Nic and veteran Jay during filming of Lifted AN award-winning filmmaker and lecturer from the Essex University has created a new documentary to raise awareness about the devastating mental health impact PTSD has on veterans. Nic Blower, who teaches film studies at the university, spent years making documentaries for the BBC, but he said this project, called Lifted, is different to anything he has produced before. He said: “I loved working at the BBC on highly rated programmes, such as Transplant, which involved following the emotional journeys of the organ donation story from both sides. This was also a first for UK television, so I was proud to be involved with that one.