Nick August-Perna

Nick August-Perna is an American documentary filmmaker.

Life and career August-Perna was born in Madison, Wisconsin and graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. In 2011, he co-directed The Swell Season, along with Chris Dapkins and Carlo Mirabella-Davis, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

August-Perna is the recipient of the 2016 Soros Justice Fellowship from the Open Society Foundations. 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. In 2023, he directed and produced Tell Them You Love Me, which premiered on Netflix.

Selected filmography YearTitle Contribution Note 2024 Photographer Editor 2 episodes 2023 Tell Them You Love Me Director and producer Documentary 2021 The Oxy Kingpins Director and producer Documentary 2020 No Passport Required Director 2 episodes 2017 The Talk: Race in America Editor Documentary Knife Skills Editor and co-producer Documentary 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 The Swell Season Co-director and editor Documentary

Awards and nominations YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.2024 NominatedMiami International Film FestivalBest DocumentaryTell Them You Love Me 2023 WonHamptons International Film FestivalBest Documentary Feature WonMontclair FilmNew Jersey Films Competition 2011 NominatedCPH:DOXSound & Vision AwardThe Swell Season