NICOLAS ROSSIER
FILMMAKER
Direct, Write, Shoot, Edit
Aristide and the Endless Revolution
"Endlessly important film. At last, a clear and authentic picture of Aristide's character and record.”
- Albert Maysles, Filmmaker
"Taut, well-balanced, insightful...A probing look into Haiti's contentious modern history.”
- Laura Kern, New York Times
“Powerful, cogent, an absorbing piece of investigative journalism.”
- Wesley Morris, The Boston Globe
The Other Man
“Astutely compelling historical biography - Highly Recommended!”
- Caron Knauer, Author & Professor
"Extraordinary...powerful...fascinates. His teaming with Mandela unleashed a wave of right-wing violence”
- Ernest Hardy, The Village Voice
"A solid historical primer...Rossier strikes a delicate but credible balance between the former leader's unambiguous statements that he didn't know anything about assassinations and critics' insistence that, even if he didn't specifically give orders, he was 'politically and morally responsible' "
- John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter
American Radical
"Nuanced and powerful portrait of the scholar Norman Finkelstein, one of the nation's most courageous and embattled intellectuals."
- Michael Moore
"Surprisingly entertaining...a compelling portrait of a difficult man."
- Mark Cohen, Jewish Daily Forward
"A revealing and nuanced documentary...deserves to be seen widely as a fascinating introduction to the man and his views.”
- Susan Ryan, Cineaste
Nicolas is an award-winning American filmmaker, journalist, and media consultant. He was raised in Geneva, Switzerland, and moved to New York in 1998, where he became an American citizen. His work has appeared on dozens of American and foreign networks, including PBS, Al Jazeera, the Hallmark Channel, CNN International, NHK, Spiegel, and Deutsche Welle, and in many notable venues such as the Film Society of Lincoln Center, IDFA Amsterdam, Hot Docs, the Sheffield Documentary Festival, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Stanford Film Society, and Camerimage in Poland.
Perhaps best known for his uncanny ability to get elusive characters to open up, Rossier's classic semi-biographical theatrical documentaries have received critical accolades in the US and abroad. His work has been praised by critics in The New York Times, Variety, The Los Angeles Times, and The Forward, and by legendary filmmakers such as Michael Moore, Albert Maysles, and Mark Achbar. Before moving to New York, Rossier pursued a career in the finance in Europe. He studied at the Graduate Institute of International & Development Studies in Geneva, where he obtained an MA in International Relations. He later studied film production and theater at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute & the School of Visual Arts.
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