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Nathaniel Schmidt
(he/him/his)
Director. Cinematographer. Editor
Minneapolis, Minnesota
US
Available for Freelance
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Nathaniel is an award winning Australian/American film director with a speciality in Documentary & Narrative forms of storytelling currently based in Minneapolis, MN.
About
Nathaniel co-directed his first feature documentary, 'THE LAST DAUGHTER,' with Wiradjuri author Brenda Matthews, which won Best Documentary at the 2022 Adelaide Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix (AUS/NZ). He directed the short documentary 'ICE BALL' (2021) with renowned Polar Explorer Will Steger, which won Best Documentary Short at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival in 2021 before premiering on Short of the Week and being selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick. He was also a participant in the 2022 DOC NYC x VIDEO CONSORTIUM Storytelling Incubator Program.