Nick August-Perna

Personal Info

Known For Editor

Gender Male

Nick August-Perna

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

Editor

2017
Knife Skills

as Editor

2016
Sacred

as Editor

2015
2013
VICE

as Editor

2012

Director

2023
2021
The Oxy Kingpins

as Director

2012
The Swell Season

as Director

Producer

2021
The Oxy Kingpins

as Producer

2017
Knife Skills

as Co-Producer

Camera

2012
Birders: The Central Park Effect

as Director of Photography