Person
Nick August-Perna
Editing
Biography
Nick August-Perna is a New York–based filmmaker and documentary editor. His projects have enjoyed international theatrical release, and aired on National Geographic, PBS, and HBO. Among the works he has edited, directed, or produced: Colliding Dreams, a three-hour history of Zionism that opened in theaters in March 2016; a 2012 documentary for National Geographic on the world’s polluted oceans; and The Swell Season, a 2011 feature-length documentary about Academy Award-winning musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova that won awards internationally and was released theatrically in the U.S. and overseas. Nick also edited the Emmy-nominated short film Delano Manongs: Forgotten History of the United Farmworkers.
Known for
The Swell Season
Editor
Colliding Dreams
Editor
Tell Them You Love Me
Director
The Ruins of Lifta
Editor
The Oxy Kingpins
Producer
Sacred
Editor
Knife Skills
Editor
Birders: The Central Park Effect
Director of Photography
The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement
Editor
Filmography
- 2023Tell Them You Love MeDirector
- 2021The Oxy KingpinsProducer
- 2017Knife SkillsEditor
- 2016SacredEditor
- 2016The Ruins of LiftaEditor
- 2015Colliding DreamsEditor
- 2014The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers MovementEditor
- 2012Birders: The Central Park EffectDirector of Photography
- 2012The Swell SeasonEditor
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