Nick August-Perna | |
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Born | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Director, editor, producer |
Years active | 2009–present |
Nick August-Perna is an American documentary filmmaker. [1] [2] [3]
August-Perna was born in Madison, Wisconsin and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. [4] In 2011, he co-directed The Swell Season , along with Chris Dapkins and Carlo Mirabella-Davis, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. [5]
August-Perna is the recipient of the 2016 Soros Justice Fellowship from the Open Society Foundations. [6] In 2017, he edited and produced the documentary short film Knife Skills , which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 90th Academy Awards. [4] [7] In 2023, he directed and produced Tell Them You Love Me , which premiered on Netflix. [8]
Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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2024 | Photographer | Editor | 2 episodes |
2023 | Tell Them You Love Me | Director and producer | Documentary |
2021 | The Oxy Kingpins | Director and producer | Documentary |
2020 | No Passport Required | Director | 2 episodes |
2017 | The Talk: Race in America | Editor | Documentary |
Knife Skills | Editor and co-producer | Documentary | |
2016 | Sacred | Editor | Documentary |
The Ruins of Lifta | Editor | Documentary | |
2015 | Colliding Dreams | Editor | Documentary |
2012 | Birders: The Central Park Effect | Co-producer | Documentary |
2011 | The Swell Season | Co-director and editor | Documentary |
Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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2024 | Nominated | Miami International Film Festival | Best Documentary | Tell Them You Love Me | [9] |
2023 | Won | Hamptons International Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature | [10] | |
Won | Montclair Film | New Jersey Films Competition | [11] | ||
2011 | Nominated | CPH:DOX | Sound & Vision Award | The Swell Season | [12] |
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