Nicho Barnard

About Nicho Barnard

Nicho Barnard, born as Johannes Nicholas Barnard, is an Award-Winning Singer, Actor and Qualified and Experienced Film, Television and Theater Director, Producer and Director. Nicho is also the holder of an event management degree, a diploma in fitness and health for indoor cycling, he has a private pilot license in aviation and numerous qualifications and awards in Music, Theatre and Singing.Nicho is the Founder & CEO of The South African Film, Acting & Theater Academy (SAFATA), a Director of two major production houses and a Youth Ambassador for South Africa working with the UN and currently serving as the President of the Model United Nations of South Africa for Youth.*Early Life & Education* . . .Born on the 13th of July 1995 in Welkom, a small town in the Free State Province of South Africa, Nicho grew up there most of his life. He went to primary school in Riebeeckstad and thereafter to Goudveld Highschool in Welkom.Since childhood the performing arts and film industry was a love and passion of Nicho and the bug bit him since the age of 10 years old. Nicho has two sisters, his eldest sister being Savannah van Zyl and his youngest being Dezchane Koen. Nicho grew up with his mother, Marti Koen and stepfather, Hans Koen and also said that his Grandmother, Reynette van Helsdingen was also a great part of his life and career when he was younger.In 2011, Graduating Grade 10 in Goudveld, Nicho left school and moved to the big city where he resided in Hartbeespoortdam with his family. Nicho pursued a flying career path and started studying aviation in 2012 at the Lanseria Flight Center in Johannesburg and after 70 hours of flight time and getting SPL Pilot License, Nicho left the flying industry because of personal and financial difficulties. After expressing that aviation wasn't his passion and dreams, Nicho went ahead and studied Event Management at the end of 2012 and also enrolled with Cambridge International to finish his Grade 11 & Grade 12 through homeschooling. Shortly after Nicho also enrolled himself for Rock School to get his Performance Degree in Vocal Studies and aced a Grade 8 (Highest Level) in the UK for Singing. He also got his Musical Theater Productions Degree by the end of 2015 through the Trinity College in London and completed Vocal Courses through Brett Manning's Singing Success Course. Nicho also took on a Film & Television Directing & Writing course through Wits' media partners, City Varsity, which he completed end of 2015.Throughout 2012 - 2016, whilst studying, Nicho has held numerous occupations in the corporate industries being full time employed to support his studies. This included being a music and private teacher, a vocal coach, a human resource manager, an event planner, a telesales marketer, and even a waiter. However, Nicho believed that being stuck behind a desk and working an ordinary live from 9 to 5 was not what he was destined to do. That is why, throughout the years of being full time employed in corporate, Nicho started working on his own company "NJ Entertainment & Associates on the sideline, to develop and grow it so that it can one day become self-sustainable and sufficient. It wasn't until the end of 2016 when he left the corporate industry for good and started working full time on his own company, dreams, and aspirations. Nicho then drove all his focus in growing his Acting, Directing, Writing, Singing and Producing Career alongside his company's growth and aspirations.NJ Entertainment start...

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