Nicolas Rossier

Rossier was the first journalist to interview ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide after the 2004 Haitian coup d'état, with excerpts of this interview being featured in the documentary Aristide and the Endless Revolution. The film has been called "vital" by Variety{{cite web|last=Koehler |first=Robert |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117929943?refcatid=31 |title=Variety Reviews - Aristide and the Endless Revolution - Film Reviews - Pan-African - Review by Robert Koehler |publisher=Variety.com |date=2006-03-15 |accessdate=2012-09-08}} and "taut, well-balanced and insightful" by the New York Times.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/movies/17aris.html?_r=1 | title=Turmoil in Haiti, Seen Close Up | work=The New York Times | date=November 17, 2005 | accessdate=September 7, 2012 | author=Kern, Laura}} Rossier was also the last journalist to interview Aristide before he was allowed to return to Haiti in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicolas-rossier/post_1263_b_783706.html |title=An Exclusive Interview With Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide |date=15 November 2010 |publisher=Huffington Post}} His follow-up film, American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein, profiling the life and work of the controversial Jewish academic and author, received many positive reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/american_radical/ |title=American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date= |accessdate=2012-09-08}}

His work has aired on television networks around the world including PBS, Al Jazeera English, and the Hallmark Channel and leading international venues such as the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York, IDFA in Amsterdam, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and Hot Docs.{{Cite web|url=http://barakaproductions.com/about.html|title=BARAKA PRODUCTIONS - About|website=barakaproductions.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-17}} His work has been praised by industry peers such as Michael Moore,{{Cite web |url=http://typecastfilms.com/999/american-radical-the-trials-of-norman-finkelstein/ |title=Typecast Films » Festival FilmPage Home Video Institutional NETFLIX on Demand on TV Theatrical » American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein |access-date=2012-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801031659/http://typecastfilms.com/999/american-radical-the-trials-of-norman-finkelstein/ |archive-date=2012-08-01 |url-status=dead }} Albert Maysles{{Cite web |url=http://www.aristidethefilm.com/reviews.swf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-09-18 |archive-date=2013-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216014628/http://www.aristidethefilm.com/reviews.swf |url-status=dead }} and Mark Achbar.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nwfilmforum.org/live/page/calendar/1225|title=Northwest Film Forum :: Calendar :: American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein|website=www.nwfilmforum.org|access-date=2018-09-17}} He has collaborated with many notable professionals in the industry, among them veteran CBC News reporter David Ridgen{{IMDb title|1475191|American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein}} and Emmy Award-winning producer Jon Alpert.{{IMDb title|1556684|The Bridge}}

Rossier's first film, Life is a Dream: a Street Poet in New York was released in 2000 and won him the Audience Award at the New York Independent Film Festival. He followed up with Brothers and Others in 2003 which exposed the impact and backlash of the events of 9/11 on Arab and Muslim communities within the United States which aired primetime on the Hallmark Channel several times.

Nicolas Rossier was born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland. He pursued a career in the financial sector in Europe before relocating to New York City in 1998 to transition into a career in film and journalism. He has studied at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, the School of Visual Arts and the New York Film Academy. He works and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Aristide and the Endless Revolution took the Best Documentary prize at the Pan-African Film Festival and was selected for the Amnesty International Doen Award at IDFA in Amsterdam. American Radical won the Audience Choice award at IFP/Chicago Underground Film Festival, the Cinema Politica Audience Award, the Jean Renoir Award for Best Anti- War Film and was named one of the 'top ten best political documentaries' by Screen Junkies.In June 2010, American Radical was invited to join the official collection of the Oscars library. In 2012, his short documentary ONE BREATH about free diver champion William Trubridge was voted best original reporting by CNN[https://web.archive.org/web/20130825103217/http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/14/the-votes-are-in-cnn-ireport-announces-award-recipients/].

• Life is a Dream: A Street Poet in New York (2000) (with Emmanuel Tagnard)
• Brothers and Others (2003)
• Leila (2003) by Jean-Cyril Rossier (Executive Producer)
• The Bridge (2006) (Producer with Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
• Aristide and the Endless Revolution (2005)
• American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein (2009) (with David Ridgen)
• One Breath - The Story of William Trubridge (2012)
• Good People go to Hell, Saved People go to Heaven (2012) by Holly Hardman (Executive Producer)
• The Other Man - F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid (2015)
• Charlie VS Goliath (2016) by Reed Lindsay (Producer)

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• [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicolas-rossier/ Nicolas Rossier page on the Huffington Post]
• [http://barakaproductions.com/ Baraka Productions]
• [https://pages.rts.ch/emissions/religion/dieu-sait-quoi/6389861-f-w-de-klerk-dans-l-ombre-de-mandela.html#6389863/Page of the European broadcast premiere of the Other Man]
• [https://www.dw.com/en/the-other-man/a-18875169/Page of the World broadcast premiere of the Other Man]
• [http://www.aljazeera.com/videos/2012/5/1/american-radical Aljazeera World page]
• [http://americanradicalthefilm.com/ American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein official site]
• [http://www.aristidethefilm.com/ Aristide and the Endless Revolution official site]
• [http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2010/05/08/interview-with-nicolas-rossier-director-of-american-radical/ Filmmaker interview about American Radical]
• [http://www.filmshi.com/db/content/view/37/60/ Filmmaker interview about Aristide and the Endless Revolution]

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