 2019, Nicolas expanded his focus back to Europe and founded his Munich based production company EBENHAUS FILM , which specialises in documentary, commercials and branded content, facilitating productions both in Europe / UK as well as the US.

Since moving to Munich, his interest has also shifted back towards narrative work and he has since co-written the autobiography of his father Klaus Doldinger “MADE IN GERMANY- Mein Leben für die Musik”, which was published by Piper Books in Sept of 2022 and is now in the process of being turned into a Mini-Series.

Awards & Festivals:

2020 MoMA NYC             Straight Flush              Grand Feature

2018 Sundance Film Festival     The Last Race            Grand Jury Nominee

2018 Webby                    BBC Through the Lens           Finalist

2017 The New York FF        Drawing against Oblivion         Finalist

2015 Canada International FF  A Russian Fairytale   Best Documentary

2014 Mosaic World FF           A Russian Fairytale       Best Documentary

2013 Unspoken FF               A Russian Fairytale       Best Documentary

2013 Oregon Film Awards         A Russian Fairytale       Grand Jury Award

2007 Cannes Film Festival             Arabana             Short Film Corner

2006 Royal Television Society     The Flowerman     Student Short Runner Up

2006 Kino Film Festival Manchester The Flowerman      Short Listed

2005 ITV Best Drama Award          The Flowerman              Winner

2009 MBA Media Management @ Metropolitan College of New York

2007 BA (Hons) Film Production @ Ryerson University, Canada

2005 BA (Hons) TV Production @ Bournemouth University, UK