Nick August-Perna

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Nick August-Perna
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Occupation(s)Director, editor, producer
Years active2009–present

Nick August-Perna is an American documentary filmmaker. [1] [2] [3]

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Life and career

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]

Selected filmography

YearTitleContributionNote
2024PhotographerEditor2 episodes
2023 Tell Them You Love Me Director and producerDocumentary
2021The Oxy KingpinsDirector and producerDocumentary
2020No Passport RequiredDirector2 episodes
2017The Talk: Race in AmericaEditorDocumentary
Knife Skills Editor and co-producerDocumentary
2016SacredEditorDocumentary
The Ruins of LiftaEditorDocumentary
2015Colliding DreamsEditorDocumentary
2012Birders: The Central Park EffectCo-producerDocumentary
2011 The Swell Season Co-director and editorDocumentary

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2024Nominated Miami International Film Festival Best Documentary Tell Them You Love Me [9]
2023Won Hamptons International Film Festival Best Documentary Feature [10]
Won Montclair Film New Jersey Films Competition [11]
2011Nominated CPH:DOX Sound & Vision Award The Swell Season [12]

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  11. "2023 Montclair Film Festival Award Winners Announced!". montclairfilm.org. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
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