Nicholas Bruckman

Nicholas Bruckman is an American documentary filmmaker. He is best known for his work on the documentaries La Americana, Not Going Quietly and Minted.

Life and career Bruckman was born in London. He graduated from SUNY Purchase. He is the founder of People's Television, an independent film and commercial production company. In 2021, he directed the documentary film, Not Going Quietly, which premiered at South by Southwest where it won the Audience Award and Special Jury Award.

In 2023, Bruckman directed, co-wrote, and produced Minted, a documentary exploring the rise and fall of the NFT art market. It premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, was broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens on January 6, 2025, and debuted on Netflix in select regions on April 9, 2025. In 2025, he co-directed the docuseries The Price of Milk with Yoni Brook, a four-part series exploring the 1990s "Got Milk?" campaign’s impact on dairy farmers, the Dairy Checkoff program, and America’s relationship with milk, premiering at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival.

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