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Nadia Hallgren

Director, Producer, Additional Credits
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Citizen Koch

Known For

  • Becoming
  • Victoria Beckham
  • Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE
  • After Maria
  • Civil: Ben Crump
  • Aida Rodriguez: Fighting Words
  • Black and Missing
  • She's the Ticket

Nadia Hallgren Filmography

2025
Victoria Beckham (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2024
Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2022
2019
College Behind Bars (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer

2020
GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self - Filmmaker

2024
Sabbath Queen · as Cinematographer
2022
Civil: Ben Crump · as Cinematographer
2021
Crossings · as Cinematographer
2020
Becoming · as Director Of Photography
2019
College Behind Bars (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
2019
Conscience Point · as Director Of Photography
2019
After Maria · as Director Of Photography
2017
She's the Ticket (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
2017
Watched · as Director Of Photography
2017
Motherland · as Director Of Photography
2017
House of Z · as Director Of Photography
2016
2016
Untouchable · as Director Of Photography
2016
Trapped · as Director Of Photography
2016
Truth and Power (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
2013
The New Black · as Cinematographer
2013
Remote Area Medical · as Director Of Photography
2013
Citizen Koch · as Cinematographer
2011
Op-Docs (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
2010
War Don Don · as Director Of Photography
2009
Side by Side by Susan Blackwell (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
1999
Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
1988
P.O.V. (TV Series) · as Cinematographer

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