Nicolas Noxon
| Nicolas Noxon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Nicolas Lane Noxon July 29, 1936 London, England |
| Died | May 3, 2016 (aged 79) Westlake Village, California U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker |
| Years active | 1967-2016 |
| Notable work | Secrets of the Titanic |
| Children | Marti Noxon, Christopher Noxon, 2 others |
| Parent(s) | George Noxon Betty Lane |
Nicolas Lane Noxon (July 29, 1936 – May 3, 2016) was an American documentary filmmaker. He specialized in television programs dealing with history, science, and the natural world. Noxon produced television specials and series in association with ABC, David Wolper, Columbia Pictures Television, Metromedia, MGM, Survival Anglia, Time-Life, and National Geographic Television.
Noxon was born in 1936 in London, England, to a Canadian father, the writer and filmmaker Gerald Forbes Noxon, and an American mother, the painter Betty Lane. He emigrated to the United States when he was less than a year and a half.
Noxon graduated from the private boarding school The Putney School. In 1959, he received his B.A. from Antioch College.
Noxon began his work on the National Geographic Specials in the mid-60s, producing and writing three of the first programs when they premiered on CBS.
In 1967 he was co-founder of the Documentary Department at MGM, the first such organization in a major movie studio. There he produced and supervised many natural history documentaries as well as films on such diverse subjects as archaeology, forest fires, the history of the movies and early child development.
In 1978 Noxon returned to Geographic where he wrote and produced the Emmy Award winning documentary "The Great Whales" and "The Sharks", one of the highest rated programs ever aired on PBS. In 1982 he became a writer-producer on the series Ripley's Believe It or Not! which ran for four years on ABC. In 1986, he took part in Robert Ballard's expedition to explore the wreck of the Titanic. The film that resulted, Secrets of the Titanic, was for years the best-selling documentary released on videocassette and the original inspiration for James Cameron's feature film.
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