Dana Nachman is an independent documentary filmmaker based in Northern California. She has written, directed, and produced six feature documentaries including the 2020 film Dear Santa and the 2018 Pick of the Litter and ''Witch Hunt'', ''The Human Experiment'', ''Love Hate Love'', ''

Batkid Begins ''Batkid Begins'' is a 2015 American documentary film co-produced (with Liza Maek), co-written (with Kurt Kuenne) and directed by Dana Nachman. The documentary follows Miles Scott, an American child and cancer survivor. His wish was to be "Batki ...

'' and '' Pick of The Litter''. Nachman was one of the showrunners for the limited original series Pick of the Litter based on her feature of the same name. Nachman is a former journalist and worked on NBC Bay Area television documentaries. She produced the 2002 documentary ''Close to Home'', which detailed the lives of Bay Area families impacted by the September 11 attacks. The documentary won an Edward R. Murrow Award and an Emmy Award. Her next film, ''Pot & Politics'', focused on

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and earned an Associated Press Award for Best Documentary. Her 2007 film ''Dreams to Dust'' explored the internment of Japanese Americans and was nominated for an Emmy. Nachman is the co-owner of KTF Films, along with Don Hardy. They produced ''The Human Experiment'', which documented dangerous chemicals found in household products. Nachman and Hardy's ''Witch Hunt'' premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. As part of KTF Films, Nachman directed the 2015 film ''Batkid Begins'', a documentary about Batkid. The film premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival on January 24, 2015 and was bought by Warner Brothers and New Line Cinemas. Nachman will serve as the executive producer in New Line Cinema's narrative remake of the movie involving Julia Roberts. Collectively, her films have won dozens of awards at many film festivals, including the 2011

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, 2009

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, Dallas International Film Festival, and Heartland Film Festival. Her films have also won two awards at the Cinequest Film Festival, Rincon International Film Festival, Ashland Film Festival, and Sonoma International Film Festival. Nachman herself has won three

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s, the Edward R. Murrow Award and has received grants for her work from the

Tribeca Institute The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) is a year-round non-profit arts organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff, based in New York. The Tribeca Film Institute was created in 2003 in the wake of September 11, 2001. TFI ta ...

, Fledgling Fund, and the Pacific Pioneer Fund. Nachman won the best female filmmaker awards at the 2018 Cleveland International Film Festival as well as the Seattle International FIlm Festival. Nachman is a member of th
Directors Guild of America
and is a proud member of the DGA's Women's Steering Committee. Nachman was born and raised in the New York suburbs and moved to

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to pursue her career in documentary filmmaking.

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at Tribeca Film Institute * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nachman, Dana Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American documentary filmmakers