Alysa Nahmias

Alysa Nahmias is an American director, producer, and writer of documentary films. She is the founder of Ajna Films.[1][2] Nahmias directed and produced the feature documentary Unfinished Spaces, with Benjamin Murray. Unfinished Spaces won an Independent Spirit Award in 2012 and is part of the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. [3][4][5][6][7] Her producing credits include Unrest, by director Jennifer Brea, which won the Special Jury Award for Best Editing at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.[8] She also produced No Light and No Land Anywhere, by director Amber Sealey with creative advisor Miranda July, Shield and Spear, by director Petter Ringbom What We Left Unfinished, by director Mariam Ghani, and Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq by director Nancy Buirski with creative advisor Martin Scorsese.[9]

Alysa Nahmias
Alysa Nahmias in 2012
BornTucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation
  • Director
  • producer
  • writer

Nahmias has been featured in Filmmaker Magazine as an independent film innovator.[10] She is a 2019 Sundance Institute Momentum Fellow and a Film Independent Fellow.[11][12] She was the co-author of a Sundance Creative Distribution Case Study on Unrest.[13]

Life

Nahmias is originally from Tucson, Arizona. She holds degrees from The Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and Princeton University.[14]

Filmography
FilmYearSubject matter
Unfinished Spaces2011National_Art_Schools_(Cuba) and the Cuban Revolution
Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil LeClercq2013Ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq, wife of George Ballanchine
Shield and Spear2014Art, music, and censorship in contemporary South Africa
No Light and No Land Anywhere2016A foreigner seeks connections in a city of strangers
Unrest2017Director Jennifer Brea turns the camera on herself to capture her struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome

References
  1. Goldstein, Joelle. "Female Filmmakers Discuss Need for Confidence in Securing Financing". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. Blichert, Frederick. "Alexandria Bombach, Yance Ford among Sundance Momentum fellows". Realscreen. Brunico. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. "Meet the 2011 LA Film Festival Filmmakers | Alysa Nahmias' and Benjamin Murray's "Unfinished Spaces"". June 15, 2011.
  4. Fraunhar, Alison. "Review: Unfinished Spaces by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray, directors/producers". University of California Press Journals. The Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  5. Editorial Staff, IDA. "Meet the DocuWeeks Filmmakers: Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray--'Unfinished Spaces'". IDA. IDA. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  6. Koehler, Robert. "Unfinished Spaces". Variety. Variety. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  7. "Unfinished Spaces. 2011. Directed by Alysa Nahmias, Benjamin Murray". MOMA. MOMA.
  8. Debruge, Peter; Debruge, Peter (January 29, 2017). "Sundance Winners: 'I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore,' 'Dina' Top Festival Awards".
  9. "Alysa Nahmias". IMDb. Amazon.
  10. Astle, Randy (5 Jan 2015). "What Revised U.S.-Cuba Relations Could Mean for Film". Filmmaker Magazine (Jan 2015). Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  11. Andrews, Emily. "Sundance Institute Announces Inaugural Class of Momentum Fellows". Sundance Institute. Sundance Institute. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  12. Warren, Matt. "Spotting Film Independent Fellows at Sundance: Your 2017 Field Guide". Film Independent. Film Independent. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  13. Fuselier, Jess. ""Unrest" Case Study". Sundance Institute. Sundance Institute.
  14. Cogley, Bridget. "Bauhaus educator László Moholy-Nagy was "not given his due"". Zeen. Disqus. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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