Director • Cinematographer • EDITOR
NCAPEZZERA@GMAIL.COM
BIO
Nick Capezzera (he/him) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, photographer, and co-founder of Player Piano Productions. In 2020, he was a co-producer and co-cinematographer of the documentary short, Maia Cruz Palileo - Becoming the Moon, which premiered on PBS. That same year his directorial debut, Universe, on famed trumpeter and Miles Davis protege Wallace Roney premiered at Sheffield DocFest and won the IDA award for Best Music Documentary of the year.
Capezzera was most recently a co-producer and cinematographer of the 2021 documentary film Building a Bridge, about a priest's journey to make the Catholic Church more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the film world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, had its broadcast premiere on Sundance TV and is currently streaming on AMC+. In 2022 Nick was awarded the Leanne Ka’iulani Ferrer Fellowship for his next project, a memoir film about his experience as a Korean adoptee.
Resume
| Films & Accolades |
| 2023 |
Wiley’s Last Resort, Cinematographer /// PBS Reel South
| 2022 |
Glass Tower, Director, Cinematographer, Editor. Talkdemonic Music Video /// YouTube
Many Oceans. Director, Cinematographer, Editor (In-Production) /// Leanne Ka’iulani Ferrer Fellowship
| 2021 |
OceanX /// Senior Video Editor
| 2020 |
Universe /// Co-Director, Cinematographer, Co-Editor /// Feature Documentary /// 2020 Sheffield Doc Fest Selection, 2020 DOC NYC Film Festival /// 2020 IDA Award Winner - Best Music Documentary of the Year
Maia Cruz Palileo - Becoming the Moon (PBS, American Masters) /// Co-Producer, Co-Cinematographer /// Nominated for 2021 NAACP Image Award - Best Short Series
Pray Away /// Additional Cinematography /// 2021 Tribeca Film Festival
Portraits & Dreams /// Additional Cinematography /// 2020 AMDOC Festival, POV
| 2019 |
By Kids: Against the Current /// PBS & Teen Vogue /// Cinematographer /// Documentary Short
The Claudia Kishi Club /// SXSW, Netflix /// Additional Cinematography /// Documentary Short
Tribeca Films /// L & L Holding Company - 425 Park & TSX Broadway /// Producer & Cinematographer /// Feature Documentary
MOCA (Museum of Chinese in America) /// Additional Cinematographer /// Feature Documentary
Masters in the Making /// PBS & Firelight Media /// Producer & Cinematographer /// Short Documentary
| 2018 |
Tribeca /// Colorwheel VR - A Meditation on Color /// Producing and Cinematography/// Virtual Reality Web Series
Google Virtual Bites /// Colorwheel VR - A Meditation on Color /// Producing and Cinematography/// Virtual Reality Web Series
Appalshop /// Portraits & Dreams: Revisited /// PBS /// Additional Cinematography & Sound /// Documentary Feature
National Press Photographers Association /// Honorable Mention /// Best Series - Life on Mars
| 2017 |
New York Times /// VR Series /// Producer, Life on Mars
New York Times /// Life on Mars - VR Series /// Producer, DP, Editor /// 7 Episodes
New York Times /// Iron Mountain - Daily 360 Video /// Producer, DP
New York Times /// Easing the Burden of Caretakers - Daily 360 Video /// AP, DP, Editor
New York Times /// Two Marines, Taking Semper Fi to another Level - Daily 360 Video /// AP, DP
Sheffield Doc Fest /// Whickers World Finalist /// Director, Universe
| 2016 |
Tribeca Film Festival /// Cinematographer, The Argus Project
Al Jazeera /// Broadcast Debut /// Producer, DP, Editor, Circle of Poison
| 2015 |
DOC NYC /// Co-Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Circle of Poison
| Speaking engagements |
| 2020 |
Rollins College /// Career Champions Mentorship Program /// Mentor /// Spring Semester
| 2019 |
Carey Institute for Global Good /// Logan Nonfiction Fellowship /// Presented Work to Fellows
Rollins College /// Career Champions Mentorship Program /// Mentor /// Spring Semester
| 2018 |
CUNY Brooklyn, Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema /// Guest Lecturer
UNC Chapel Hill Visual Journalism Program /// Guest Lecturer
Also Known As /// KAD Filmmaker Panel /// Panelist, Filmmaker
New School, Center for Communication /// Dynamic Storytelling Through VR Panel /// Panelist
| 2017 |
UNC Chapel Hill Visual Journalism Program /// Guest Lecturer