Laura Nix  

Laura Nix is an Oscar and Emmy nominated, Peabody Award-winning director, writer and producer whose films include the upcoming DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE, the short documentary WALK RUN CHA-CHA; feature documentaries DELIKADO, INVENTING TOMORROW, THE LIGHT IN HER EYES, and THE YES MEN ARE REVOLTING; as well as the fiction feature THE POLITICS OF FUR, among others. Her films have premiered at Sundance, Toronto, Berlinale, and IDFA film festivals, and have been released theatrically, and on television in the US and multiple international territories via HBO, Arte, ZDF, VPRO, CBC, NHK, Canal+, and IFC. Her work in environmental storytelling garnered the 2017 Sundance Discovery Impact award. She was named a 2018 Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker, honoring excellence in women documentary directors. Nix also serves as a film expert for the U.S. State Department’s American Film Showcase. Nix received her bachelor's degree in history from Reed College, and her MFA in Visual Arts from University of California San Diego. Based in Los Angeles, she’s a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences where she serves on the executive committee of the documentary branch.