Nick August-Perna
Editing
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
Behind the camera9
- 2023Tell Them You Love Me Director
- 2021The Oxy Kingpins Producer, Director
- 2017Knife Skills Editor, Co-Producer
- 2016Sacred Editor
- 2016The Ruins of Lifta Editor
- 2015Colliding Dreams Editor
- 2014The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement Editor
- 2012Birders: The Central Park Effect Director of Photography
- 2012The Swell Season Editor, Director