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Nadia Hallgren

Nadia Hallgren

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Biography

Nadia Hallgren is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer. Nadia shot and directed 2020's Becoming, a documentary about former First Lady Michelle Obama, which was released on Netflix and has been nominated for four Emmys including Best Director, Best Cinematographer and Best Documentary Feature. After Maria (2019), a documentary short, tells the story of three mothers displaced by Hurricane Maria. It was shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2019. Nadia won the special jury prize at SXSW 2018 for 2017's She’s the Ticket, an independent episodic series about women running for office. Her cinematography credits include the Sundance award-winner Motherland, Academy Award-nominated and Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Trouble the Water, and Sundance award-winner Trapped. Nadia is currently in production on a documentary on Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump who is representing the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. A native of The Bronx and a graduate of the International Center of Photography, Nadia is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Known For

Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE
7.5

Twenty aspiring pop stars undergo a K-pop training program in this docuseries about the creation of HYBE x Geffen's first global girl group, KATSEYE.

Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE

2024
Victoria Beckham
6.7

Step into Victoria Beckham's London atelier, as the Spice Girl-turned-powerhouse designer opens up about her life while preparing for Paris Fashion Week.

Victoria Beckham

2025
Black and Missing
5.2

Sisters-in-law and Black and Missing Foundation founders Derrica and Natalie Wilson fight an uphill battle to bring awareness to the Black missing persons cases that are marginalized by law enforcement and national media.

Black and Missing

2021
Becoming
7.2

Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others.

Becoming

2020
The Brown Dog
N/A

Night after night, a watchman clocks into his lonely booth and spends hours composing endless security logs to stay awake, as he slowly descends into darkness.

The Brown Dog

2024
Dick Johnson Is Dead
7.1

With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.

Dick Johnson Is Dead

2020
Civil: Ben Crump
7.4

Crump's mission to raise the value of Black life as the civil lawyer for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Black farmers and banking while Black victims, Crump challenges America to come to terms with what it owes his clients.

Civil: Ben Crump

2022
House of Z
7.2

A feature documentary on the life and career of designer Zac Posen.

House of Z

2016
After Maria
5.5

Strong Puerto Rican women forced to flee the island after Hurricane Maria have bonded like family in a FEMA hotel in the Bronx. They seek stability in their new life as forces try to pull them apart.

After Maria

2019
Gavin Grimm vs.
5.0

In 2016, transgender teen Gavin Grimm sued his local school board after its members refused to let him use the bathroom of his choice. He was ready to take his case all the way to the Supreme Court—and then the election happened.

Gavin Grimm vs.

2017
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
N/A

Michelle Obama, Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto and CNN's Isha Sesay take a journey to Morocco and Liberia, where they meet young women overcoming incredible odds to change their lives.

We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World

2018
Trapped
7.0

TRAP (Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers) laws have been passed by conservative state legislatures in the US and clinics have taken their fight to the courts. Follow the struggles of the clinic workers and lawyers who are on the front lines of a battle to keep abortion safe and legal for millions of American women.

Trapped

2016
Watched
N/A

This short 19-minute documentary is an intimate and moving exploration of the profound and far-reaching impact of surveillance on Muslim American individuals and communities. Premiering at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, WATCHED is told through the personal experience of two women, both coming of age in New York. The film charts the devastating toll of surveillance and reveals the scars it leaves behind.

Watched

2017
Death
N/A

An operatic film adaptation of the poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar of the same name.

Death

2021
Motherland
6.4

The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. There, poor women face devastating consequences as their country struggles with reproductive health policy and the politics of conservative Catholic ideologies.

Motherland

2017
Sabbath Queen
N/A

Sabbath Queen is a remarkable 20 year journey in the life of Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, a 39th generation Orthodox rabbi — and drag queen.

Sabbath Queen

2024
Untouchable
7.0

When a powerful Florida lobbyist discovered that a nanny sexually abused his daughter, he wielded all of his considered political capital to pass some of the strictest sex offender laws in the country. Today, 800,000 people are listed in the sex offender registry, yet the cycles of abuse continue. Moving from the halls of power to the cardboard homes of a marginalized pariah people, this enlightening documentary defies expectations and challenge assumptions to argue for a new understanding of how we think about and legislate sexual abuse.

Untouchable

2016
The Show
N/A

A look into the making of The Weeknd's 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show.

The Show

2021
Remote Area Medical
6.8

Amid the nation’s ongoing debate over health care reform, this bracing new documentary examines the everyday realities of Americans who lack access to affordable medical treatment. Filmed during three days in the operation of a “no-cost” clinic set up annually at Bristol, Tennessee’s NASCAR speedway, Remote Area Medical documents the range of medical care the eponymous organization provides to low-income patients in the heart of Appalachia.

Remote Area Medical

2013
Aida Rodriguez: Fighting Words
8.0

For her first hourlong stand-up special, comedian/actress/producer Aida Rodriguez takes the stage in the Bronx to tackle the issues of the day – not just because they’re ripped from the headlines, but because they’re in the pages of her personal life story. With her grounded and unapologetic point of view, Rodriguez gets candid about being worn out from political comedy, embracing both sides of her heritage, getting back into the dating game, and so much more.

Aida Rodriguez: Fighting Words

2021