NADIA

HALLGREN

The New Yorker / Omnipresence / Short Film
Becoming / Trailer / Director/Cinematographer / Netflix
Audi / Let's Make Sense / thjnk
BNY Mellon / Lyndon / Havas / Co-Directed
LinkedIn / Conversations for Change / LinkedIn Creative Studio
Pepsi / The Show / Teaser

Collaborating with LA Opera


In this short film, composer Tyshawn Sorey and vocalist Amanda Lynn Bottoms perform an experimental piece based on the poem 'Death' by poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Combining original footage and found footage, Nadia creates a somber and ethereal short about the 'Black experience in America'. 

Nadia Directs Doc on Super Bowl Halftime Show

“This historic year with Jesse Collins as the first Black EP of the Halftime Show brought an opportunity to tell a new story. We get a window into the process of a diverse team of executives and creatives working at the highest level, in front of and behind the camera. It’s fun to see these masters at work while they also uplift others. I hope this can inspire people to pursue big dreams.”



- Nadia Hallgren, Director 

 

Showtime has announced a 90-minute feature documentary that looks at the making of the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show, starring The Weeknd.

Directed by Nadia Hallgren, The Show is produced by the Pepsi and Boardwalk Pictures. Read more in Deadline.

Working with Nadia


"Because she’s a rare talent, someone whose intelligence and compassion for others comes through in every frame she shoots. Most importantly, she understands the meaning of community, the power of community, and her work is magically able to depict it."

- Former First Lady Michelle Obama

“I had to tell myself, ‘You cannot be scared. Get that courage, because when you’re making a film like [Becoming], every moment is valuable. I’m not the type of filmmaker who is like, ‘I’m gonna hang out for two weeks with no camera.’ If I’m there, I’m filming.”

-Nadia Hallgren


Behind the Scenes: Safety During Shooting


Directors Nadia Hallgren and David Gordon Green pose six feet apart on set of Lowe's, making Covid Compliance look cool as ever.

After Maria 

Nadia Hallgren brings the heart-wrenching story of three women forced to leave their beloved Puerto Rico, how their families struggle to adapt to a new life in The Bronx, and the anguish they feel as they face the prospect of becoming homeless again when their federal housing aid expires.


Nominated for Best Short at the International Documentary Awards, Best Documentary Short at the Tribeca Film Festival, and shortlisted for Best Documentary Short at the Academy Awards.
Read more about this compelling documentary here.

"I first met Nadia in New Orleans days after Katrina —we’d never met, but were suddenly thrown into a disaster area together. We had to stay safe from rampaging paramilitary types, locate a place to sleep at night, sharing laughs, tears, and outrage, all while trying to find a story.  That’s when I became one of the many enamored fans of Nadia. "

- Amir Bar Lev, Director

Director. Cinematographer. 

Biography.

Nadia Hallgren is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer. Nadia shot and directed 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, 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 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. 
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