Nicholas Verso is an Australian screenwriter, director and producer. He made his feature film debut with the 2016 film, Boys In The Trees, which premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.
He is best known for his TV directing work, particularly creating the series Crazy Fun Park, and the adaptation of the 2019 novel Invisible Boys for Stan, which was nominated for a Peabody Award.
Career
Verso's short film work includes Flight (a 2011 Tropfest short-film festival finalist) and The Last Time I Saw Richard, starring Toby Wallace and Cody Fern, which won Best Short Film at the AACTA Awards in 2014 and was honoured by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma as part of their Golden Nights Panorama.
He made his feature film debut in 2016 with the Halloween fantasy drama, Boys In The Trees, starring Toby Wallace. The film made its North American debut at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival and won Best Narrative Feature at the Austin Film Festival. The film holds a score of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In 2023, he created the series, Crazy Fun Park, for ABC-Me, a horror-comedy inspired by the death of several friends when he was younger. It caused a minor controversy when it won the 2023 TV Week Logie Award for the Most Outstanding Children's Program, beating Bluey.
In 2025, he created his next series, Invisible Boys, for Stan. Based on the Holden Sheppard novel of the same name, the series follows the challenges of four gay teens in the coastal city of Geraldton in Western Australia following the 2017 same-sex marriage plebiscite. The series has received a positive reception, debuting at #1 on the platform and multiple AACTA nominations. In September 2025, Verso announced on Twitter that Invisible Boys, initially announced as a limited series, had not been renewed for a second season.
In June 2026, it was announced by Holden Sheppard that the screen rights to his follow-up novel to Invisible Boys, Yeah The Boys, had been secured by Deadset Pictures. Nicholas Verso does not appear to be involved in the adaption of Yeah The Boys.
Verso's other television directing work includes Nowhere Boys, The Unlisted, Itch, In Our Blood and Swift Street.
Awards Year Title Award Result 2026A Little HelpReg Grundy Award - AACTA Awards 2026Invisible BoysMini Series Production of the Year - Screen Producers Awards 2026Invisible BoysBest Miniseries - AACTA Awards 2025Invisible BoysBest Streaming Series - IFFA Awards2024Crazy Fun ParkJury Prize - Prix Jeunesse2024Crazy Fun ParkChildrens Series Production of the Year - Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards2023Crazy Fun ParkBest Direction of a Children's Series - Australian Directors Guild Awards2023Crazy Fun ParkBest Children's Television (Episode One) - Australian Writers Guild Awards2023Crazy Fun ParkBest Childrens Show - Logie Awards2019Grace Beside MeBest Direction of a Children's Series - Australian Directors Guild Awards2016Boys In The TreesBest Narrative Feature - Austin Film Festival2016Boys In The TreesVenice Horizons Award - Venice Film Festival2014The Last Time I Saw RichardBest Short Film - AACTA Awards 2012Boys In The TreesMonte Miller Award - AWGIE Awards
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