Nick August-Perna
{{short description|American documentary filmmaker}}
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| birth_place = Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
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Nick August-Perna is an American documentary filmmaker.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/louis-theroux-nick-august-perna-tell-them-you-love-me-anna-stubblefield-derrick-johnson-1235807338/|title=‘Tell Them You Love Me’s Nick August-Perna, Louis Theroux & Arron Fellows On Bringing Nuance To A Film About A Controversial Relationship And Why Festivals Just Didn’t Get It|website=deadline.com|access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/31818-nick-august-perna-chris-dapkins-carlo-mirabella-davis-the-swell-season/|title=NICK AUGUST-PERNA, CHRIS DAPKINS, CARLO MIRABELLA-DAVIS, "THE SWELL SEASON"|website=filmmakermagazine.com|access-date=2024-08-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/hot-press-movie-interview-with-nick-august-perna-10748625|title=Hot Press Movie Interview with Nick August-Perna|website=hotpress.com|access-date=2024-08-18}}
Life and career
August-Perna was born in Madison, Wisconsin and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/2018/03/02/oscar-nominated-knife-skills-parkland-grad-co-produced-and-edited-short-documentary/|title=Oscar-nominated ‘Knife Skills’: Parkland grad co-produced and edited short documentary|website=mcall.com|access-date=2024-08-18}} In 2011, he co-directed The Swell Season, along with Chris Dapkins and Carlo Mirabella-Davis, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/meet-the-2011-tribeca-filmmakers-the-swell-season-directors-242916/|title=Meet the 2011 Tribeca Filmmakers - “The Swell Season” Directors|website=indiewire.com|access-date=2024-08-18}}
August-Perna is the recipient of the 2016 Soros Justice Fellowship from the Open Society Foundations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/fellows/nick-august-perna|title=Nick August-Perna
|website=opensocietyfoundations.org|access-date=2024-08-18}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/an-oscar-nominated-documentary-about-fine-dining-and-life-after-prison|title=An Oscar-Nominated Documentary About Fine Dining and Life After Prison|website=newyorker.com|access-date=2024-08-18}} In 2023, he directed and produced Tell Them You Love Me, which premiered on Netflix.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2024/06/19/the-bizarre-true-story-behind-netflixs-tell-them-you-love-me--where-is-anna-stubblefield-now/|title=The Bizarre True Story Behind Netflix’s ‘Tell Them You Love Me’—Where Is Anna Stubblefield Now?|website=forbes.com|access-date=2024-08-18}}
Selected filmography
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!Title ! Contribution ! Note |
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| | 2024
| Photographer | Editor | 2 episodes |
| | 2023
| Director and producer | Documentary |
| | 2021
| The Oxy Kingpins | Director and producer | Documentary |
| | 2020
| No Passport Required | Director | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| The Talk: Race in America | Editor | Documentary |
| Knife Skills
| Editor and co-producer | Documentary |
| rowspan="2"| 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
| Co-director and editor | Documentary |
Awards and nominations
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| Year
!Result !Award !Category !Work !Ref. |
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| 2024
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Miami International Film Festival |Best Documentary |rowspan="3"|Tell Them You Love Me |
| rowspan="2"|2023
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |Hamptons International Film Festival |Best Documentary Feature |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|New Jersey Films Competition |
| 2011
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Sound & Vision Award |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2390844|Nick August-Perna}}
- {{Official website|http://nickaugustperna.com}}
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Category:American documentary film directors
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Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni
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